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This article is about the science museum in Philadelphia. For the Boston school, see Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. Philadelphia Portal Budd BB-1 in front of museum The Franklin Institute is franklin institure the memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate franklin instutute his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklin's personal effects. On February 5, 1824, Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating founded The Franklin Institute franklin instatute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. The Franklin Institute hired notable Philadelphia architect, John Haviland, to design its original building located at 15 South 7th Street, (Now the home of the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia). Contents 1 The franklininstitute Franklin Institute Science Museum 2 Mandell Center 3 National franklin insitute Memorial 4 The Benjamin Franklin Awards 5 Trivia 6 External franlin institute links The Franklin Institute Science Museum The most recognizable part of The Franklin Institute to the public is The Franklin Institute Science Museum. franklin institute In the spirit of inquiry and discovery embodied the franklin institute by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of The Franklin Institute is to inspire an understanding of and passion for science and technology learning. After vacating its 7th Street building, in 1934 the Institute opened at its current location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Exhibits on display cover franklin institute philadelphia several subjects such as science and industry, franklin institute science museum physics, astronomy and history. A popular Philadelphia landmark is the Budd BB-1 plane in front of the museum, designed by Enea Bossi and built by the Edward F. Budd Manufacturing Corporation; the plane has been on display there franklin career institute since 1935. Current attractions include: The Tuttleman IMAX Theater The Fels franklin institute of philadelphia Planetarium Large-scale walk-through human heart The Baldwin 60000 steam locomotive The Wright Brothers Aeronautical Engineering Collection The propeller of the Gossamer Albatross (on loan from Paul MacCready) ben franklin institute Fraser's Franklin Statue Mandell Center This is a large space designed to house travelling exhibits at the museum. It has an upper level and a lower level, the franklin institute brain teasers puzzles answer which can house either a single large exhibit or two smaller ones. As of October 2006, the upper level had on display an exhibit discount tickets for franklin institute about Charles Darwin and evolution, while the lower level was housing an Animal Grossology exhibit. Some notable exhibits of the past have been: The Titanic Grossology Storms Body Worlds Robots Tutankhamen coming franklin institute science in February National Memorial Main article: Benjamin Franklin National Memorial The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial features a 20 foot high statue, sculpted hair-raising experience at franklin institute by James Earle Fraser, that sits within the rotunda of the Institute. Congress designated the memorial on October 25, 1972. On December 30, 2005, ben franklin institute philadelphia Congress authorized the Institute to receive up to $10,000,000 in matching grants for the rehabilitation of the memorial and for the benjamin franklin institute development of related exhibits. The Benjamin Franklin Awards Since 1824 the Franklin Institute has issued one of the oldest and most prestigious awards for the fields of Science and Technology. The Awards Ceremony takes place at franklin institute + pa the end of a week-long celebration in April. A committee of academics and industry professionals determine the winners franklin institute in pennsylvania of the awards. Current Awards include: Chemistry, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth Science, Engineering, Life Science, and Physics. Trivia On March franklin institute join 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 franklin institute pa that the world will end franklin institute temperature 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 franklin letters franklin institute a panic in the city which only subsided when the Franklin Institute assured people it had made no such prediction. Castellini was president of franklin institute of philadephia dismissed shortly thereafter. 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 benjamin franklin institute of technology demonstrated the principle of wireless telegraphy before at the Franklin Institute in 1893 The Franklin Institute Science Museum holds the largest collection of artifacts from the Wright brothers' workshop. As of November 26, 2006, 253 pages on Wikipedia refer franklin institute - philadelphia to the Franklin Institute. External links Wikimedia franklin institute ; philidelphia pa. 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