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The Museum of the American Revolution, formerly The American Revolution Center, is a museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dedicated to telling the story of the American Revolution. The museum was opened to the public on April 19, 2017, the 242nd anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord , some of the battles of the American ...
Dr. Philip C. Mead, an American historian specializing in the period of the American Revolution, is Chief Historian and Curator [1] of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Mead served as a project historian for exhibition development beginning in 2011, and joined the museum staff as historian and curator in 2014. [2]
Independence Mall State Park was created in the 1950s with the intention that the land would eventually be turned over to the NPS. Funded by 40-year state bonds, its construction was a joint venture between Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia and was overseen by Edmund Bacon, director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Many ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Franklin Institute at 222 N. 20th Street National Constitution Center at Independence National Historical Park at 143 S. 3rd Street Eastern State Penitentiary at 2027 Fairmount Avenue Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing Museum of the American Revolution at 101 South Third Street
Mummers Museum: South Philadelphia: Art: website, costumes from the Mummers Parade: Museum of the American Revolution: Center City: History: History of the American Revolution Mütter Museum: Center City: Medical: Collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment National ...
In June 2019, he was interviewed in a segment about the museum on CBS News about telling a more inclusive, nuanced version of the American Revolution. [7] In 2017, Stephenson was part of the team, with Philip Mead, that discovered the only known period image of General George Washington's Revolutionary War tent in the field. [8]
The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia owns the exterior of the office/sleeping tent, poles of the dining tent, and a storage trunk. [9] Sometimes described as the first "Oval Office", [10] the tent is exhibited at the new Museum of the American Revolution, opened April 19, 2017. [11]
Museum of the Revolution may refer to: Museum of the Revolution (Algeria) Museum of the Revolution (Cuba) Museum of the Revolution (El Salvador) Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States