Benjamin Franklin National Memorial

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial

Located in the the Franklin Institute Science Museum, the National Memorial features a 20 feet (6m) tall statue of Benjamin Franklin sculpted by James Earle Fraser between 1906 and 1911.

The statue weighs 30 tons (27,000 kg) and sits on a 92-ton (83,000 kg) pedestal of white Seravezza marble.

The statue is located in the center of the memorial hall, which was designed after the Pantheon in Rome.

Congress designated the national memorial on October 25, 1972 (Public Law 92-551).

The Memorial Hall was designed by John T. Windrim and was dedicated in 1938.

The national memorial is an affiliated area of the National Park Service, assigned to Independence National Historical Park through a Memorandum of Agreement entered into on November 6, 1973.

Location

The Franklin Institute, 20th St. and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA

Getting There

To get to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by public transportation, you can take the SEPTA Broad Street Line subway to the Race-Vine station. From there, it is about a 10-minute walk to the Franklin Institute, where the memorial is located. Alternatively, you can take the Route 48 bus to the Franklin Institute.

Nearby Airports

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