Franklin combined art with diplomacy to create the Libertas Americana. For the United States’ 250th anniversary, the Paris ...

Dozens of memorabilia that once belonged to Benjamin Franklin are soon going up for auction, writes Earl Hopkins for The ...

Highlights from the Jay T. Snider collection of Benjamin Franklin are on display at The Library Company of Philadelphia, before heading to auction at Sotheby’s.

In 1731, book lover Franklin created the Library Company of Philadelphia, where this week visitors can see a collection of ...

The Academy Award winner stars as founding father Benjamin Franklin in the new limited-series from Apple TV+ Julia Moore is a TV Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Origins: Benjamin Franklin is one of those figures who was so ubiquitous during the American Revolution and the early history of the U.S. that many people incorrectly assume he once served as a U.S.

Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist. America’s Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was intellectually curious about the world and he operated in it as a ...

A brand-new book on the fave founding father who stars in our April cover story (and Ken Burns's new PBS documentary) examines the heady competition he ignited between Philadelphia and Boston. May the ...

Historic debut: Franklin’s papers and memorabilia were publicly displayed in Philadelphia for the first time at the library he founded in 1731. Auction plans: The collection will be showcased at ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, with the goal of collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar — a container that could ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Meyer, whose latest book, Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, follows a bequest Franklin left in his will to two cities. We know Benjamin Franklin as a founder, a ...