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11/08/2025

With Providence Art Club – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

10/23/2025

10/23/2025

10/23/2025

10/23/2025

Join us for a free art history talk this Thursday, October 23 at 5:30pm with the Art Club’s gallery manager Michael Rose. Michael will be talking about a favorite piece from our permanent collection, George Barse’s c. 1880 painting “The Plaster Shop”.

The Club’s gallery manager since 2014, Michael earned a BA in Art History at Providence College and a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts at New York University. A sought after speaker, Michael has presented for organizations around the region. Most recently, he taught a semester-long Art Appreciation course for RISD’s Continuing Education Department. Don’t miss this engaging program.

Details and RSVP here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Join-Us-for-an-Art-History-Talk.html?soid=1116681909542&aid=rW1WVGcGNF8

10/22/2025

🛩️ : In 1933, aviation legends Amelia Earhart and Orville Wright visited The Franklin Institute to celebrate the opening of Aviation Hall!

That same year, Earhart offered her bright red, record-breaking Lockheed Vega 5B, affectionately nicknamed “Little Red Bus,” to the museum.

Today, you can see a model of Earhart’s plane in our Hamilton Collections Gallery—a Philadelphia Model Aeroplane Association scale model contest winner from 1935.

Pictured L-R: Orville Wright, Amelia Earhart, and Howard McClenahan, Secretary of The Franklin Institute.

📸: FI Cat. #7820