The 2007 Annual Report

CHANGING LIVES 2 Executive Message 4 The Franklin 10 Center for Innovation in Science Learning 16 The Franklin Center 22 Financial Report 24 2007 Contributed Support 34 Board of Trustees

The Franklin Institute links science and curiosity, engaging each of us in a lifelong adventure of discovery and exploration. The Institute has become a dynamic agent of change through its rich array of internationally recognized exhibitions and programs, lectures and discussions themed to illuminate issues in contemporary science, community outreach initiatives particularly targeted to girls and to urban youth, and its series of innovative partnerships in public education. The Franklin Institute’s universal appeal is reflected in the diversity of its audience — from world famous working scientists to involved citizens of any age; from elementary school through university level students; from inner city to suburban families. All are drawn here by a common interest in science and technology. Executive Message

The mission of The Franklin Institute is to inspire a passion for learning about science and technology. Through the development of a broad range of visitor experiences, the Institute drew record attendance in 2007, demonstrating that it is easier to fulfill the Institute’s mission with a building full of people.

When we first learned that and the Golden Age Beyond that, Tut provided a unique opportunity to change of the Pharaohs would be coming to , we had ambi- public perceptions of The Franklin — a fortuitous by-product of tiously forecast that The Franklin would attract a million visitors to the blockbuster effect. the Boy King, dramatically more than the record-setting 603,000 In 2007 The Franklin was recognized by Forbes Traveler as who came for Gunther von Hagens’ BodyWorlds: The Anatomical #20 of the top 25 museums to visit in the country — and Exhibition of Real Human Bodies. By the time that Tut closed on ninth among those museums that charge general admission. September 30, more than 1,304,000 people from every state in the More than just a venue for coveted national and international nation, every province in Canada, and foreign countries on five blockbuster exhibits and more than a museum for children, continents had toured the exhibit in the Mandell Center. While The Franklin has become a “go-to” destination whose exhibits here, 80 percent of those visitors experienced The Franklin’s other and evening programs increasingly draw a significant adult exhibits or attended a theater show or special program, discover- audience. While the Tut exhibit was fundamental to our suc- ing something new about science and the world around them. cess this past year, so too was the Institute’s Strategic Plan The Boy King brought with him great riches. The Tut exhibit 1996–2005 and the attendant $62 million capital campaign had a total economic impact of more than $127 million for the that had enabled us to renovate exhibits, rebuild theater and Philadelphia area. It was responsible for generating $11.7 mil- program space, improve visitor services and bring a 1933 build- lion in taxes for Philadelphia and the Commonwealth, creating ing up to code. 1,995 full-time equivalent jobs, prompting bookings of close to As with and BodyWorlds, the lessons learned 100,000 hotel room nights and motivating more than 540,000 during Tut were many, among them that the Institute’s mis- visits to other cultural attractions in the area. The Institute is sion is easier to achieve with a building full of people, and proud to have been able to make a contribution of this magni- the importance of customizing programming for distinct tude to the and is grateful for the tremendous audiences — from school children of different grade levels to support we received from our partners. interested scholars. Each exhibit became a hub around which The third blockbuster exhibit at The Franklin in the past a variety of programming was developed. Tut, for example, three years, Tutankhamun was the highest attended exhibi- provided the impetus for the multi-year “Out of Africa” lec- tion ever presented in , the second highest in ture series. In August, a program on the Peopling of Ancient the history of the nation and the most attended museum Egypt was presented by a high-profile panel with four lead- exhibit in the world during 2007! It attracted both traditional ing academicians in African studies from across the country and non-traditional museum audiences, enabling us to touch to a sold-out, overflow audience. The lecture series went on the lives of people from all segments of the community. Our to create a dialogue connected to the Identity exhibit which record-breaking attendance for the full year reached 1,755,549 opened November 16. Philadelphia mayor-elect, Michael and resulted in a balanced budget for the 12th time in 13 years. Nutter, spoke about the “Identity of Philadelphia” to a capacity

