National Constitution Center
add photosFreedom Rising, the theater show that begins the visitor experience, runs every half hour.
Ticket prices for Headed to the White House are $15 for adults, $9 for ages 4-12 and free for kids under 4.
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"History Lessons Galore!"
My daughter and classmates visited the National Constitution Center as part of a trip to Philadelphia for 6th grade. We started out here and were free to enjoy this museum as well as the other landmarks and historic places Philadelphia has to offer. The kids enjoyed the NCC, although with a large group and limited time to see everything, I did feel rushed. The Center is filled with all kids of displays and documents and interesting facts about the Constitution. You can learn about its history as well as why it is important through photos, artifacts, written pieces and artwork. There is so much to see and learn, although it is definitely for older kids as there is a lot of reading involved and you obviously need to have at least a little background in this area. We started out seeing a powerful theatrical performance entitled "Freedom Rising" in the Kimmel Center. Inside this round theater you hear a narrator give a moving history of the revolution and writing of the Constitution. It brings you into the state of things in this country at the time of the revolution so you can see why the document was born and is still so important. There are also pictures across the walls and such so as to further the experience. It was very interesting and educational. After this we were free to walk about the rest of the center and view all that had to do with the Constitution from early colonial times to the present day encompassing all kinds of hot-spot topics throughout history.
The building is new (it's only about 8 years old) and it is situated in the heart of historic Old City Philadelphia. Nearby are many historic landmarks, so it is a great place to include on a visit to the area where you are really in the spirit of the times. Across the street after all, is where our Constitution was born!
The National Constitution Center is a nice place to visit as part of a trip to this historic part of Philadelphia. Kids in their tweens or teens will be able to bring their history lessons to life and adults will certainly learn from it as well.
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"Interesting and Interactive"
This beautiful building houses a wonderfully presented story of the Constitution and many interactive exhibits highlighting our form of government. The multimedia presentation in the awesome theater-in-the-round is not to be missed and is interesting to children and adults. (I got a much-needed refresher history lesson.) Afterwards, walk around the exhibit hall surrounding the theater and take the presidential oath of office, sit on the Supreme Court and make a law. You can "sign" the Constitution (or register your objection) in an exhibit with life-sized bronze sculptures of the attendees at the Constitutional Convention. We love dthis museum and would definitely return.
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"Is your child the next President? "
The National Constitution Center, opened in 2003, features Freedom Rising. This dramatic presentation uses both a live actor and a surround-screen to explore the meaning of the words of the Constitution and how they have been interpreted throughout our history.
When you exit the Kimmel Theater, you’ll enter the DeVos exhibit hall where
you may enjoy interactive exhibits. Your children can enter a voting booth and vote for their all-time favorite president. Here’s your chance to take a photo of your child being sworn in as President of the United States. In Signers’ Hall your child can mingle with life-size bronze sculptures of the signers of the Constitution. There’s also a new restaurant.
This stirring experience will help you “enter as a visitor, leave as a citizen.”
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