Franklin Court
NPS
Franklin Court / the Glass Armonica
On June 1, 2011, the underground museum in Franklin Court closed for an 18 month project to create the new Benjamin Franklin Museum. The Market Street buildings, including the Post Office and Printing Office, will remain open. Access to the courtyard will only be from Market Street. There will be no access from the Chestnut Street side.
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.
Benjamin Franklin...In his own words, Library of Congress website on Ben Franklin's legacy
Locate on Google Maps
Listen to Franklin's Glass Armonica!
Chester
Mozart
Misty
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
Click Here for Franklin Court Gallery Pictures
Take an 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.
Site of Benjamin Franklin Bache's (B. Franklin's grandson) printing office
Independence Nat'l Historical Park
Ranger Chris Leonard presents "hands on history" with visitors.
Independence Nat'l Historical Park
|
---- query goes here ----
