Exterior of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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The National Constitution Center is a 160,000 square foot museum that opened on July 4, 2003 in the historic district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and designed by American architect Henry N. Cobb. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1723x1184, 2125 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): National Constitution Center User:JVinocur/Images Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1723x1184, 2125 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): National Constitution Center User:JVinocur/Images Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Liberty Bell; public domain. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Henry N. Cobb (born 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American architect and founding partner in Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, an international architectural firm based in New York City. ...

The mission of the Center, as established in the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 407aa et seq.), is to disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people. The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...

The US Constitution was debated and signed in Independence Hall, a historic building about a quarter mile from the Center. The National Constitution Center is located within Independence National Historical Park. Exterior view of Independence Hall (circa 1770s). ... Independence National Historic Park, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the historic area of downtown (or Center City) Philadelphia where Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the National Constitution Center are located, along with dozens of other historic buildings and educational centers. ...

Flags displayed in the lobby of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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=See also

External link

• National Constitution Center official site