Family Activities
Participate in fun and immersive hands-on family activities inside the National Archives! Activities will be available for all ages.
Explore the Museum
Visit the Rotunda and see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights! You can also explore the history of our rights in America in the permanent Records of Rights exhibit, and learn about the untold stories of coal communities in the temporary exhibit Power and Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey.
Participate in fun and immersive hands-on family activities inside the National Archives! Activities will be available for all ages.
- Sign the Declaration of Independence
- Declaring Independence Scavenger Hunt
- Make your own Independence Day button
- Meet and have your picture taken with Revolutionary figures Abigail Adams, John Adams, James Forten, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Ned Hector, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington between noon and 3 p.m.
- Hands on crafts and activities
Explore the Museum
Visit the Rotunda and see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights! You can also explore the history of our rights in America in the permanent Records of Rights exhibit, and learn about the untold stories of coal communities in the temporary exhibit Power and Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey.
