The items in question were mostly military or gun-related in some way. On Monday, March 13, I headed over to MAR for what I thought would be the most unusual press event of 2023: a stolen artifacts repatriation ceremony, during which sixteen museums and historical societies would receive items that were stolen from them over the last 50 years. The museum’s central staircase alone is enough to give you a feeling of safety and refuge, reminding me of what an atheist tour guide told me years ago when I was in Paris for the first time: that in order to escape the madness of the city and to soothe his nerves, he sometimes slips into the Cathedral of Notre Dame to sit, ponder and meditate. Just walking into the building from the tight overcrowding of 3rd and Chestnut Street, one feels an immediate elevation of spirit, something akin to walking on air.
The Museum of the American Revolution (MAR), like the Barnes Foundation on the Parkway, is an architectural breath of fresh air.
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