A special exhibition, "Universal Theme Parks: The Exhibition," will open on February 14 at The Franklin Institute, ...

Museum goers can build roller coasters, move an animatronic animal and put digital make-up on clowns and vampires.

It's been a rite of passage for students all over the Philadelphia region for years — a walk through the "Giant Heart" at the Franklin Institute. Behind an accordion wall, the new "Body Odyssey" ...

Kids and people nostalgic for their childhood days are once again going to race like blood through the Franklin Institute's Giant Heart months after the beloved attraction closed for an "Odyssey" to ...

USA TODAY readers have spoken, and believe 4 Philadelphia museums are among the top museums in the entire country.

Teams will use their smartphones to navigate museum exhibits and solve clues during the two-hour mystery game.

40 students from an elementary school in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia were treated to a day at the Franklin Institute Science Museum thanks to the National Marketing Society in town ...

What's the science and technology of Universal theme parks? Those are some of the questions that a planned first-of-its-kind Franklin Institute exhibit will examine as the Philadelphia science museum ...

The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia is not typically a place one associates with controversy. Thoughts of the Franklin Institute might conjure up the beloved Giant Heart, or maybe ...

A precious aircraft designed by the Wright brothers towers high inside the Franklin Institute, a Philadelphia science museum, where it has been housed for almost a century. Before going on display, ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Franklin Institute is known for its heart. Soon, it’ll be known for its brain, too. The downtown Philadelphia science museum has broken ground this week on a large expansion ...