Science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Franklin Institute
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The Franklin Institute in March 2024
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Established
| 1824
; 200 years ago
(
1824
)
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Location
| 222 North 20th Street,
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
, U.S.
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Type
| Science museum
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President
| Larry Dubinski
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Public transit access
| SEPTA
bus:
7
,
32
,
33
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38
,
48
,
49
Philly Phlash
,
Suburban Station
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Website
| fi
.edu
/en
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The Franklin Institute Science Museum
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Area
| 4.4 acres (1.8 ha)
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Built
| 1931
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Architect
| Windrim, John Torrey; Day & Zimmermann
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Architectural style
| Classical Revival
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NRHP reference
No.
| 85000039
[1]
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Added to NRHP
| January 3, 1985
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The
Franklin Institute
is a science museum and the center of science education and research in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
. It is named after the American scientist and
statesman
Benjamin Franklin
. It houses the
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
. Founded in 1824, the Franklin Institute is one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States. Its chief astronomer is
Derrick Pitts
.
History
[
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]
19th century
[
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]
On February 5, 1824,
Samuel Vaughan Merrick
and
William H. Keating
founded the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the
Mechanic Arts
. The opening was chronicled by
The Literary Chronicle for the Year 1824
:
With a view further to develop the resources of the union, increase the national independence, call forth the ingenuity and industry of the people, and thereby increase the comforts of the community at large.
[2]
Begun in 1825, the institute was an important force in the professionalization of American science and technology through the nineteenth century, beginning with early investigations into
steam engines
and
water power
. In addition to conducting scientific inquiry, it fostered research and education by running schools, publishing the influential
Journal of The Franklin Institute
, sponsoring exhibitions, and recognizing scientific advancement and invention with medals and awards.
[3]
20th century
[
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In the late 20th century, the institute's research roles gave way to educating the general public through its museum. The Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute, founded in 1924 to conduct research in the physical sciences, now is part of the
University of Delaware
and named
Bartol Research Institute
.
[4]
The Franklin Institute Laboratories for Research and Development operated from the Second World War into the 1980s.
Many scientists have demonstrated groundbreaking new technology at the Franklin Institute. From September 2 to October 11, 1884, it hosted the
International Electrical Exhibition of 1884
, the first great electrical exposition in the United States.
[5]
The world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system was later given by
Philo Taylor Farnsworth
on August 25, 1934.
[6]
The first female member, Elizabeth Skinner, was elected to membership in 1833. The Franklin Institute was
integrated
in 1870, when Philadelphia teacher and activist
Octavius Catto
was admitted as a member.
The institute's original building at 15 South 7th Street, later the home of the (now-defunct)
Atwater Kent Museum
, eventually proved too small for the institute's research, educational programs, and library. The Institute moved into its current home on the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
, near the intersection with 20th Street, in 1934. The new facility was intended from the start to educate visitors through hand-on interactions with exhibits: "Visitors to this museum would be encouraged to touch, handle, and operate the exhibits in order to learn how things work."
[7]
Funds to build the new Institute and Franklin Memorial came from the Poor Richard Club, the City Board of Trust, the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Inc., and the Franklin Institute. John T. Windrim's original design was a completely square building surrounding the Benjamin Franklin Statue, which had yet to be built. Despite the effects of the
Great Depression
, the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, Inc. raised $5 million between December 1929 and June 1930. Only two of the four wings envisioned by Windrim were built; these face the Parkway and share design elements with other cultural and civic structures around
Logan Circle
.
On March 31, 1940,
press agent
William Castellini issued a press release stating that the world would end the next day. The story was picked up by
KYW
, which reported, "Your worst fears that the world will end are confirmed by astronomers of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Scientists predict that the world will end at 3 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time
tomorrow. This is no
April Fool joke
. Confirmation can be obtained from Wagner Schlesinger, director of the
Fels Planetarium
of this city." This caused a panic in the city which only subsided when the Franklin Institute assured people it had made no such prediction. Castellini was dismissed shortly thereafter.
[8]
21st century
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]
On December 21, 2017, during a party hosted by the museum, a partygoer with his companions slipped into a closed-off exhibit of ten
terracotta warriors
on loan from
China
. After his companions left, the partygoer broke off and stole a thumb from one of the warriors. Law enforcement agents later recovered the stolen thumb. The vandalized cavalryman is valued at US$4.5 million, and is considered a "priceless part of China's cultural heritage". The vandalism stoked outrage in Chinese media, such as
Xinhua
. The Franklin Institute blamed its external security contractor, and stated it had reviewed its security measures and procedures to prevent such situations from recurring.
[9]
[10]
The defendant was charged both with theft, and with concealment of an item of cultural heritage.
