Tuesday, Nov 05, 2024

The Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia

The Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia

Most people living in the United States will be familiar with the name Benjamin Franklin. He was America’s founding grandfather. He is also a real, original, Renaissance man. I think we are most fascinated perhaps because his talents and interests seem to be endless. He was a writer, diplomat, inventor, printer, and scientist. It’s not like he just ‘dabbled’ in these fields either — he excelled in each of them marvelously. That is why I insist we visit the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia today!

At the Benjamin Franklin Museum, visitors have the opportunity to examine his accomplishments. There is also a glimpse of his life as an ordinary person. I think this museum in Philadelphia gets ‘kudos’. First, there is its highly unique layout. Each room in the museum is meant to reflect a certain aspect of Franklin’s personality (rebelliousness, strategic, curious, for example.)

The Benjamin Franklin Museum is also interesting in that it marries both the concepts of being a ‘traditional’ and “interactive” museum. Here, the guests can look at historic artifacts beneath glass. However, it’s also interactive. We can gain a better understanding of, say, scientific concepts behind Franklin’s inventions.

While his original home is no longer here, guests can get a sense for the size of it by taking a look at the steel ‘ghost beams’ outside of the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia. There are even areas where visitors can peer down and see original brick.

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