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The Museum of the American Revolution today announced the naming of the Alan B. Miller Theater in honor of an $8 million gift from Museum Board Member Alan B. Miller, Chairman and CEO of Universal Health Services, Inc., and his wife Jill Miller. The Theater houses one of the most iconic surviving artifacts from the Revolutionary War, General George Washington’s War Tent.

This badge represents the Loyal and Friendly Society of the Blew and Orange founded between 1733 and 1736.

This musket is one of over 100,000 French arms imported into the United States during the Revolutionary War.

This sword belonged to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, General Washington’s second in command at the Siege of Yorktown.

Museum Members are welcome to visit our new special exhibition, Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War, before we open to the public on select mornings throughout Member December.

Read an excerpt of Serena Zabin's The Boston Massacre: A Family History.

This Mother’s Day Weekend learn about the diverse women that played vital, often unsung roles on the home front and with armies on campaign during the Revolutionary War.

More than 40 rare American flags will go on display alongside historic documents beginning Flag Day Weekend, reflecting a growing and changing American nation. The special exhibition, Flags and Founding Documents, 1776 – Today, will be on view at the Museum of the American Revolution from Saturday, June 12 – Monday, September 6, 2021, as part of the Museum’s Revolutionary Summer.

Read an excerpt from Kari Winter's 2004 edited edition of The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace by Jeffrey Brace as told to Benjamin F. Prentiss, Esq. (1810).