The defense argued that the defendant was being "overcharged" under statutes applicable to professional art thieves. An April 2019 trial ended in a
hung jury
with seven of the 12 jurors in favor of acquittal. A February 2020 retrial was postponed due to travel restrictions related to the
COVID-19 pandemic
.
[11]
[12]
[
needs update
]
In 2021, the institute housed the work of Dyymond Whipper-Young as she broke the
Guinness world record
for the "world's largest drawing by an individual".
[13]
[14]
Succession of presidents
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]
- James Ronaldson (1824?1841)
- Samuel V. Merrick (1842?1854)
- John C. Cresson (1855?1863)
- William Sellers
(1864?1866)
- John Vaughan Merrick (1867?1869)
- Coleman Sellers (1870?1874)
- Robert Empie Rogers (1875?1878)
- William Penn Tatham (1880?1885)
- Joseph Miller Wilson (1887?1896)
- Dr. Walton Clark (1907?1923)
- Dr. Nathan Hayward (1929-1935)
[1]
- Dr. W. Laurence LePage (1958?1967)
- Dr. Athelstan F. Spilhaus
(1967?1969)
- Dr. Bowen C. Dees (1970?1981)
- Dr. Joel N. Bloom (1969?1990)
- Dr.
James L. Powell
(1991?1994)
- Dr. Dennis M. Wint (1995?2014)
- Larry Dubinski (2014?present)
Chair of the Board of Trustees
[
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]
- Donald Morel (2014?present)
[15]
Board of Trustees Emeriti Members
[
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]
- William J. Avery
[16]
- Marsha R. Perelman
[16]
- James A. Unruh
[16]
Capital campaign
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In 2006, the Franklin Institute began fundraising activities for the Inspire Science! capital campaign, a $64.7 million campaign intended to fund the construction of a 53,000 sq ft (4,900 m
2
) building addition, new exhibits, and upgrades and renovations to the existing Institute building and exhibits.
[17]
In 2011, the Franklin Institute received a $10 million gift from Athena and Nicholas Karabots towards the Inspire Science! capital campaign. This gift is the largest gift in the institute's history, and put the Franklin Institute within $6 million of the $64.7 million capital campaign goal. The Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion will house not only a $10 million multiroom exhibit on neuroscience, but also a conference center, classroom space, and additional room for traveling exhibitions.
[18]
The Science Center
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The most recognizable part of the Franklin Institute's Science Center is the
Franklin Institute Science Museum
. In the spirit of inquiry and discovery embodied by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of the Franklin Institute Science Museum serves to inspire an understanding of and passion for science and technology learning. Among other exhibits, the Science Museum holds the largest collection of artifacts from the
Wright brothers
' workshop.
Permanent exhibits
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- Electricity
, which replaced
Franklin...He's Electric
in 2010, showcases Franklin's discovery of electricity and its use in the modern world, including elements such as a sustainable dance floor, and an array of LEDs that turn on in the presence of cell phone signals and other low-power electrical signals.
[19]
(Electricity and Technology)
- Changing Earth
, which opened to the public, along with
Electricity
, on March 27, 2010, focuses on the powerful forces of air, water, and land and their effect upon the earth, as well as how humans respond to and interact with these forces.
[20]
- The Franklin Airshow
features The
Wright Brothers
Aeronautical Engineering Collection, their newly restored
Wright Model B
airplane, and a
United States Air Force
1948
T-33 Shooting Star
jet trainer. (Aviation and Technology)
- The Giant Heart
has been a Philadelphia icon since its opening in 1954. (Biology, Chemistry and Anatomy)
- Joel N. Bloom Observatory
, remodeled in 2006, features five telescopes, including a very large 10-inch (250 mm) Zeiss Refractor and four 8-inch (200 mm) Meade Reflectors.
- SportsZone
is an interactive exhibit that shows the science behind sports. (Physics and Technology)
- The Train Factory
has a real, once movable train: The
Baldwin 60000
steam locomotive, which was rolled into the museum while the building's walls were still being constructed. The 60000's track is itself the top level of a full-size exhibit on bridge engineering in the museum basement and long closed to the public. This exhibit is currently closed for an extensive renovation and is expected to reopen in the fall of 2024.
[21]
(History, Engineering, and Technology)
- Sir Isaac's Loft
allows visitors to blend art and science into their own masterpiece. (Physics and Art)
- Space Command
features real space suits and allows visitors to track their houses, in real time, via satellite. (Astronomy, Technology, and Mathematics)
- The Franklin Institute installed
Foxtrot Papa
, a former British Airways
Boeing 707
airliner, as a permanent exhibit in the mid-1970s. Standing above an outdoor Science Park and connected to the second-floor aviation hall by skybridges, this aircraft could easily be seen from the outside of the building and was a remarkable sight in the middle of a major city. In the 1980s, however, the aircraft was sold for scrap, much to the dismay of local aviation enthusiasts.
