The ticketing site is down. Learn more

Dismiss notification
Open Today 10 am – 5 pm Directions & Parking
Buy Tickets
Search
Suggestions:
Image 092123 Buchholz Lecture Akhil Reed Amar Cg1 3435

Visit Black Founders Exhibit

Test

The Museum of the American Revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality, and self-government.

About the Museum

At the Museum

Plan your visit to rediscover the Revolution in historic Philadelphia.

Explore the Museum
Image 032822 Declaration Of Independence Family Galleries
 

Plan Your Visit

Purchase Museum tickets, enhance your visit with guided tours, and plan your Museum experience with information on directions, parking, shopping, dining, and more.

Plan Your Visit
October 2018 Educator Open House in the Galleries
 

Walking & Guided Tours

Explore the Museum with an expert with the Museum's robust lineup of tours, including early access tours, in-gallery highlights tours, audio tours, outdoor neighborhood walking tours, tactile tours, and more.

Learn More
Three guests view the Arms of Independence case and touch screen in the Museum galleries.
 

Book Your Group Visit

The Museum offers in-person and virtual experiences and tours for student, youth, or adult groups to explore the remarkable story of America’s founding.

Learn More
This image shows adolescent males, in military costumes, sitting inside the camp site tent in Revolution Place. There is also a mother dressing her son in a military costume, standing outside the tent.
 
Exhibits

Revolution Place

Saturdays & Sundays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, open Saturdays and Sundays, brings to life the Museum’s lively, diverse Old City neighborhood during the 1700s and invites visitors to learn through hands-on exploration.

More Info
Rhonda Brace (left), a descendent of Jeffrey Brace, who was enslaved during the Revolutionary era, found freedom, and wrote a memoir in 1810, which was republished in 2004 by Kari Winter (right).
 

Upcoming Museum Events

Browse all upcoming events and programs for all ages, including tours, lectures, demonstrations, performances, and holiday weekends, hosted by the Museum.

Browse Events
Image 101220 Wedding Event 036 Philip Gabriel Photography Brulee Museum Of The American Revolution Copy
Philip Gabriel Photography 

Host Your Event at the Museum

The Museum is the perfect setting for your next corporate meeting, gala, event, fundraiser, or wedding with innovative menus crafted by our exclusive caterer, Brûlée Catering.
Learn More

Learn & Explore

Whether you're learning from the classroom or the comfort of your home, experience the Museum from anywhere at any time with our digital resources.

Discover Online
A desktop computer showing the Timeline of the American Revolution with a succulent and mug next to the computer
 

Timeline of the American Revolution

Using historical objects, artworks, and documents from the Museum’s collection, our Timeline explores both key moments and surprising stories of the American Revolution with high-quality images, video explorations of select items, and ability for users to build their own curated timelines.

Explore
A watercolor depicts Deborah and Harry, with their backs to the viewer, aboard a ship setting sail for Nova Scotia. They look out on men and women in the streets fighting for their freedom, as the Americans won the war. Many people were fighting for a place on the ships that were evacuating Loyalists.
 

Interactive Features

Dig into the compelling stories and complex events of the American Revolution with out interactive online learning experiences, including Season of Independence, Picturing Washington's Army, and the award-winning Finding Freedom.

Explore
Image 031317 Liberty Tree Galleries 2017 03 13 M Ar Bluecadet Press Shots King5097
Bluecadet 

360-Degree Virtual Tours

Explore our 360-degree virtual tours, including our Virtual Museum Tour, Virtual Tour of Washington's Field Headquarters, and Liberty Exhibit Virtual Tour, which feature panoramic images, supplemental audio and video, and more.

Explore
Image 122120 Wwltv Tableau Img E7030
 

Online Exhibits

Explore the Museum's online exhibits, including When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story as well as Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier and Among His Troops: Washington's War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor.

Explore
General George Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters tent on display at the Museum
 

Washington's War Tents

Explore the cornerstone of the Museum's collection, General George Washington's Revolutionary War Tent, and the handsewn, full-scale replica of his field headquarters.
Discover More
200th Edition Museum Staff Picks Reading List includes A People’s History of the American Revolution by Ray Raphael; John Adams by David McCullough; Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar; American Revolutions: A Continental History 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor; The Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred F. Young; and Spies in the Continental Capital by John A. Nagy. The books are stacked on top of one another on a wooden bench outside on a sunny day. The books and the bench are in clear view while the background is blurred.
 

Read the Revolution

Browse a curated collection of excerpts from more than 200 thought-provoking books about the American Revolution and its ongoing legacy.

Browse Excerpts

Join & Support

Your support helps us continue to uncover and share compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality, and self-government.

Support the Museum
Image 090420 Museum Galleries Photo Credit Jeff Fusco 2
Jeff Fusco 

Become a Member

Learn more about becoming a Museum Member at the level that is perfect for you or your family.
Join Us
A visitor holds a miniature version of George Washington's standard flag in front of photographs of people from the Revolutionary generation who lived into the age of photography.
 

