Virtual Field Trips
Bring the NCC to you!
Whether you’re across the country or right here in Philadelphia, our live, interactive virtual tours can bring the museum to your group wherever you are!
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Virtual tours provide students the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes experience hearing the personal stories and historic context that bring the Constitution to life. One of the Center’s museums educators will walk your group through our exhibits live, which will allow your group to interact with them directly to ask questions or engage with other groups on tour.
Participants can join our live virtual tours and museum programs from the classroom or home through a secure Zoom link, accessible from a home computer, laptop, or phone. The Center will provide all of the necessary resources, including the registration links, educational materials, and technical support if needed.
- Audience: Virtual tours are a great way for audiences of all ages to visit the museum and explore the Center’s unique artifacts on display and signature exhibits. The Center’s education team is well-versed in engaging learners of all ages, creating meaningful experiences for everyone from elementary school to life-long learners.
- Duration: 30 to 45 minutes
- Cost: $300 per tour
Available Tours
Signers' Hall: The Constitutional Convention
Virtual audiences can join a National Constitution Center museum educator for a tour of Signers' Hall, the iconic exhibit featuring life-size statues of the 42 men who gathered in Philadelphia for the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. We’ll guide you through that historic year as we explore the events that led up to the Constitutional Convention, the debates between the delegates, and the compromises that led to the Constitution that was signed on September 17. Our educator will also spotlight some of the famous figures in Signers’ Hall, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and others, sharing facts about the men themselves and behind-the-scenes stories about the creation of this one-of-a-kind exhibit.
Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality
Explore the Center’s compelling exhibit, Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality, as one of our museum educators leads viewers through the exhibit. Learn how constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War, and how the nation transformed the Constitution after the war during the Reconstruction period, taking a particularly close look at the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Along the way, your guide will highlight the stories of people like Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and other figures central to the conflict over slavery. You will also get an up-close look at special artifacts on display, including original copies of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Dred Scott’s signed petition for freedom, a fragment of the flag that Abraham Lincoln raised at Independence Hall, a commemorative copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln, and more!
The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote
A National Constitution Center museum educator will lead virtual audiences on a LIVE guided tour of our newest exhibit that traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The tour will help viewers to better understand the long fight for women’s suffrage, and will also highlight some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells. Plus, viewers will get an up-close look at some of the one-of-a-kind artifacts on display, including a rare printing of the Declaration of Sentiments from the nation’s first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, a ballot box used to collect women’s votes in the late 1800s, Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment, as well as visually compelling “Votes for Women” ephemera.