[22]
- Amazing Machine
allows visitors to experience a machine-like environment featuring little-seen pieces from the Franklin Institute's priceless collection, including
Maillardet's automaton
.
[23]
- Your Brain
explores the physiology and neurology of our most remarkable organ. The exhibit includes an 18-foot-tall
Luckey Climber
climbing structure that simulates neural pathways sending messages, and an area to discuss questions of neuroscience ethics, in addition to 70 interactive learning experiences.
Other attractions
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The Science Center includes many pertinent attractions that are not museum exhibits. The
Budd BB-1
Pioneer
flying boat, in front of the museum, was the world's first stainless steel airplane, built by Philadelphia-based
Edward F. Budd Manufacturing Corporation
, and has been on display since 1935.
[24]
A mock-up which would eventually become the Lunar Module in the Apollo space program, first shown on display in the 1966?67 World's Fair, held in the New York Hall of Science, is also located on the grounds. (See
photo
.)
Theaters
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In 1933,
Samuel Simeon Fels
contributed funds to build
The Fels Planetarium
, only the second built in the United States after
Chicago
's
Adler Planetarium
. Fully reconstructed in 2002, the Planetarium's new design includes replacement of the original 40,000-pound stainless steel dome, originally built in 1933. The new premium dome is lighter and is 60 feet (18 m) in diameter. It is the first of its kind in the United States. The planetarium is also outfitted for visitors who are hearing impaired.
The Tuttleman IMAX Theater
is an
IMAX
dome theater that is 180° encompassing and tilted at 30 degrees. The seating places the audience up in the dome which is over 70 ft (21 m) across and 4.5 stories tall. In addition, the theater has 20,000 watts of amplifier power and over 50 speakers. The theater was closed in 2020 due to
COVID-19
, and did not reopen with the rest of the museum. In November 2023, the Franklin Institute confirmed that the theater would remain closed permanently, citing that it was financially unviable and had outdated equipment, and that the museum would be investing in other new exhibits instead.
[25]
[26]
Early in 2008, extensive renovation of the museum's auditorium was completed. Previously a lecture hall, the space was renamed
Franklin Theater
, and features 3-D and hi-def
Blu-ray
digital projection capabilities. The Franklin Theater shows educational films during daytime hours while also including mass release feature-length films.
Traveling exhibits
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In the past, the Science Center has hosted many traveling exhibits including
Storms
,
Titanic
,
Grossology
,
Body Worlds
,
Darwin
, and
Robots
. In the summer of 2007, the Franklin Institute hosted
Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of The Pharaohs,
in the Mandell Center of the Franklin Institute Science Museum. The exhibit began its United States Tour in
Los Angeles
, and went to
Fort Lauderdale
, and
Chicago
, before coming to Philadelphia for its final American appearance. When the exhibit left Philadelphia on September 30, 2007, it traveled to
London
.
This exhibit was nearly twice the size of the original
Tutankhamun
exhibit of the 1970s, and contained 50 objects directly from Tut's tomb, as well as nearly 70 object from the tombs of his ancestors in The
Valley of the Kings
. The show also featured a
CAT Scan
that revealed what the Boy King may have looked like.
The Franklin Institute is a member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
[27]
and the
American Alliance of Museums
(AAM).
[28]
The Franklin Institute is also a member of the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative with the
Fort Worth
Museum of Science & History; the
Museum of Science, Boston
;
COSI Columbus
, formerly known as the
Center of Science and Industry
in
Columbus, Ohio
;
OMSI
in
Portland, Oregon
; the
Science Museum of Minnesota
in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
; and the
California Science Center
, formerly the California Museum of Science & Industry, in
Los Angeles
.
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
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The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial features a 20-foot (6.1 m) high marble statue, sculpted by
James Earle Fraser
. Originally opened in 1938, the Memorial was designed by architect
John T. Windrim
and modeled after the
Pantheon
in
Rome
. The Hall is 82 ft (25 m) in length, width, and height. The domed ceiling is self-supporting and weighs 1600 tons. The floors, walls, columns, pilasters, and cornices are made of marbles imported from Portugal, Italy, and France.
The
United States Congress
designated the Hall and statue as the official Benjamin Franklin National Memorial on October 25, 1972. The Memorial was dedicated by Vice President
Nelson Rockefeller
in 1976.
