Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

7/1/1983 - 6/30/1984

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


Planning for a Permanent Exhibit on Developments in Electricity and Their Effects on Society (Planning)

FAIN: GM-21546-83

Franklin Institute Science Museum (Philadelphia, PA 19103-1115)
J. Shipley Newlin (Project Director: December 1982 to October 1990)

To support planning for a permanent exhibit highlighting the historical, scientific, and technological developments in electricity since 1740 and examining their relationships to and effect on the economic, political, and social fabric of society.