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Only two weeks remain to see a recently discovered watercolor painting from the Revolutionary War at the Museum of the American Revolution. The 235-year-old, seven-foot panoramic painting is the centerpiece of the special exhibit Among His Troops: Washington’s War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor, which runs through Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

A powder horn of Black Revolutionary War soldier Gershom Prince, killed at the Battle of Wyoming in Northeastern Pennsylvania, now on display

The Museum’s years-long process to conserve and display General George Washington’s War Tent was awarded a 2017 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award.

In this free virtual workshop, educators will discover how to use the Museum’s new virtual tour of Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War to explore women's roles and experiences in the Revolutionary War.

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.

Read an excerpt from Don Hagist's book, British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution.

Read an excerpt from Vincent Brown's book, Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

Read an excerpt of Friederike Baer's new book, Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.

Read an excerpt from Douglas Egerton's book, Death or Liberty: African Americans in the Revolutionary War.

This summer, the Washington War Tent will be reproduced as part of a new partnership between Colonial Williamsburg and the Museum of the American Revolution