Exhibits
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Whether visiting with your family, school, friends, or on your own, MoDI’s exhibits will stimulate your curiosity and provide hours of fun.
In the Barn
Revere Copper Company Bell (1834)
The Revere Copper Company produced dozens of products. Joseph Warren Revere cast this bell in 1834. Its “sweet sound” was heard in Ohio churches for over 150 years before the bell found its way “home” again in 2022.
Paul Revere’s Many Careers
Paul Revere’s daring midnight ride was one event in a rich and varied life. He began as an apprentice silversmith in Boston and retired as a mill owner and manufacturer in Canton. In between, his life spanned a turbulent and exciting time in American history.
Once inside the Historic Barn, follow Revere’s history along a wall that highlights the major events and accomplishments in a rarely-seen perspective of his many careers.
Innovate!
Innovation is the process of generating new ideas, methods, products, services, and solutions that bring about positive changes. Throughout his long career, Paul Revere was a master innovator, establishing himself as early America’s greatest manufacturer of a wide range of metal products.
MoDI’s many innovation-related exhibits will challenge all visitors to “Think Like Revere”.
The Story Within the Story
The Paul Revere Heritage Site is the latest incarnation of an area that has been populated for at least 12,000 years. Exhibits throughout the Barn illustrate the area’s changes and growth during that span.
In the Mill
Ordinary People – Extraordinary Times
A Massachusetts 250 Exhibit
The American Revolution was a time of upheaval, uncertainty, and transformation. The war disrupted daily life as soldiers occupied Boston, warships blockaded the port, and battles bloodied the countryside. At the same time, changes in how people worked, lived together, and thought were quietly reshaping everyday life.
In this exhibit inside Copper Mill Hall on the second floor of the brick Rolling Mill, you will meet ordinary people who lived during an extraordinary time. Each faced different circumstances and made choices about how to find their way through the challenges they faced.
In the Del Vecchio Green
Heritage Site History
Along the 2/3 mile of the Revere Green’s trails, visitors will encounter over a dozen interpretive signs, historically-themed statuary, and a large artifact from the bygone era of the Heritage Site’s former occupant, the Plymouth Rubber Company.
