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Founded in honor of America's first scientist, Benjamin Franklin, The Franklin Institute is one of America's oldest and premier centers of science education and development in the country. Today, the Institute continues its dedication to public education and the creation of a passion for science by offering new and exciting access to science and technology through innovative and modern displays and exhibits. The Franklin Institute itself comprises three centers, The Science Center, The Franklin Center, and The Center for Innovation in Science Learning. It also houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 328 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 1260 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ...
The Science Center
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.
On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughn Merrick and William H. Keating founded The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. The museum began in its original building at 15 South 7th Street in 1825 and moved into its current home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway over 100 years later, in 1934. Funds to build the new Institute and Memorial on the Parkway 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. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Samuel Vaughan Merrick (1801-1870) was a 19th century American manufacturer. ...
William Hypolitus Keating (August 11, 1799-1844) was an American geologist. ...
Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic avenue that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. ...
The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ...
Current permanent exhibits
 The newly refurbished Giant Heart - Franklin...He's Electric is a hands-on exhibit that showcases Franklin's scientific genius as well as object of historical significance, like Franklin's lightning rod!
- The Franklin Airshow features The Wright Brothers Aeronautical Engineering Collection, their newly restored Model B Flyer, and a U.S. Air Force 1948 T-33 Jet Trainer.
- The Giant Heart has been a Philadelphia icon since its opening in 1954.
- The Joel N. Bloom Observatory, remodeled in 2006, features five telescopes, including a giant 10" Zeiss Refractor and four 8" Meade Reflectors.
- The Sports Challenge is an interactive exhibit that shows the science behind your favorite sports!
- The Train Factory has a real, moving train: The Baldwin 60000 steam locomotive!
- Sir Isaac's Loft, the Museum's newest permanent exhibit, allows visitors to blend art and science into their own masterpiece.
- Space Command features real space suits and allows you to track your house, in real time, via satellite.
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The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867–May 30, 1912), were two Americans generally credited with building the worlds first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. ...
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Other Attractions - The Tuttleman IMAX Theater -- Unlike conventional dome theaters that are 180° encompassing, IMAX Dome screens are also tilted at 30 degrees. The special seating places the audience up in the dome, completely involving them in the show. The dome is over 70 feet across and 4.5 stories tall. In addition, 20,000 watts of amplifier power and over 50 speakers will make you feel like you are part of the action.
- Science Park -- May through September, weather permitting. Science Park is a 25,000 square foot park conveniently located in the backyard of The Franklin Institute. It is a permanent outdoor exhibit where children can learn about science by playing miniature golf, swinging on a swing set, and testing out many more devices designed to get kids excited about learning. Sundials, sand pendulums, hide-and-seek tunnels, and mini-periscopes help ensure that fun and games are a part of each science lesson.
- The Fels Planetarium -- In 1933, Samuel S. Fels contributed funds to build a planetarium, only the second in the United States. The Planetarium's new design 2002 renovations include replacement of the original 40,000 pound stainless steel dome, originally built in 1933. The new premium dome is lighter and is 60-feet in diameter. It is the first of its kind in the United States. The planetarium is also outfitted for visitors who are hearing impaired.
IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia BFI London IMAX by night IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canadas IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film display...
Samuel Simeon Fels, the youngest son of Lazarus and Susanna Fels, was born in Yanceyville, N.C., on February 16, 1860. ...
// A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ...
Traveling Exhibits
 During the King Tut Exhibit, the front steps are covered in an image of King Tut's face. Past Traveling Exhibits have included: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Franklin Institute is currently hosting 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, CA, and went to Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Chicago, IL, before coming to Philadelphia for its final American appearance. When the exhibit leaves Philadelphia on September 30, 2007, it will travel to London, England. The current exhibit is nearly twice the size of the original Tutankhamun exhibit of the 1970s, and contains 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 current show also features a CAT Scan that reveals what the Boy King may have looked like.[1] The New York Herald reports the disaster. ...
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Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. ...
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Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (1334 BC/1333 BC - 1323 BC), during the period known as the New Kingdom. ...
Location of the valley in the Theban Hills, West of the Red Sea October 1988 (red arrow shows location) The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el-Muluk; Gates of the King)[1] is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th...
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The Franklin Center The Franklin Center inspires and celebrates the pursuit of excellence in science and technology through the recognition of outstanding achievement. The Institute's rich historical collections and extensive library, as well as its sponsorship of an internationally recognized awards program, allow it to stand out among American Museums. The Franklin Center is responsible for The Journal of The Franklin Institute, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, and The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.
National Memorial -
The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial features a 20 foot 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, Italy. The Hall is 82 feet 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. Congress designated the Hall and statue as the official Benjamin Franklin National Memorial on October 25, 1972. Vice President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller deidcated the memorial in 1976.
The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial is the only privately owned National Memorial in the country, and it is maintained by the museum.
On December 30, 2005, Congress authorized the Institute to receive up to $10,000,000 in matching grants for the rehabilitation of the memorial and for the development of related exhibits. [2] Image File history File links Benjamin-Franklin-National-Memorial. ...
