Benjamin Franklin Exhibit Coming to Minnesota History Center

The exhibit “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” is scheduled from Nov. 27 through July 4, 2010 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. Student Tours learn about the many accomplishments of this founding father, following him as an ambitious teenager in Boston and then traveling with him to Philadelphia, London and Paris. Along the way, students learn about Franklin’s scientific experiments and civic initiatives and explore the world from his ever-curious point of view. On display will be some of Franklin’s own possessions – many of which have been handed down in his family and rarely seen in public.

In the “Electricity Party” room, student tours get a charge out of learning about electricity. Hands-on experiments include a “please-touch” generator. In another interactive display, visitors learn about printing apprentices and the challenges of setting type accurately, then set their own type on a touch screen.

For more information, visit http://www.mnhs.org.