Makers of Revolutionary Philadelphia Living History Day
From seamstresses to sailmakers, potters to bakers, join costumed historical tradespeople at the Museum of the American Revolution on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. for Makers of Revolutionary Philadelphia Living History Day. Attendees will enjoy hands-on crafts and activities, see demonstrations of 18th-century skills and trades, and meet the diverse people who made the Revolution in 1770s Philadelphia. Visitors of all ages can see how to roll a cartridge, make pepper-pot soup, learn how corn was used to make corn husk dolls, and more. Don't forget to get your History Explorer passport stamped by all of the different makers to win a prize!
Living Historian Daniel Sieh
Sieh (pictured) will join the Museum for Makers of Revolutionary Philadelphia Living History Day, which falls during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, to help explore the lives of Asians in the United States in the 18th century. Through documents, activities, and objects, Daniel will unpack how global trade connected the lives of Asian sailors, soldiers, traders, and enslaved people as they navigated American society as strangers from a distant land.
Public Historian Kirsten Hammerstrom
Hammerstrom is a public historian specializing in women entrepreneurs and the textile trades in early America. She has interpreted a variety of businesswomen at the Museum from an apothecary to a tavern keeper. Kirsten stitched the British Ensign for the Museum’s True Colours Flag Project in April 2021. This summer, she looks forward to helping visitors learn about flag-making and women flag-makers in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia.
Sieh, Hammerstrom, and other living historians will join the Museum throughout the summer as part of our ongoing Meet the Revolution programming series. Find more information and dates here.
Make-and-Take Crafts & Activities
Visit the Museum’s family-friendly Revolution Place discovery center, now conveniently located on the first floor, to try cartridge rolling and make a tin-punch lantern activity to take home.
