Public Events and Programs

Get involved by attending our events and programs covering a wide range of thought provoking subjects. We welcome viewers of all ages and backgrounds to come join us.

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Intergenerational Program
Museum Program

Revolutionary Saturdays

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
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Publishing Salon

Local Author Extravaganza

5:30–7:00 p.m.
Fanella Heckscher
Lunch at the Library

Jane Colden's Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America's First Woman Botanist

Featuring
Fenella Greig Heckscher
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET
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America's Scientific Revolutionaries

Communicating Disease: Assessing Benjamin Rush’s Public Health Legacies at America’s 250th – A Conversation with Paul Offit

Featuring
Paul Offit
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
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Museum Program

Slice of History: These Truths: The Declarations of Independence Quizzo

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ET
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Intergenerational Program
Museum Program

Revolutionary Saturdays

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
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Public Lecture

Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026

Featuring
Andrew Shankman, Bayard L. Miller, Joanne Freeman, Nora Slominsky, Lauren Duval, Christina Snyder, Zara Anishanslin
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Angelina Jumper
DKS Workshop Keynote

Feeding the Digital Fire: Community Memory, and Digital Stewardship

Featuring
Angelina Jumper
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
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Intergenerational Program
Museum Program

Revolutionary Saturdays

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
Michael Auslin - National Treasure Book Cover
David Center for the American Revolution Lecture

National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America

Featuring
Michael Auslin
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET
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Publishing Salon

Book Design

Featuring
Book Designers TBA
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Katherine Grandjean
Lunch at the Library

Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution

Featuring
Katherine Grandjean
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET