Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation

Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation is a traveling exhibition from the National Archives that will bring Founding-era documents to eight American cities throughout 2026.

Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, the Freedom Plane National Tour will make historic and consequential documents fundamental to America’s founding accessible across the nation to celebrate the semiquincentennial. The tour will arrive in Atlanta on March 27 and be here until April 12.

We are offering free admission to the Buckhead campus during the Freedom Plane National Tour (maximum of six tickets per order). Timed entry to the Freedom Plane exhibition is included with admission. You can pick up a timed entry slot onsite on a first-come, first-served basis after your arrival and check-in. Please expect long wait times.

Due to anticipated high attendance, entry to the Goizueta Children’s Experience must also be reserved in person.

  • Members receive exclusive access to the Goizueta Children's Experience from 9–11am, no need to reserve a time.
  • After 12pm, timed entry for the Children's Experience will be available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of your visit.

Exhibition Highlights

  • Articles of Association, 1774

    Signed by all 53 delegates, the Articles of Association urged colonists to boycott British goods and was the Continental Congress’s first major unified act of resistance against Britain.

  • George Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton’s, and Aaron Burr’s Oaths of Allegiance, 1778

    Oaths of Allegiance that all officers of the Continental Army signed during the Revolutionary War.

  • Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form, 1787

    A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution in draft form, with the delegate’s handwritten notes made during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Tour Stops

  • Kansas City

    National WWI Museum and
    Memorial

    Fri, March 6 – Sun, March 22

  • Atlanta

    Atlanta History Center

    Fri, March 27 – Sun, April 12

  • Los Angeles

    USC Fisher Art Gallery

    Fri, April 17 – Sun, May 3

  • Texas

    Houston Museum of Natural
    Science

    Fri, May 8 – Mon, May 25

  • Denver

    History Colorado

    Fri, May 29 – Sun, June 14

  • Miami

    HistoryMiami Museum

    Thurs, June 18 – Sun, July 5

  • Detroit

    Henry Ford Museum of
    American Innovation

    Thurs, July 9 – Sun, July 26

  • Seattle

    Museum of History and
    Industry

    Thurs, July 30 – Sun, Aug 16

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