The National Liberty Museum is now open Friday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
The National Liberty Museum is pleased to announce that we are open for self-guided tours with new temporary hours, timed-ticketing, and comprehensive health and safety procedures to ensure a worry-free experience for our visitors. We hope you will visit soon. And please make sure to see our current exhibition, Philly’s Freedom: Artists Speak Out. Learn more here.
Tickets may be purchased online up to 2 weeks in advance of your visit (strongly encouraged) as well as in-person at the Museum. Tickets are timed for the top of each hour. If you arrive early, you may be asked to wait. If a particular time-slot is filled, you will need to choose another hour. There are no restrictions to the length of your visit.
Health & Safety Procedures
That National Liberty Museum is committed to your health and safety. For complete information on our updated Health and Safety Protocols, and an extensive list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Please click here.
The National Liberty Museum is grateful to The Connelly Foundation for its grant support of our re-opening health and safety equipment, so that we can continue to serve our constituents with our innovative civic education and exhibits.
The Museum is fully accessible to people in wheelchairs. Food and drink are not permitted. Photos may be taken throughout the Museum, except as noted.
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Programs for Kids & Families
The NLM offers a full calendar of live and pre-recorded virtual programs for kids and their families. We invite you to join us as we explore the themes of respect, taking action and spreading liberty to all.Upcoming Events Include:
Celebrate Women's History Month with Live and prerecorded programs, Saturday & Sunday, March 20-21
Click here to learn more.
VIRTUAL NLM@Night
The Museum offers a wide variety of engaging digital experiences. Our Virtual NLM@Night series includes fun and informative entertainment on the subject of liberty specifically for adults.Upcoming Events Include:
How to Create Change: Celebrating Black Voices – A Virtual Tour of the NLM, February 23, 5pm
How to Be a Badass Lady of Liberty, Tuesday, March 16, 5pm
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Join us for a Virtual Tour of the NLM that celebrates Black voices
In honor of Black History Month, artist Serena Saunders will be highlighted in an hour-long virtual tour of the National Liberty Museum on Tuesday, February 23 at 5pm. The tour will explore the history of civil rights activism in art, protests, political movements, and more. Serena Saunders is a featured artist in the Philadelphia’s Freedom exhibition now on display at the NLM.
Click here to learn more and register for this event.
Learn about NLM's Virtual Field Trip Programs
Looking for fun and educational virtual experiences for your students this school year? Let the National Liberty Museum’s educators bring liberty to life through tours, group discussions, games, crafts, and more that tell the amazing stories of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in the name of freedom and equality.You'll find complete information here.
Support the Next Generation of Heroes
Each school year, we send NLM educators directly into Philadelphia’s most underserved schools to teach students critical leadership skills, such as courage, integrity, responsibility, respect, and most important, empathy. We show them that they have the power through their First Amendment Rights to use these skills to make positive changes in their school and community.Help us continue to bring this program to as many students as possible.
Click here to donate now.
NLM Honors Outstanding Educators in the Delaware Valley and Beyond
The National Liberty Museum celebrated its 14th annual Teacher as Hero Award sponsored by State Farm® with a Virtual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 24. The ceremony honored 10 inspiring teachers who make a difference in the lives of their students. To mark the occasion, State Farm Representatives, National Liberty Museum leadership, friends and family gathered via Zoom to celebrate the accomplishments of these exceptional educators.
Learn their stories here.
TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THE 2021 AWARDS, CLICK HERE.
Police officers, firefighters, and other emergency responders are honored
The National Liberty Museum celebrated its 15th annual Awards of Valor, presented by Your Local Chevrolet Dealers, via a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The event included several notable keynote speakers and was attended by the honorees, their families and colleagues,Learn more here about their impressive and inspirational stories.
NLM Honors Medical Professionals
The National Liberty Museum is proud to host its annual Healthcare Heroes Awards, presented by Teva Pharmaceuticals. This international awards program recognizes inspirational heroes in healthcare research and treatment whose accomplishments have profoundly benefited their patients, their field, and the global community.The 2020 Awards Ceremony was held virtually on December 3.
Click here to learn about the honorees.
NLM honors 14 inspiring students from across the country
The National Liberty Museum celebrated its 20th annual TD Bank Young Heroes Awards with a Virtual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 12. The ceremony honored 14 inspiring students, ages 18 and younger, who identified an area where liberty was lacking and took action to make positive change in their local schools or communities.Learn about these amazing young people here.
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