[Publib] Applications for new Ben Franklin exhibit

[Lainie Castle]

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Host Ben Franklin @ your library!
Applications now available for a new traveling exhibit

The ALA Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, Philadelphia, Pa., is now accepting grant applications from public, academic and special libraries wishing to host the traveling exhibition, "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World." 
 
Applications are available online at www.ala.org/publicprograms and must be received by February 9, 2007.
 
One copy of the 1,000-square-foot traveling exhibit will circulate to 20 public and academic library sites beginning in November 2007.  Libraries selected for the tour will host the exhibit for a six-week period.  Participating libraries are expected to present at least two free public programs featuring a lecture or discussion by a qualified scholar on exhibition themes.   All showings of the exhibition will be free and open to the public.
 
The exhibition 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.
 
Please see www.ala.org/publicprograms for complete information, including guidelines and application. If you require a copy of the application by mail, please contact publicprograms at ala.org.  
 
 

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Lainie Castle
Program Officer, Communications
Public Programs Office, American Library Association 
p: 312.280.5055 -- f: 312.280.5759
http://www.ala.org/publicprograms

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