2 Marsha R. Perelman Dennis M. Wint Chair President & CEO

crowd in the National Memorial. Coupled cesses, along with gifts and support from our many partners with a successful Community Night program, the “Out of and sponsors, enabled us to provide more teacher resource Africa” lectures give voice to and provide a resource for learn- materials and bring more than 35,000 school children to The ing for Philadelphia’s multi-cultural community. Franklin free of charge. Another 287,414 youngsters benefitted in 2007 from reduced admission fees extended to all schools. Innovation in Education We are grateful for the support of the Board of Trustees, While Tut-mania consumed Philadelphia, initiatives in the Center staff, and the more than 800 volunteers who make all these for Innovation in Science Learning were also changing lives. programs and exhibitions possible. This year, we are espe- The Science Leadership Academy [SLA] — a magnet public high cially grateful to Dr. Carol Parssinen, who retired as senior vice school for science, technology and entrepreneurship, run in part- president of our Center for Innovation in Science Learning in nership with the School District of Philadelphia — completed its January 2008. Her nationally-recognized work at The Franklin first academic year. In the fall 98 percent of the first year students Institute over the past 15 years has made science learning cur- returned as sophomores, joined by a new class of 112 freshmen rent and accessible for thousands of teachers, for girls and selected from 2,000 applicants. The only public high school in young women, and, most particularly, for at-risk students in the nation linked to a science center, SLA is a promising model the community. In addition, her work has had an important, of innovation in science education and leadership. (Please read national and international impact on online science education. more about SLA on page 12.) Also noteworthy is a five-year $1.176 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support “LEAP into Science,” a new program in after-school science and reading literacy being managed in collaboration with the Free Library of Philadelphia. Winning multi-year grants, presenting “must-attend” exhibits and lectures, catapulting The Journal of The Franklin Institute and other scholarly endeavors into the technology age, and continuing the very successful fund-raising efforts of a dedicated Board have put The Franklin Institute on solid financial footing. Through outright gifts in support of The Franklin’s ongoing programs, special projects and the newly- launched capital campaign and proceeds from The Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony and Dinner, Funfest and the King Tut Gala, the Institute raised more than $29 million. These suc-

3 CHANGING PERCEPTIONS The Franklin The Franklin is in the business of changing lives through life-long learning and by taking every opportunity to stimulate each visitor’s natural curiosity. Its combination of exhibits, demonstrations, comprehensive school experiences, films and lectures provide something for everyone, making science learning accessible to The Franklin’s broad constituency. above Left: Statues from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Right: One of the 35 model boats from the tomb to transport Tut in the afterlife.

For 238 days, The Franklin was immersed in Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. Tut, Titanic and BodyWorlds have powered an era of accelerated change for The Franklin Institute as a whole. The Franklin, which includes public areas, the Mandell Center, Fels Planetarium, Franklin (formerly Stearns) Theater and Tuttleman IMAX® Theater, operated full throttle throughout the year as it presented the largest exhibit in its history. Tutankhamun, which was organized by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities in partnership with the National Geographic Society and Arts and Exhibitions International, opened to incred- ible acclaim in The Franklin’s Mandell Center special exhibition gallery. More than 412,000 tickets had been sold prior to its debut on February 3, quickly escalating to nearly 525,000 before the end of that first month. Media coverage saturated Philadelphia and the mid-Atlantic States, with media partner 6ABC airing an hour-long documentary on the exhibit — having sent a reporter and film crew to Egypt months earlier. That station also broadcast live from the opening gala, a sold-out event attended by more than 1,000 guests. The King Tut exhibit provided a unique opportunity to launch multi-platformed experiences addressing the needs and interests of different audiences. Adult audiences enjoyed lectures by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Dr. David Silverman, the national curator of the exhibition and a distinguished professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2007 it was possible for any visitor to become totally immersed in a single topic. The Institute partnered with above Top: Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Giant Screen Films to produce Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs checks King Tut’s mummified body before it undergoes a CT scan. which ran, along with Mysteries of Egypt, in the Tuttleman Below: Pyramids for The Franklin Institute co-produced IMAX feature Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs. IMAX Theater, and Stars of the Pharaohs was featured in the Fels Planetarium. There was even a special restaurant, Tut’s Oasis, to serve evening visitors. And for those craving still more Egyptology,

