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About The Exhibit
The traveling library exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a
Better World, gives public audiences the opportunity to explore and
to talk about Franklin's life, his contributions to the founding of
this country, and his high standards for work, citizenship, and
contribution to community. It looks at his background, his
self-education, and his philosophical and religious beliefs and
their effect on his work and life. It shows Franklin in the context
of the eighteenth century and as a product of his times — a
brilliant and rather unconventional product of his times — rather
than as the venerable bespectacled and grandfatherly figure with
whom we are all familiar.
The panel exhibit consists of six sections of colorful, freestanding
photo-panels, incorporating representations of artifacts from the
original Franklin exhibition and a text written by the curator of
the original international traveling exhibition of the same title.
Exhibition content is arranged in thematic sections showing Franklin
in the Boston of his youth, Franklin's family and personal life, as
well as the years when he built his business as Philadelphia's
premier printer. The exhibit also looks at Franklin's commitment to
public service, his interests in medicine and public health, and his
work in science and philosophy. Franklin's political career in
England, France and the United States, and his contributions to the
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other major
documents are the subjects of the final two sections of the exhibit.
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Franklin's Interactive Lifetime
International Traveling Exhibit Online
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