Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
Randall Library, UNCW
August 22 - october 3, 2008
This national traveling exhibit gives public audiences the opportunity to explore and to talk about Franklin's life, his contributions to the founding of this country, and his high standards for work, citizenship, and contribution to community. It looks at his background, his self-education, and his philosophical and religious beliefs and their effect on his work and life. It shows Franklin in the context of the eighteenth century and as a product of his times - a brilliant and rather unconventional product of his times - rather than as the venerable bespectacled and grandfatherly figure with whom we are all familiar.
Randall Library will be hosting free programs and events for the public in connection with the Ben Franklin Exhibit, beginning with the opening celebration on August 28. Please see the Events section of the website for more information.
The exhibit will be on display Friday, August 22 through Friday, October 3, 2008, during normal library hours. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public.
