For Immediate Release
Release Dated: July 14, 2009
Media Contacts:
Jessica Kohen
Marketing and Communications
651-259-3148
jessica.kohen@mnhs.org
Marjorie Nugent
Minnesota History Center
651-259-3145
marjorie.nugent@mnhs.org
This news release is available online at: events.mnhs.org/media.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: EXHIBIT IMAGES
These images may be used for editorial purposes in magazines, newspapers and online to promote "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World." They may not be used for advertising or promotional efforts.
| Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Mason Chamberlin, 1762 Portrait facsimile is on display in exhibit. [Download] (300 kb) |
| Exhibit installation. A life-sized statue of Benjamin Franklin wearing a replica of a suit owned by the real Benjamin Franklin. [Download] (760 kb) |
| Source: Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 1773 Franklin's flair for technical ingenuity combined with his youthful love for swimming led him to produce "a method in which a swimmer may pass to great distances with much facility, by means of a sail." Predating windsurfing by centuries, Franklin discovered he could harness the power of the wind with his kite and be pulled effortlessly across a mile-wide pond. [Download] (380 kb) |
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The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing.
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