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Last minute road trip to the Franklin Institute - and it wouldn't be a trip without our youngest getting his head stuck in the railing (second clip that is him saying, my head is stuck, my head is stuck).
It's a huge museum, that's pretty spread apart.
The only disappointing part was that there were a decent number of features that were not functioning correctly if at all (Flight exhibit).
Overall, the kids loved it - I think it's good for a visit - we may have to hit up the Philly Zoo on the next trip up here.
The Brain exhibit was fun - that's the part where you see Dougie testing his reaction time + attention.
I would probably recommend it for kids 5 and up - it's a place that requires some supervision to explain all the facts to the kids so you can really take advantage of it, and have them soak it in.
Captured with Canon D60 + Zenitar Lens + edited with Gnarbox.
The Franklin Institute's Mission
In the spirit of inquiry and discovery embodied by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of The Franklin Institute is to inspire a passion for learning about science and technology.
About The Franklin Institute
As the most visited museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a top-five tourist destination in the City of Philadelphia, The Franklin Institute is one of the leading science centers in the country, and serves as both a prominent educational and cultural resource, and as an anchor of the local economy. Science and technology have the potential to solve some of the most critical issues of our time, to improve our lives, and to inspire our curiosity about the world around us. Every day The Franklin Institute provides resources that help people to connect with science and technology in creative ways that resonate with learners of all ages and backgrounds. The Institute directly reaches more than 1 million people each year with informal learning experiences that engage students, adults, and families. Though its historic museum is a central learning space, the Institute has evolved to provide people with educational resources in their own neighborhoods through hands-on activities in classrooms, workshops in libraries, community centers, and other settings, and through ways to interact online. Since 1824, The Franklin Institute has pursued its commitment to making these resources available to as many people as possible throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
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, and 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.
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.
…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. Franklin Institute, opening day 1924, (The Literary chronicle for the Year 1824, p 524)
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.
In the late twentieth 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, is now part of the University of Delaware. 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. The world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system was later given by Philo Taylor Farnsworth on August 25, 1934.
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, now the home of the 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. 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.
FDC for Franklin 1/2¢ stamp issued at the Franklin Institute on May 19, 1938
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.
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 4.5 million USD, 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 has reviewed its security measures and procedures to prevent such situations from recurring.
the Franklin institute
The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. It is named after the American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, and 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.
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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, and 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.
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Stephanie Stahl Takes Us Inside Your Brain Exhibit At The Franklin Institute
The new Your Brain exhibit is the Franklin Institute newest and biggest exhibit.
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Students will learn about Betsy Ross, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell Pavilion, the United States Mint, the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Zoo, and lastly, Philadelphia Sports Teams.
Best Hotel Accommodation near The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
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List of Best hotels near The Franklin Institute
A- The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 West Rittenhouse Square, PA 19103
00 1 855-225-4142
B- AKA University City
2929 Walnut St, Cira Centre South, PA 19104-5054
00 1 215-309-9610
C- The Windsor Suites
1700 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, PA 19103-2735
00 1 215-618-9138
D- Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia
433 Chestnut Street, PA 19106-2426
080005 01395
E- Best Western Plus Independence Park Hotel
235 Chestnut St, PA 19106-2813
00 1 855-737-5859
F- The Study at University City
20 S 33rd St, PA 19104-3314
00 1 215-387-1400
G- Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia
117 South 17th Street, PA 19103-5025
080005 01395
H- Rittenhouse 1715, A Boutique Hotel
1715 Rittenhouse Sq, PA 19103-6109
I- Morris House Hotel
225 S 8th St, PA 19106-3519
00 1 215-929-7132
J- The Inn at Penn, A Hilton Hotel
3600 Sansom St, PA 19104-3212
00 1 215-222-0200
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The Benjamin Franklin Memorial TIME LAPSE
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL
The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial is located in the rotunda of Pennsylvania's most-visited museum, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The centerpiece of the memorial is a dramatic 20-foot high marble statue of Benjamin Franklin. Sculpted by James Earle Fraser, the statue weighs 30 tons and sits on a 92-ton pedestal of white Seravezza marble. Originally opened in 1938, the rotunda was designed by architect John T. Windrim and modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. It measures 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 rare marbles from Portugal, Italy and France.
Designated by the United States Congress in 1972 as the official national memorial to Franklin, and formally dedicated by then Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller on April 12, 1976, the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial may be the only National Memorial in private hands. As such, The Franklin Institute receives no government funding, support or assistance from the National Park Service, which administers and oversees other national monuments and memorials.