Ways to Give

Find the perfect way to include the Museum in your giving plans, including planned and tribute gifts.
Support Us
Image 031317 Liberty Tree Galleries 2017 03 13 M Ar Bluecadet Press Shots King5097
Bluecadet 

Corporate Partnerships

Learn about Corporate Partnership opportunities with the Museum, including corporate membership, EITC, and more.
Learn More

What Our Visitors Are Saying

By far the most interesting museum in the USA. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Philly!

Brad, from Western Australia

Can I give this six stars? This comprehensive, deeply insightful museum brought the revolution to me in such a captivating way that I was so uplifted by the end of the visit.

Bonnie G., via Yelp

Brilliant! Impressed by thematic references throughout the role of slavery, Native Americans and women and the impact the Revolution had on them.

Mike C., via comment card

I had an absolute blast in the museum. The artifacts and exhibits are out of this world.

W. Hunt, via TripAdvisor

Wow, I never thought I'd live to see a museum like this.

Gary, 89 years old
    Six adolescents, wearing Revolutionary-era costumes, pose for a picture in front of a 13-star flag, which was part of the Museum's summer 2019 exhibition, A New Constellation.

    Primary statement Secondary

    CTA Label
    A costumed interpreter lets two young children play a drum on the Museum's plaza.
    Image Jfk Oval Office Barry Sword 829 23

    Title

    Subtitle/Dates

    everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.

    CTA Label

    Title

    Subtitle/Dates

    everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.

    CTA Label

      Quote Carousel Title

      This is a quote.

      CTA Label

      This is quote two.

      Learn more
        A mother and two children sit in the recreated 18th century church in Revolution Place. Credit Override

        Content in two columns title

        everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.

        everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.
        Unfolded sheet of creased and weathered paper with brown cursive handwriting
         
        Online Collection

        Council with Native Americans Letter

        Colonel John Bull of Pennsylvania wrote to General Thomas Wharton about preparations for a council with the Mohawk, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Muncie, Quinault, and Nanticoke people.
        See Object
        A bluish-black mug with chipped edges
         
        Online Collection

        Redware Mug

        Revolutionary War soldier Joshua Warren, who was born in Biddeford, present-day Maine, in 1758, owned this redware mug.
        See Object
        Image 090123 Privateer Sloop Credit Moar
         
        Label overwrite

        Label overwrite

        Subtitle overwrite

        everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.

        CTA Label overwrite
        Two Asian American female children utilize the objects within Revolution Place. They are both seated at a wooden table. The child on the left is writing with a quill pen and smiling, while the child on the right is pretended to pour cream into her silver teacup. On the table to her left is a silver tea pot.
         
        Exhibits

        Revolution Place

        Saturdays & Sundays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
        The Museum’s family-friendly discovery center, Revolution Place, brings to life the Museum’s lively, diverse Old City neighborhood during the 1700s and invites visitors to learn through hands-on exploration.
        Explore Exhibit

        Content in three columns Title

        everybody's happy squirty cheese paneer who moved my cheese. Stinking bishop cottage cheese taleggio squirty cheese squirty cheese goat cow monterey jack. Squirty cheese chalk and cheese stinking bishop cottage cheese gouda smelly cheese gouda jarlsberg. Who moved my cheese pepper jack.

        CTA Label
        Image 092123 Buchholz Lecture Akhil Reed Amar Cg1 3232
         
        Online Collection

        Abby test

        This is a short description.
        See Object
        A bluish-black mug with chipped edges
         
        Online Collection

        Redware Mug

        Revolutionary War soldier Joshua Warren, who was born in Biddeford, present-day Maine, in 1758, owned this redware mug.
        See Object
        Dec 07
         
        Events

        Abby Test

        Custom Date Go to Event
        General George Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters tent on display at the Museum
         
        Exhibits

        Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington's Tent

        February 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025
        Witness to Revolution, opening February 2024, will bring to life the the journey of George Washington’s tent from the Revolutionary War to an enduring symbol of the American republic.
        Explore Exhibit
        A large creamware mug featuring the words wilkes and liberty no 45.
         
        Online Collection

        "Wilkes and Liberty No 45" Mug

        John Wilkes was a satirist turned politician who published the satirical newspaper, The North Briton.
        See Object
        A Museum staff member views a painting in the Liberty exhibit
         
        Exhibits

        Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War

        October 16, 2021 - September 5, 2022
        Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War immersed visitors in the dramatic and research-based works of nationally renowned historical artist Don Troiani to bring the compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events of the American Revolution to life.
        Explore Exhibit
        Book cover for The Overflowing of Friendship by Richard Godbeer fades top down from yellow to light blue with the book title in a blue script font.
         
        Read the Revolution

        Abby test

        This is a short description.
        Read More

        Visit us section title

        Visit the Museum, located in the heart of historic Philadelphia, just steps from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.

        Plan Your Visit

        Museum of the American Revolution

        101 South Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

         View on Google Maps

        Shop Museum Favorites

        Shop The Museum Store

        Black Founders Exhibit Catalog

        $38.00 Product Details

        Black Founders Exhibit T-Shirt

        $28.00 Product Details

        Museum of the American Revolution Official Guidebook

        $21.99 Product Details

        Abby test

        $1000 Product Details