6 7 there were the Institute-sponsored Tut Trolleys to take them from The Tuttleman IMAX Theater, with its four-story domed screen, is one of the most exciting film venues whether the subject is Egypt, or Mars or dinosaurs. Center City hotels and garages to The Franklin, and on to the Penn Museum to see a smaller, scholarly sister exhibition, Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun. 16-page educational supplement provided free for Philadelphia Students benefitted from hands-on workshops on the science schools. The educational supplements for Tutankhamun enabled of mummification, part of a full day Tut Experiential Package, The Franklin to flesh out the exhibit’s experiential package for and from floor demonstrations such as papermaking. High school schools into a more robust offering, all of which provided an excel- classes could even participate in a mini-seminar with a graduate lent model for school programs going forward. student in archeology, part of a Franklin-Penn Museum collabo- ration. The exhibit’s presenting sponsor, The Bank of New York Lessons Learned Mellon, underwrote the development and distribution of 50,000 The Franklin discovered from the Tut experience that attendance mini-magazines, the development of an online Tut resource for is clearly program driven; by building out evening and weekend teachers, and the printing of 250,000 grade appropriate booklets programs to augment the exhibition, attendance grew. It also called “Think Like an Egyptian” so that every school child visiting became clear that schools placed tremendous value on the the exhibit received curricular materials to use in the classroom. extensive print and web materials prepared for the Tut exhibit, In addition, Philadelphia’s Inquirer published 55,000 copies of a as well as the rich programming for the Tut Experiential field trip packages. The third lesson was that by customizing programs for Brazilian neo-pop artist Romero Britta works with Science Leadership Academy specific audiences, it is possible to truly engage the Philadelphia students creating panels that could become part of a pyramid installation for the Tut exhibit’s tour in . community in ongoing dialogue. Tutankhamun provided an additional area of outreach. The revenue generated by Tutankhamun (and BodyWorlds before it) enabled The Franklin to create and sustain new community directed programs including monthly free Community Nights, making exhibits and special activities available to families that could not otherwise afford to visit. The Institute benefitted, from the extraordinary support of its Tut partners: the Arab Republic of Egypt; the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation, which received a million dollar grant from Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell to promote Tut; the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau; The Bank of New York Mellon; PECO; and 6ABC.

