Explore travels of George Washington at Museum of American Revolution in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new exhibit at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia explores the travels of America’s first president, George Washington.

He “Witness to the Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of the Washington Tent” is now open in the Old City museum.

The exhibit brings together more than 100 artifacts from across the country and tells the stories of the people who helped preserve them.

The Museum of the American Revolution opened in 2017. Scott Stephenson, the museum’s president and CEO, said more than 1 million people have seen Washington’s war tent since it opened. The museum houses the tent on its second floor.

Stephenson said the special exhibit, “Witness to the Revolution: The Improbable Travels of Washington’s Tent,” pays tribute to all who have helped preserve the original sleeping tent of America’s first commander in chief. .

“We thought that for the special exhibit we would bring together all the generations, the history of the journey of that object and all the generations,” Stephenson said, “all the various people who had been involved in its use during the revolutionary period.” War but then its conservation until the founding of the museum.”

“Witness to the Revolution” opened its doors on Friday and will be at the museum until January 5, 2025.

Information about tickets can be found in the museum website.