Museum of the American Revolution Reviews Summary

Exhibits and Presentation

Pros:

• "Incredibly well set up, the museum has a set path that teaches you what led the colonists to revolt and then goes through the entire war."
• "The Washington's tent film and reveal is deeply moving--thrilling, actually."
• "Witness the story of the American Revolution told in a very intuitive way, looking at the why, what, and how."
• "Battle reconstitutions, uniforms, artefacts, everything to let you wonder about History!"
• "A great mix of exhibits with historical information, artifacts, interactive exhibits and films gives a good timeline of the revolution."
• "The exhibits are thoughtful and well designed, and the artifacts are presented in an engaging way."
• "A lot of interactive, well presented historical material with multi-media 'films' and real-life recreations to immerse visitors in the time, place and people of the revolution."

Cons:

• "Great museum, set up well and very informative and interesting although a bit repetitive."
• "The exhibition is just above average."
• "Not my favorite museum I've ever been to."
• "The other parts are just ok, not that there is a lot of reading but the reading is dry not captivating."
• "Unfortunately a lot of information is repeated multiple times and it can get annoying reading the same stuff multiple times."
• "While we enjoyed the Hamilton exhibit it was very light on artifacts related to him."
• "Not enough artifacts. Mostly informational posters and short films, but did not contain enough depth."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Our tour guide was very nice and well informed about the war."
• "Staff is passionate, extremely nice and joyful! They'll take you with them on this beautiful journey, full of discussion and modern displays."
• "The staff was excellent, friendly, helpful and knowledgeable."
• "I also must mention the dozen or so staff, all of whom were helpful, friendly and informative 👍."
• "The employees are all so knowledgeable and friendly."
• "The educators and allied staff are all very, very helpful. It is obvious that they work there because they love history and what the war represents."
• "Every employee was helpful and knowledgeable about the exhibits and history of the revolution."

Cons:

• "The audio tour, my wife sampled was informative if somewhat 'dull'."
• "But we had an unpleasant incident there - when asked to leave the bags and coats in special bins before going to the gallery we couldn't find them on the way back to leave the Museum."
• "The one down-side: it seems like the children's place was designed by people who didn't have children."
• "Our guided tour was extremely rushed."
• "-1* because the employee at the 'Battle Theater' was just reading and not interacting with the visitors, so for us the 'Battle Theater' was useless."
• "But the people who work here are horrible. Horrible, horrible (accept for a select few) an older security female security guard says horrible things to other people."
• "The timed tickets don't seem to mean a thing. We got timed tickets while every tiny exhibit room was wall to wall with school groups preventing us from seeing anything."

Value and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Worth the admission fee!"
• "The best part is that the tickets are good for the next day as well which helps when the kids are overloaded with history."
• "Admission gets you two days of entry."
• "INCREDIBLE artifacts, and so many you’d never think of."
• "A must-see when visiting Philly."
• "Must see if you're visiting Philly and it's located in old city along with all other major landmarks and museums."
• "It is a must see for folks visiting Philly and for those of us who live here! Go, just go!"