The National Constitution Center is the first and only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution. Through interactive exhibits, rare artifacts, and live theater, we bring the Constitution to life for visitors of all ages.
With immersive exhibits and hands-on daily programming including gallery talks, quizzes, and lectures, there’s reason to come back time and time again!
Immersive exhibits, interactive shows, and live performances engage visitors with the history of our founding document and connect history to timely constitutional topics.
This dynamic, interactive exhibit illuminates America’s constitutional history through innovative exhibits, films and photographs, rare artifacts, and hands-on activities led by our education staff.
Learn MoreOne of the Center’s most popular and iconic attractions, Signers’ Hall invites you to sign the Constitution alongside 42 life-size, bronze statues of the Founding Fathers who participated in the signing on September 17, 1787.
Learn MoreThe first exhibit in America devoted to exploring how constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War, and how the nation transformed the Constitution to more fully embrace the Declaration of Independence’s promise of freedom and equality.
Learn MoreThe exhibit traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and features some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells—and allows visitors to better understand the long fight for women’s suffrage.
Learn MoreThe Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are the three most important documents in American history. They express the ideals that define “We the People of the United States” and inspire free people around the world. Experience these historic documents in Constituting Liberty.
Learn MoreThis rare documents gallery is an intimate look at the path the framers took to create the U.S. Constitution and secure the Bill of Rights, featuring five priceless drafts of the U.S. Constitution, including Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson's own handwritten drafts.
Learn MoreWhether you’re across the country or right here in Philadelphia, the National Constitution Center will bring the museum to your group wherever you are with its live, guided virtual tours, designed for learners of all ages.
Check out our exhibit spaces, theater, and in-person programming venues.
Download the MapExplore our new 15-unit core curriculum with educational videos, primary texts, and more.
Search and browse videos, podcasts, and blog posts on constitutional topics.
Discover primary texts and historical documents that span American history and have shaped the American constitutional tradition.