It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

Founding father Benjamin Franklin was a versatile inventor, and one of his many contributions to humanity include libraries ...

A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache (in blue), the grandson he’d taken to France ...

In a full-battalion-to-remind-you-of-my-love kind of missive, George Washington informed the Canadians that Benedict Arnold ...

We speak with Madelaine Drohan, senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International ...

Maybe it’s time to revive Franklin’s wisdom not just as a historical footnote, but as a model for modern living. America doesn’t need more viral moments. It needs more focused citizens and quiet ...

Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between Looming large on ...

Amanda Norcross, Content & SEO Strategist Inspired by founding father and scientist, Benjamin Franklin, The Franklin Institute is fun for visitors of all ages – not just kids. Interactive ...