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The Franklin Institute is the memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklins personal effects. ...
End of the Trail James Earle Fraser (November 4, 1876 – October 11, 1953) was an American sculptor, born in Winona, Minnesota. ...
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The Journal of The Franklin Institute In 1826, The Journal of The Franklin Institute was established to publish U.S. 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.
The Benjamin Franklin Awards Since 1833 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 Benjamin Franklin Medal is given to scientists in multiple fields, including Chemistry, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth Science, Engineering, Life Science, and Physics. The Committee on Science and the Arts determines the winners of the awards. Past winners include Henry Ford, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jonas Salk, Marie Curie, and Thomas Edison, to name a few. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ...
Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the branch of science concerned with the fundamental laws of the universe. ...
Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ...
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867—April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent and influential architects of his era. ...
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher, best known for the development of the first polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine). ...
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France as Marie Curie, aka Madame Curie; November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934) was a Polish-French physicist and chemist. ...
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Additionally, the Bower Award for Business Leadership and the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, have been awarded since 1990. They were were made possible by a $7.5 million bequest in 1988 from Henry Bower, a Philadelphia chemical manufacturer. The Bower Science Award carries a cash prize of $250,000, one of the richest science prizes in America.
The 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medalists - Klaus Beimann, Ph.D.--Chemistry
- Steven W. Squyres, Ph.D.--Earth and Envirnomental Science
- Robert H. Dennard, Ph.D.--Electrical Engineering
- Nancy S. Wexler, Ph.D.--Life Science
- Merton C. Flemings, Sc.D.--Materials Engineering
- Yoji Totsuka, Ph.D., and Arthur McDonald, Ph.D.--Physics
The 2007 Bower Award Winners The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science - Stuart K. Card--Human-Centered Computing
The Bower Award for Business Leadership Franklin Awards Week 2007 will take place April 23-April 27, with various special events and conferences planned.[3] Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ...
The Center for Innovation in Science Learning The Center for Innovation in Science Learning has earned the Institute a national reputation for program development in K-12 education and grant-funded research. 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. Download high resolution version (763x680, 471 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Foucaults Pendulum in the Panthéon, Paris A Foucault pendulum, or Foucaults pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth; its action is a result of the Coriolis effect. ...
The Science Leadership Academy Opening its doors in September of 2006, The Science Leadership Academy is a partnership between The Franklin Institute and The School District of Philadelphia to create a learning environment based on The Institute's philosophy that inquiry is the basis of learning. The Science Leadership Academy provides a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum with a focus on science, technology, mathematics and entrepreneurship. Students at the SLA learn in a project-based environment where the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection are emphasized in all classes.
Partnerships for Achieving Careers in Technology and Science 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 middle- and high-school students in the Philadelphia Region. PACTS students use hands-on science workshops, field based research, field trips, and laboratory experiements to learn how science affects their everyday lives. PACTS is a youth leadership experience designed to involve students as an active part of the daily life of The Franklin Institute. Students who continue the program through high-school emerge with the skills and confidence to be successful college students and productive adults.
=Girls At The Center = The unique partnerhsip between The Franklin Institute and The Girl Scouts of America provided girls and their families a chance to learn about science together. Over 100 sites participated in the program, with over seventy 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!
Trivia - The Franklin Institute was integrated in 1870, when Philadelphia teacher and activist Octavius Catto was admitted as a member.
- 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. [4]
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth gave the world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on 25 August 1934.
- Nikola Tesla demonstrated the principle of wireless telegraphy at the Franklin Institute in 1893
- The Franklin Institute Science Museum holds the largest collection of artifacts from the Wright brothers' workshop.
- In the three-part Teen Titans storyline "Lights Out", the Teen Titans do battle with the villain Doctor Light in The Franklin Institute.
- The building was featured prominently in the film National Treasure.
- The Franklin Institute once featured the "Foxtrot Papa" Boeing 707 as a permanent exhibit. This partial fuselage could easily be seen from the outside of the building and was a remarkable sight in the middle of a major city. However, the aircraft was sold for scrap in the 1980's much to the dismay of aviation enthusaists.[5]
Octavius Catto, black baseball pioneer Octavius V. Catto, was born in 1840 and was one of the prominent early organizers of black baseball, also referred to as the Negro Leagues. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
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KYW is a class A AM radio station on 1060 kHz licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ...
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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)[1] was a world-renowned Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. ...
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867–May 30, 1912), were two Americans generally credited with building the worlds first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. ...
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Arthur Light is a DC Comics fictional character and supervillain. ...
National Treasure is a 2004 movie from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub. ...
See also Liberty Bell; public domain. ...
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was founded in 1812 to expand knowledge of the natural world. ...
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References - ^ http://www2.fi.edu/tut/index.html
- ^ The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
- ^ Check for more information
- ^ http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/P70
- ^ Mauger, Edward Arthur: Philadelphia Then and Now, page 89. Thunder Bay Press, 2002. ISBN 1-571-45880-8.
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