In 2008 the Memorial underwent a $3.8 million restoration that included the installation of a multi-media presentation about Philadelphia's most famous citizen—now featured in the 3 1/2-minute show, Benjamin Franklin Forever. The memorial's new digital projection, theatrical lighting and audio effects are fully utilized in a program that introduces Benjamin Franklin as a curious tinkerer—and demonstrates his profound impact on the world as a premiere international citizen, statesman, civic leader and scientist. The refurbishment also includes improved acoustics, state-of-the-art LED lighting upgrades and restoring and re-gilding the oculus to its original brilliance. Throughout the day, quotes from Ben Franklin are projected onto the walls, and graphic panels highlighting Franklin's life and accomplishments provide visitors with a still greater appreciation of this Founding Father. The Memorial is open to the public at all times when The Franklin Institute is open and no admission fee is required.
Also noteworthy is The Franklin Institute's Frankliniana Collection, some of which is on rotating display in the Pendulum Staircase. Highlights might include his 1777 Nini Medallion; the maquette of Franklin's bust from the statue of Franklin in the Memorial; the figurehead of Franklin's bust from the USS Franklin; Franklin's Ceremonial Sword used in the Court of King Louis XVI and even the odometer that Ben used to measure the postal routes in Philadelphia. Additionally, the Institute's Electricity exhibition highlights one of Franklin's lightning rods; his Electricity Tube, given to him by Peter Collinson; a Franklin Electrostatic Generator; Franklin's 1751 publication of Observations and Experiments On Electricity...; and Thornton Oakley's two 1940 historical murals of Franklin and the Kite and Key experiment.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA VLOG
In this VLOG post I am visiting the city of Brotherly Love in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Philly is a great city with lots to see and do. As a tourist, you will be pleased!
] I stopped first in Camden, New Jersey where I went to the Aquarium to see sharks, turtles, string rays and penguins. In addition they have a hippo exhibit and lots of jelly fish tanks.
After I headed into downtown Philadelphia where I explored ancient alley ways, and took the Big Bus tour offered in the city. One of the best stops was Philadelphia Penitentiary where I saw Al Capone's cell.
I spent an afternoon at the Franklin Institute and then topped off the day by going to the Art Gallery and seeing the Rocky Steps.
With the friends I met, we went to Patty's Pub (from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).
The liberty bell was amazing and capped off the trip at America's First Zoo at the Philadelphia Zoo. Check out my other VLOG videos of this, and other trips!
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Logan Square -- in Philadelphia
Logan Square -- in Philadelphia
Logan Circle, also known as Logan Square, is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia's northwest quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid. The circle itself exists within the original bounds of the square; the names Logan Square and Logan Circle are used interchangeably when referring to the park. Originally Northwest Square in William Penn's 1684 plan for the city, the square was renamed in 1825 after Philadelphia statesman James Logan. The park is the focal point of the eponymous neighborhood. Logan Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
History
Prior to the 1800's the city developed along the Delaware River, leaving the area around Logan Square as untouched forest through the American Revolution. Over the next quarter century the square served as a pasture, execution grounds, and graveyard, and hosted a gallows until the hanging of William Gross in 1823. With aims of redirecting public attention away from its previous morbid use, Philadelphia leased the square to the Orphans' Society from 1821 to 1830.
In 1842 an ordinance “made it an offense to drive or take into Logan, Penn, or Rittenhouse squares any ‘horse, cow, cart, wagon, carriage or wheelbarrow, except by permission, or place any wood, coal, rubbish, carrion, or offensive matter within either [sic] of the squares, or to climb on the trees, fences or gates . . . or to dig up the soil or injure the grass, or to run or walk over or lie on the same.’”[5]By the 1840s Philadelphia had begun a restoration of the square from its former days as a graveyard, lining the walks with trees, planting greenery and shrubbery, and constructing a wooden fence allowing the square to resemble Penn's vision of an urban green space. During this period, the city limited access to Logan Square to homeowners with property connected to the square who paid for its upkeep; the city constructed a wrought iron fence around the square in 1852.
In 1864 the square was the site of the Great Sanitary Fair, a fundraising event in support of the United States Sanitary Commission to help raise money, support, and buy medicine for the Union troops during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln visited the fair and donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation, which sold for $10 each. In 1881 the Pennsylvania Railroad constructed a viaduct that disconnected Logan Square and Rittenhouse Square, altering William Penn’s original plan of connectivity between the city's five squares. Before the 20th century the square was also used as a location for concerts and other community events.
Since the 1890's the city had envisioned constructing of a boulevard similar to the Parisian Champs-Élyséese and in 1907 the plans were approved. The square began to transform again: the original bounds of the square—18th Street to the East, 20th Street to the West, Race Street to the South and Vine Street to the North remain intact, and the square began to more closely resemble its appearance today, distinguished by its circle. Construction began in 1917 on a plan to connect Center City with Fairmount Park which later became a segment of Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It was designed by Jacques Gréber, a French landscape architect who converted Logan Square into a circle similar to the oval of the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Philadelphia even modeled its Free Library and Family Court Building after the twin buildings of the Hôtel de Crillon and the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris.
