The Franklin Institute is a science museum in the Art Museum area that offers fun and education for the family. It has an Imax theater that shows nature films and offers a planetarium with revolving educational shows on the stars and planets. The highlights of the museum include a toy train driving around the atrium, a weather room that recreates weather phenomena, and a model of the human heart large enough to walk through. The museum sometimes sacrifices pure science for entertainment but kids will have a great time.
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