Museum of American Revolution: History Tinged with Equity Obsession

I was in Philadelphia this week for a family Christmas visit but also for anniversary visits to museums. It’s the 100th birthday of the Barnes Foundation and the tenth anniversary of its vexed relocation from Merion to the center of Philadelphia. I enjoyed the Barnes’s new Modigliani exhibition — more on that next week — and Dr. Barnes’s taste, collection, and philosophy are unique. More on these next week, too.

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is only five years old. The museum is aiming at the Semiquincentennial, or Sestercentennial, or whatever we decide to call the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. What happened in 1776 is the museum’s core subject.

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I was in Philadelphia this week for a family Christmas visit but also for anniversary visits to museums. It’s the 100th birthday of the Barnes Foundation and the tenth anniversary of its vexed relocation from Merion to the center of Philadelphia. I enjoyed the Barnes’s new Modigliani exhibition — more on that next week — and Dr. Barnes’s taste, collection, and philosophy are unique. More on these next week, too.

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is only five years old. The museum is aiming at the Semiquincentennial, or Sestercentennial, or whatever we decide to call the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. What happened in 1776 is the museum’s core subject.