Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Benjamin Franklin Museum FREE Visit

All visitors are admitted free to the Benjamin Franklin Museum on the following National Park Service fee-free entrance days in 2018: 
January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 21 - First Day of National Park Week
September 22 - National Public Lands Day
November 11 - Veterans Day

https://www.nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Location
The museum is located in Franklin Court. Entrance to the courtyard is from Market or Chestnut Streets, between 3rd and 4th Streets.

Hours and Fees
Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm.
Closed at 3 pm on Christmas Eve. Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

$5.00 for adults
$2.00 for children, ages 4 through 16
Children ages 3 and under are FREE


Exhibits
Explore Benjamin Franklin's life and legacy through his character traits. The exhibit area is divided into five "rooms" with each room focusing on a particular trait: ardent and dutiful, ambitious and rebellious, motivated to improve, curious and full of wonder, and strategic and persuasive. There are videos, touch screen interactives, mechanical interactives, and artifacts in each "room." An additional area called the "Library" presents a video with excerpts from Franklin's Autobiography.


Location
The Franklin Court Printing Office is in Franklin Court. Enter the courtyard from either Market or Chestnut Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets. The entrance door for the Printing Office is in the courtyard, just to the west of the brick archway.

Hours and Fees
Through February 2018: Open daily 10am - 5pm (last printing demonstration at 4:30pm)
Check back for spring hours

The Printing Office is closed on all major federal holidays except Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day. The Printing Office closes at 3pm on Christmas Eve.

Admission is FREE.

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