{"id":790404,"date":"2015-05-06T02:11:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T02:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=790404"},"modified":"2015-05-06T02:11:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T02:11:28","slug":"philadelphia-2015-franklin-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2015\/05\/06\/philadelphia-2015-franklin-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 2015: Franklin Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking with friends, this was a “must see”. \u00a0So glad we did. \u00a0We spent more time than expected because the boys were so into it. \u00a0The exhibits are very interesting and right up a tween boys alley. \u00a0We were completely floored to discover the special exhibit, “The Art of the Brick”, a display of art sculptures by Nathan Sawaya, all done in Legos. \u00a0This was a huge highlight for the boys.<\/p>\n

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This is the artist’s most famous piece. \u00a0Titled, “Yellow”. \u00a0The boys knew about this piece and squealed when they saw it…
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Yes, this T-Rex is in LEGOS! \u00a080,000+ pieces!<\/p>\n

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At a different exhibit, having fun interacting with their shadow\/skeleton…\"IMG_9274\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Franklin’s statue in the entry. \u00a0This guy was doing a cool demonstration on various gases…\"IMG_9272\"
\nThe noblest question in the world is, “what good may I do in it?” Benjamin Franklin
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Getting ready to go into an interactive flight simulator…
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One of the Wright brothers original planes…<\/p>\n

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A picture of Orville Wright and Amelia Earhart together…
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An exhibit on the brain. \u00a0This is a huge \u00a0area where the kids climb along the brain’s neuro pathways. \u00a0There was a school field trip in the room and it was LOUD!
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\n<\/a>‘A’ feeling what a real brain feels like…
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\n<\/a>‘R’ standing next ro an actual preserved brain and spinal column…
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The boys recording their own weather segment…
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Inside a huge heart…
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Talking with friends, this was a “must see”. \u00a0So glad we did. \u00a0We spent more time than expected because the boys were so into it. \u00a0The exhibits are very interesting and right up a tween boys alley. \u00a0We were completely floored to discover the special exhibit, “The Art of the Brick”, a display of art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-fun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790435,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790404\/revisions\/790435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}