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1-2 hours
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia is where the US Constitution was signed back in 1787, discover how it all happened!
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What you'll do
Go to Philadelphia's National Constitution Center and experience the first and only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution – just two blocks from Independence Hall. Through interactive exhibits, rare artifacts and live theater, the center brings the Constitution to life for visitors of all ages.
Browse hundreds of multimedia exhibits and artifacts and delight in the array of interactive exhibits. You'll get the chance to vote for your all-time favorite president and take the presidential oath of office.
As The Museum of We the People, the Center brings together people of all ages and perspectives, across America and around the world.
Learn about, debate and celebrate history's greatest vision of human freedom, the U.S. Constitution.
National Constitution Center highlights
Freedom Rising
A 17-minute, internationally-acclaimed, multi-media 360-degree theatrical performance about the American quest for freedom from 1787 to present day in the Sidney Kimmel Theater.
Signers’ Hall
Visitors can ‘sign the Constitution’ and see 42 iconic, life-size bronze statues of each of the Founding Fathers present for the signing on September 17, 1787.
The First Amendment
Discover how the First Amendment protects some of our most cherished freedoms: religious liberty, free speech, a free press, the freedom of assembly and the right to petition, and how it still has an impact today.
Facts
It's the first museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are not included in the Signers’ Hall exhibit. Though they are both Founding Fathers and signed the Declaration of Independence, they were both overseas during the Constitutional Convention and neither of them signed the Constitution.
What's included
Admission includes a live theatrical performance Freedom Rising, the iconic Signers' Hall, as well as the new First Amendment exhibit and featured exhibits Civil War and Reconstruction and The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote exhibit.
Includes general admission to the National Constitution Center.
Where you'll be
525 Arch Street,, Philadelphia, USOperating hours
Wednesday - Sunday: 10AM - 5PM
Please see the attraction website for the most up-to-date hours.
Closings & holidays
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day.
The National Constitution Center may have modified hours on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
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