The Franklin Institute Science Museum opened on January 1, 1934 in the expansive neoclassical building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway designed by John T. Windrem. Owing to the effects of the the Great Depression, only two the wings envisioned by Windrem, surrounding the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, were built. Today the Institute offers 12 permanent hands-on exhibits and hosts renowned traveling exhibits in its more than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space, two auditoriums, and the Tuttleman IMAX Theater.
The Franklin Institute, founded as the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts in 1824 by Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating , is one of the oldest centers of science education and development in the United States. Named after Benjamin Franklin, America's "first scientist", it was housed in a building on 7th Street that is now home to the Philadelphia History Museum until it moved to its current home on Logan Square.
Many scientists have demonstrated groundbreaking new technology at the Institute over the years. It hosted the International Electrical Exhibition of 1884, the first great electrical exposition in the United States. Nikola Tesla demonstrated the principle of wireless telegraphy at the institute in 1893. The world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system was given by Philo Taylor Farnsworth on August 25, 1934.
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The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial was designed by James Earle Fraser from 1906 to 1911 and dedicated in Memorial Hall, a rotunda in the Franklin Institute, in 1938. The 20-foot statue of Ben Franklin weighs 30 tons and is seated on a 92-ton pedestal of white Seravezza marble. Memorial Hall, designed by John T. Windrim after the Roman Pantheon, is 82-feet in length, width and height, with a 1600-ton domed ceiling and marble walls, ceilings and columns.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum opened on January 1, 1934 in the expansive neoclassical building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway designed by John T. Windrem. Owing to the effects of the the Great Depression, only two the wings envisioned by Windrem, surrounding the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, were built. Today the Institute offers 12 permanent hands-on exhibits and hosts renowned traveling exhibits in its more than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space, two auditoriums, and the Tuttleman IMAX Theater.
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The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial was designed by James Earle Fraser from 1906 to 1911 and dedicated in Memorial Hall, a rotunda in the Franklin Institute, in 1938. The 20-foot statue of Ben Franklin weighs 30 tons and is seated on a 92-ton pedestal of white Seravezza marble. Memorial Hall, designed by John T. Windrim after the Roman Pantheon, is 82-feet in length, width and height, with a 1600-ton domed ceiling and marble walls, ceilings and columns.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum opened on January 1, 1934 in the expansive neoclassical building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway designed by John T. Windrem. Owing to the effects of the the Great Depression, only two the wings envisioned by Windrem, surrounding the Benjamin Franklin Memorial, were built. Today the Institute offers 12 permanent hands-on exhibits and hosts renowned traveling exhibits in its more than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space, two auditoriums, and the Tuttleman IMAX Theater.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Building, at 118 North Broad Street, was constructed starting in 1871 to the design of Frank Furness and George Hewitt and opened in 1876 in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial. The building's facade draws on a number of different historical styles including Victorian, Second Empire, Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) was founded in 1805 by a group of artists including Charles Willson Peale and William Rush, making it the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Building was designated a landmark by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in
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The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Building, at 118 North Broad Street, was constructed starting in 1871 to the design of Frank Furness and George Hewitt and opened in 1876 in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial. The building's facade draws on a number of different historical styles including Victorian, Second Empire, Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) was founded in 1805 by a group of artists including Charles Willson Peale and William Rush, making it the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Building was designated a landmark by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in
National Register #71000731 (1971)
Tags: Center City PAFA Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia PHMC Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission National Register of Historic Places landmark US National Register of Historic Places NRHP Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Building George Hewitt Frank Furness Victorian Second Empire Renaissance Revival Gothic Revival Logan Square