Franklin Court

The Franklin Court Underground Museum will close on May 31, 2011 for approximately 2 years while the museum is renovated and new exhibits are installed. The Franklin Court Printing Office and Fragments of Franklin Court will remain open.

Try Independence National Historical Park Cell Phone Audio Tour! Call 267-519-4295, press Prompt #22 for Franklin Court & Underground Museum information, Prompt #221 for Glass Armonica Music, Prompt #23 for Franklin's Market Street Houses (Printing Office, Archeology, Post Office and store) information. Read or download the flyer

(pdf's can be printed at home or downloaded to your smart phone)

Franklin Court was the site of the handsome brick home of Benjamin Franklin, who lived here while serving in the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Franklin died here in 1790; the house was torn down about 20 years later. Today the site contains a steel "ghost structure" outlining the spot where Franklin's house stood and features an underground museum with a film and displays, an 18th century printing office, an architectural/archeological exhibit, an operating post office and a postal museum.

Listen to Franklin's Glass Armonica!

Chester

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