 The museum was opened to the public on April 19, 2017, the 242nd anniversary of the first battles of the war, at Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775. 

A museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dedicated to telling the story of the American Revolution. <br />The museum rises three stories above the street and, with a full basement, encompasses 118,000 total square feet, with 32,000 dedicated to exhibits and interpretive spaces. The first floor includes a museum shop and the Cross Keys Caf&eacute; which opens to the sidewalk. The first floor interior is organized around a skylit central interior court and features a cross-vaulted ticketing lobby, a multi-use theater and a changing exhibition gallery. The second floor features 18,000 square feet of galleries and a theater dedicated to the exhibition of George Washington's marquee tent. The museum's third floor offers rooms for events and two terraces overlooking the First Bank of the United States, Independence National Historical Park, and the Philadelphia skyline beyond.<br />The museum owns a collection of several thousand objects including artwork and sculpture, textiles and weapons, manuscripts and rare books. Permanent and special exhibition galleries, theaters and large-scale tableaux portray the individuals and events and engage people in the history and continuing relevance of the American Revolution. 

Museum of the American Revolution

A museum dedicated to telling the story of the American Revolution. The museum was opened to the public on the 242nd anniversary of the first battles of the war, at Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775.

<p>In Howard Pyle’s depiction, the Continental Army is seen fiercely attacking Cliveden, the Chew family residence in Germantown. The painting illustrates the Americans using a makeshift battering ram to breach the front door, fortified by the British with furniture.</p>

Museum of the American Revolution (MoAR)

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