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| image = Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.jpg | | image = Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.jpg | ||
| caption = The monument in 2007 | | caption = The monument in 2007 | ||
| location = | | location = Philadelphia, [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | ||
| owner = [[Franklin Institute]] | | owner = [[Franklin Institute]] | ||
| visitation_num = 171,033 | | visitation_num = 171,033 | ||
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| website = [https://www.fi.edu/exhibit/benjamin-franklin-memorial/ Benjamin Franklin Memorial] | | website = [https://www.fi.edu/exhibit/benjamin-franklin-memorial/ Benjamin Franklin Memorial] | ||
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The '''Benjamin Franklin National Memorial''', located in the rotunda of the [[Franklin Institute]] science museum in | The '''Benjamin Franklin National Memorial''', located in the rotunda of the [[Franklin Institute]] science museum in Philadelphia, [[Pennsylvania]], features a large statue of a seated [[Benjamin Franklin]], American writer, inventor, statesman, and [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]. The {{convert|20|ft|adj=on}}-tall memorial was sculpted by [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]] between 1932 and 1938<ref>PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER 31 January 1932, Page 10 and 17 May 1938 Page 9</ref><ref name=SIRIS/> and dedicated in 1938.<ref name=THOMAS/> | ||
With a weight of {{convert|30|ST}} the statue rests on a {{convert|92|ST|adj=on}} pedestal of white Seravezza marble. It is the focal piece of the Memorial Hall of the Franklin Institute, which was designed by [[John T. Windrim|John Windrim]] and modeled after the [[Roman Pantheon]]. The statue and Memorial Hall were designated as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 1972. It is the primary location memorializing Benjamin Franklin in the U.S.<ref name=SIRIS>{{citation|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13070LH9B1624.10747&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!307281~!0&ri=10&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=benjamin+franklin&index=.GW&uindex=&oper=&term=james+earle+fraser&index=.AW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=10#focus|title=Benjamin Franklin, (sculpture)|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref> | With a weight of {{convert|30|ST}} the statue rests on a {{convert|92|ST|adj=on}} pedestal of white Seravezza marble. It is the focal piece of the Memorial Hall of the Franklin Institute, which was designed by [[John T. Windrim|John Windrim]] and modeled after the [[Roman Pantheon]]. The statue and Memorial Hall were designated as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 1972. It is the primary location memorializing Benjamin Franklin in the U.S.<ref name=SIRIS>{{citation|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13070LH9B1624.10747&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!307281~!0&ri=10&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=benjamin+franklin&index=.GW&uindex=&oper=&term=james+earle+fraser&index=.AW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=10#focus|title=Benjamin Franklin, (sculpture)|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref> | ||