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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 ...
Civil War Museum of Philadelphia: Philadelphia: Civil War: Temporarily closed 2008, seeking new location; collection stored at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, National Museum of American Jewish History and the African American Museum in Philadelphia [3] Cliveden: Germantown: Historic house
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 ...
The Powel House is a historic house museum located at 244 South 3rd Street, between Willings Alley and Spruce Street, in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1765 in the Georgian style , [ 1 ] and embellished by second owner Samuel Powel (1738–1793), it has been called "the finest Georgian row house in the city."
Museum of the American Revolution; N. New Hall Military Museum; S. Stenton (mansion) Summerseat (Morrisville, Pennsylvania) U. U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center;
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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]