Among the sites in its immediate vicinity are the Swann Memorial Fountain at the center of the circle, Parkway Central Library, the former Philadelphia Family Court Building, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, Moore College of Art and Design, the Roman Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, and the Mormon Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.[10]
The circle itself is the subject of the local band The Wonder Years' song 'Logan Circle' from their studio album The Upsides.
THE GIANT HEART AT FRANKLIN INSTITUTE || FRANKLIN INSTITUTE PA.GIANT HEART EXHIBIT WALK THROUGH
No visit to The Franklin Institute would be complete without visiting the icon that generations love with all their hearts!
The Franklin Institute is a Science Museum and the Center of Science Education and Research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Franklin Institute is one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States.
A walk-through exhibit, visitors can explore the different areas of the heart (The Engine of Life).
Nearly a Million visitors per year getting an inside look.
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A Day with Ben Franklin - Philadelphia Vlog
History Is Important! Our second day in Philadelphia was all Franklin all the time! We went by the Ben Franklin Museum, Franklin Court Printing Offices, and the Ghost Houses at Market Street. We also swung by the Franklin Fountain for delicious ice cream afterwards.
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Elevator Bank B (Otis) at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA
6 floors; B, *1-5
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B and 5 are staff only floors so I did not bother going there to avoid the risk of being busted. The 4th floor is usually open (as it's an observatory) but not when I was there and was locked from the right elevator.
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PHILADELPHIA - USA Travel Guide | Around The World
Philadelphia, located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Mid-Atlantic region, is the fifth most-populous city in the United States. Often referred to as Philly, the city is coterminous with Philadelphia County. Philadelphia sits adjacent to the New Jersey and Delaware borders, and as such, its metropolitan area encompasses counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Philadelphia, once the capital of the United States, plays an exemplary role in the history and life of the nation. Its colonial legacy and architecture are almost unrivaled and its universities, museums, companies and laboratories are world class. The city has also become an increasingly important cultural and artistic center as well in the past few decades. As Philadelphia rebounds from its mid-20th century decline, the city is now seen as a model for sustainable urban growth and a surprisingly affordable haven for those seeking the best of urban American life without the expense or pretense of other neighboring East Coast cities.
Travelers planning to visit multiple attractions may benefit from Philadelphia CityPASS, which grants admission to 6 Philadelphia attractions within 9 days of first use for a much reduced rate and includes expedited entry in some cases. The included attractions are: The Franklin Institute; Adventure Aquarium; Phila Trolley & The Big Bus Company, 24 hours of on-off privileges; Philadelphia Zoo; Option Ticket One with choice of either The Academy of Natural Sciences or the National Constitution Center and Option Ticket Two with choice of Please Touch Museum or Eastern State Penitentiary. A Weekend in Philly offers a detailed itinerary that includes several of these attractions.
Much of Philadelphia's art requires not a dollar to see and not a building to enter. Philadelphia has the largest collection of public art in the nation, courtesy of the city's innovative Mural Arts Program, designed to stop graffiti and enliven the city's buildings. They even provide a free tour. Other public art of note includes the many glass mosaics found throughout the city; a sampling of this great public art can be seen on South St. east of Broad.
Center City West is home to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, Academy of Natural Sciences, Franklin Institute Science Museum, Mutter Museum, Rosenbach Museum & Library and Rodin Museum. Center City East is home to the African American Museum, and Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History. Old City is home to the National Museum of American Jewish History and Independence Seaport Museum. West Philly is home to the Please Touch Museum North Philly is home to the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
For most visitors, the landing point will be Center City, the downtown section of Philadelphia. It is bounded by Vine St. to the north, the Delaware River to the east, South St. to the south, and the Schuylkill River to the west. The 2010 Center City residential population of 57,000 makes it the third most populated central business district in America, behind New York City and Chicago. Other popular districts to visit are Old City, West Philly, and South Philly.
How To Do a Kid-Friendly Philadelphia Weekend Getaway
We took a mini-vacay to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving weekend, here are photos and videos highlighting our trip, featuring CityPASS, Go To Bus, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Philadelphia, Reading Terminal Market, Big Bus Company, Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Christmas Market at LOVE Park, Liberty One Observation Deck, Please Touch Museum, and Franklin Institute. More about our trip here:
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Rittenhouse Square| Philadelphia, USA
Rittenhouse Square- near the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. During the January 2016 Mid Atlantic Blizzard.
Sites: Holy Trinity Church, Curtis Institute of Music, Parc Restaurant, a tree.
Shot on a Canon T4i/650d 50 mm f/1.8 STM and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Easy Lemon Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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