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The purpose of this unit is for students to explore the legacy of James Forten and his family, from his death in 1842 to today.

Learn how women made and wore pockets and create your own using historically accurate materials and techniques in this three-night virtual workshop.

Learn more about early, rare printed handkerchiefs along with the symbolism they held in a new display at the Museum of the American Revolution in historic Philadelphia.

Watch the original first-person theatrical performance portraying Continental Army soldier Joseph Plumb Martin. This was the Museum's first original theatrical piece and debuted in 2018.

The Revolutionary War forced many people to choose a side, even if they did not want to. Read about the people and perspectives caught in between.

Marvin-Alonzo Greer, public historian and social media star, joined the latest episode of the Museum's AmRev360 series, hosted by President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson.

This unit provides opportunities for students to analyze and understand the importance of research in the study of history using the example of artist Don Troiani.

This unit explores the various ways that people of African descent pushed to end slavery and demand equal rights in the years following the Revolutionary War.

The purpose of this unit is to have students consider the importance of businessmen and women of African descent during the decades after the Revolutionary War.

Exactly 235 years after the Surrender at Yorktown, the Museum of the American Revolution will also celebrate a milestone, as Oct. 19, 2016 officially marks six months before the new Museum opens to the public on April 19, 2017.