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American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown brings the story of the America Revolution to life through immersive galleries, period artefacts, films and interactive exhibits, tracing the conflict from its origins in the 1750s through the victory at Yorktown and the early years of the new United States. You’ll get to discover the experiences of soldiers and civilians alongside the stories of women, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved and free African Americans whose lives were shaped by the Revolution.

You’ll also step outside into the recreated Continental Army encampment, where historical interpreters demonstrate military drills, camp life, food preparation, medical practices and the use of period weapons. From there, you’ll finish your visit by continuing to the Revolution-era farm, based on an actual 18th-century family, to see how farming, cooking, household work and the lives of enslaved people were part of everyday life during the Revolutionary era.

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