On December 30, 2005, Congress authorized the institute to receive up to $10 million in matching grants for the rehabilitation of the memorial and for the development of related exhibits.
[29]
In the fall of 2008, the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial was re-opened after a summer-long restoration that included multimedia enhancements. Philadelphia's most famous citizen is featured in
Benjamin Franklin Forever
, an hourly 3.5-minute multimedia presentation utilizing the entire rotunda.
Also noteworthy is the Franklin Institute's Frankliniana Collection, some of which is on rotating display in the Pendulum Staircase. Highlights include Franklin's 1777 Nini Medallion, the
scale model
of the bust from the statue in the Memorial, the
figurehead
of Franklin's bust from the
frigate
USS
Franklin
, his ceremonial sword used in the court of King Louis XVI, and the odometer that Franklin used to measure the postal routes in Philadelphia. Additionally, the institute's
Electricity
exhibition highlights one of Franklin's lightning rods, his electricity tube, a
Franklin Electrostatic Generator
, the 1751 publication of Franklin's
Experiments and Observations on Electricity
, and
Thornton Oakley
's two 1940 historical murals of Franklin and the
"Kite and Key" experiment
.
The Journal of The Franklin Institute
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In 1826,
The Journal of The Franklin Institute
was established to publish US Patent information and to document scientific and technological achievements throughout the nation. It is the second oldest continuously published
scientific journal
in the country, and is now primarily devoted to
applied mathematics
.
Awards
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Since 1824, the Franklin Institute has maintained the longest continuously awarded science and technology awards program in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. The first issue of the
Journal of The Franklin Institute
, dated January 1826, makes the first written reference to these awards. Before 1998 several medals were awarded by the Franklin Institute, such as (year indicates when the award was first presented):
[30]
the
Elliott Cresson Medal
(1875), the Edward Longstreth Medal (1890),
[31]
the
Howard N. Potts Medal
(1911), the
Franklin Medal
(1915), the
George R. Henderson Medal
(1924),
[32]
the Louis E. Levy Medal (1924),
[33]
the
John Price Wetherill Medal
(1926),
[34]
The
Frank P. Brown Medal
(first awarded in 1941),
[35]
Stuart Ballantine Medal
(1947), and the
Albert A. Michelson
Medal (1968).
[36]
Past winners include
Henry Ford
,
Frank Lloyd Wright
,
Marie Curie
, and
Thomas Edison
.
[37]
In 1998 all of the endowed medals were reorganized as the
Benjamin Franklin Medals
. Multiple medals are given every year, for different fields of science and engineering. The fields awarded today are "
Chemistry
", "
Computer
and
Cognitive Science
", "
Earth
and
Environmental Science
", "
Electrical Engineering
", "
Life Science
", "
Mechanical Engineering
" and "
Physics
". In the past also the fields "
Earth Science
", "
Engineering
" and "
Materials Science
" were rewarded.
[37]
[38]
Additionally since 1990, the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (Bower Science Award) and the Bower Award for Business Leadership have been awarded annually. They are funded by a $7.5 million
bequest
in 1988 from Henry Bower, a chemical manufacturer in Philadelphia. The Bower Science Award contains $250,000 of cash, one of the largest amounts for a science award in the US.
[37]
[39]
The institute's Committee on Science and the Arts determines the winners of these awards. Recipients and related information can be found in the laureates database.
[37]
[38]
Informal science learning research
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The Franklin Institute also undertakes research in informal science education. Areas of special strength are educational technology, school partnerships, and youth leadership. In addition, the center has built a substantial portfolio of unique online resources of the history of science, including online exhibits on Ben Franklin and the Heart, as well as resources on the Wright Aeronautical Engineering Collection.
The Franklin Institute is a member of the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net).
Programs
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]
Science Leadership Academy
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Opening in September 2006, The
Science Leadership Academy
is a partnership between the Franklin Institute and the
School District of Philadelphia
.
Teacher professional development
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The Franklin Institute offers summer institutes and school year mini-courses for K-8 teachers, in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia and Curriculum & Instruction Office.
Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science
[
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]
Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science
, or PACTS, is a year-round program of science enrichment, career development, and leadership opportunities for diverse
[
clarification needed
]
middle- and high-school students in the Philadelphia Region. PACTS students use hands-on science workshops, field based research, field trips, and laboratory experiments to learn how science affects their everyday lives.
Girls at the Center
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]
Girls at the Center
is a partnership between the Franklin Institute and the
Girl Scouts of the USA
provided girls and their families a chance to learn about science together. Over 100 sites participated in the program, with over 70 of the sites still active today. Girls at the Center provided activities for the girls to do with their families at home, as well as projects to be completed on site, all culminating in a year-end party.
See also
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