Libraries Chosen for Franklin Exhibit
June 7th, 2007
The American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities have announced that the OSU Libraries hav been selected as one of the sites for the traveling exhibit “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.”
The exhibition for libraries will consist of six sections of colorful, freestanding photo-panels incorporating representations of artifacts from the original Franklin exhibition, and a new text written by the curator. Exhibition content is arranged in thematic sections showing Franklin in the Boston of his youth, Franklin’s family and personal life, as well as the years when he built his business as Philadelphia’s premier printer. The exhibit also looks at Franklin’s commitment to public service, his interests in medicine and public health, and his work in science and philosophy. Franklin’s political career in England, France and the United States, and his contributions to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other major documents are the subjects of the final two sections of the exhibit.
The exhibit will be one of the early exhibits in the renovated Thompson Library after it reopens in the summer of 2009. For more information, see the ALA press release.
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