Museum of the American Revolution's First Oval Office Project at Clark Park with the Living History Youth Summer Institute

Join the Museum of the American Revolution as participants in the Living History Youth Summer Institute set up the Museum’s replica of George Washington’s Revolutionary War encampment called the First Oval Office Project, dress in 18th-century costumes, and display the lives of soldiers, camp followers, and free and enslaved people and their connections to Washington.

The Museum of the American Revolution’s Living History Youth Summer Institute introduces Philadelphia-area high school and college students between the ages of 16 and 21 to the world of costumed historical interpretation with a focus on enslaved and free people of African descent. Participants explore the many aspects of museum work as potential career avenues, including education, curation, fundraising, marketing, interpretive planning, community outreach, acting, and more. In this summer course, students learn from experienced African American interpreters who work at historical organizations and museums from across the country about researching and interpreting the lives of people of African ancestry throughout Revolutionary America.

Comcast NBCUniversal is the sponsor of the Museum’s African American Interpretive Program. Additional support for the Living History Youth Summer Institute provided by Lawrence and Elyse Benenson and Carolyn Horn Seidle.