Museum Of The American Revolution

Museum Of The American Revolution, doing business as The American Revolution Center, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that operates as a federal grant recipient focused on public history, civic education, and historical interpretation of the American Revolution. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime recipient — all 17 recent awards are grants rather than contracts — and does not compete under federal contracting set-asides.

The organization's grant portfolio centers on four federal agencies, with the National Endowment for the Humanities accounting for 9 awards (53% of recent activity). NEH funding has supported exhibition development and scholarly programming tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, including a $2.24 million cooperative agreement (CFDA 45.161, Promotion of the Humanities Research) awarded April 1, 2026 with completion March 31, 2028 that encompasses a two-day scholarly convening, podcast series on the Declaration's international dimensions, digital interactive tools, community engagement programming, and a scholarly exhibition catalog centered on the NEH-funded exhibition "The Declaration's Journey" (October 18, 2025 – January 3, 2027). The same exhibition drew a $100,000 implementation grant under CFDA 45.164 (Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs) in October 2024 and earlier planning support of $75,000 in May 2022. The museum also received a $60,000 planning grant in August 2025 from NEH for "The Good Americans: Loyalists at War and at Peace," an exhibition opening April 2027 examining Americans who supported the British during the Revolutionary era, with potential travel to Ottawa, Canada.

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service Northeast Region provided 4 awards focused on interpretive programming and youth education aligned with the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (WARO), including cooperative agreements for living history programs and public interpretation. The Institute of Museum and Library Services funded 3 grants totaling support for family programming expansion in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia and a website rebuild of the museum's Timeline of the American Revolution. The National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $500,000 project grant (CFDA 89.003) in July 2024 with completion September 30, 2026 supporting digitization, traveling exhibitions, educational resources, and classroom lesson plans centered on Revolutionary-era historical records and documentary sources.

Recent activity shows modest volume — three awards in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with three awards (all grant-related) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. The museum's federal grant work centers on exhibition development, educational resource creation, scholarly programming, youth engagement, and public interpretation tied to the 250th anniversary of American independence and the broader history of the Revolutionary era.