History museum · Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
National Constitution Center
A museum devoted to the U.S. Constitution on Independence Mall, with a stirring theater show and a hall of life-size bronze statues of the signers.
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African American Museum in Philadelphia
Opened for the 1976 Bicentennial, this pioneering museum explores African American history and culture, including the lives of the city's free Black community in the nation's first century.
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Jewish life in America from the 1650s to the present, told through artifacts and personal stories at a Smithsonian affiliate on Independence Mall.
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Betsy Ross House
The small colonial house associated with Betsy Ross, the upholsterer said to have sewn the first Stars and Stripes, with period rooms and a costumed interpreter.
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National Liberty Museum
Glass art and stories of heroes celebrate freedom in this museum, crowned by Dale Chihuly's towering red 'Flame of Liberty' sculpture.
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Elfreth's Alley
Often called the nation's oldest continuously inhabited residential street, a narrow cobbled lane of 18th-century brick rowhouses, with a small museum house open to visitors.
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Museum of the American Revolution
The story of the Revolution told through objects such as George Washington's own field tent, a short walk from Independence Hall.