6 7 Building Out Programs While Tut took center stage for eight months, it was by no means the sole focus of attention. Public programming is designed to reflect advances in science and is customized to The Franklin’s Tuttleman IMAX filmHurricane on the various constituencies on an ongoing basis. The Franklin has Bayou brought Philadelphia closer to four core areas of focus that extend through exhibits, programs Katrina. and theaters: Astronomy, Wellness, Sports Science and Weather. These areas are represented in a number of annual public pro- grams including Heart Health Days, Spring Training Day, Racecar Week — which started as a single day and grew because of its pop- ularity, and World Space Week. In 2007 World Space Week was celebrated through the Institute’s three centers of excellence. Cornell University astron- Leadership Academy and engaged in an evening panel discus- omy professor Steven W. Squyres, recipient of the 2007 Benjamin sion on “Exploring Space in the Next Millennium” with fellow Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science and science Franklin Institute laureate Norman Augustine, retired chairman director of the Mars Exploration Rover Project, is a frequent and and CEO of Lockheed Martin. They were joined by former astro- popular guest at the Institute. He took part in experiential pack- naut, Dr. Winston E. Scott, who also graciously took part in the ages for high school students, addressed students at the Science Galactic Adventure Experiences and spoke at a members’ event. For students and members, meeting astronauts and others inti- mately involved in space exploration programs is a continuing Identity: an exhibition of you, developed by The Franklin, will travel to other Exhibit Collaborative institutions source of fascination and inspiration. In addition, the astronomy platform included a regular open- ing of the Joel N. Bloom Observatory during “Night Skies in the Observatory,” presented on the second Thursday of every month. An increasing number of people interested in astron- omy enjoyed using the huge restored Zeiss refractor telescope and the new computerized reflector scopes under the tutelage of Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts. Members responded strongly to these focused programs for Tut and the Observatory. In addition, bi-monthly Member Sundays were introduced, providing workshop activities designed exclusively for member families. Membership for the year reached 28,000 households. Ongoing fee-based programs maintained their popularity. More than 500 youngsters were enrolled in science programs during Summer Discovery Camp. Needless to say, the two-week session devoted to Tut and mummification was sold out. Spring Break Camp — an offshoot of Discovery Camp — drew 269 chil- dren over its ten days of programming. Beyond the museum walls, Traveling Science Shows — the preeminent traveling sci- ence program in the mid-Atlantic region — went to 600 schools and special event venues, serving more than 260,000 students and adults from Connecticut to Virginia.

8 9 The Franklin’s continuing exhibitions provide learning experiences from core areas. Above: Space Command provides hands-on opportunities to learn about space exploration from planetary environments to the technology that makes space missions possible.

Top right: The Giant Heart, a perennial favorite, is the centerpiece of an exhibition on heart health. Right: The regulation-size pitching cage in The Sports Challenge exhibit uses sports as a springboard to learning about relevant concepts such as balance, velocity, reflex, friction and resistance.

Theaters The Tuttleman IMAX Theater supported the King Tut exhibition for much of 2007, but also scheduled curriculum-related features such as Wired to Win, Roving Mars and Hurricane on the Bayou to augment various school packages. October saw a complete change in programming in both the IMAX and the Planetarium. The IMAX premiered Dinosaurs Alive! from the American Museum of Natural History and Sea Monsters from National Geographic, as well as a month-long evening screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, while the Fels Planetarium welcomed the colossal Cosmic Collisions, along with Bioworlds: Life Beyond Earth and Franklin- produced Heart of the Sun.

Drawing Strength from Change Clearly The Franklin’s experience presenting Tutankhamun was a watershed event in all respects. It changed the way the public, educators and students, opinion leaders in the city and state, and members of the hospitality industry view The Franklin. And, it reaffirmed the thinking of those at The Franklin, that this institu- tion can change the lives of so many people in so many different and meaningful ways. By recognizing achievement in others, stimulating curiosity, and encouraging life-long learning for all, The Franklin can inspire the next generation of doctors, astro- nauts, engineers, science teachers and an informed and interested citizenry.

8 9 CHANGING EDUCATION Center for Innovation in Science Learning A nationally-renowned center in science learning research and program development, the Center for Innovation in Science Learning touches the lives of thousands of students, teachers, scouts and families with its programs. It teaches sometimes reluctant learners that they can understand science and math, educators that they can more effectively teach science, parents that being involved in their children’s education enhances success, and urban youth that they can be leaders in science and in life. In short, it changes people’s lives by helping them realize and achieve their potential. The Center for Innovation in Science Learning conducted professional development workshops for 264 Philadelphia elementary and middle school teachers. Their own hands-on, inquiry-based experiences translate to better science learning for their students.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves….

The Center for Innovation in Science Learning has demonstrated for 264 teachers in grades K–8. Course topics, which directly that science centers can be deliberate agents of positive change address the district science curriculum by grade, included: Solar for public education and the public understanding of science. In Energy; Magnetism and Electricity; Ecosystems; Earth Materials; 2007 the Center for Innovation built on longstanding program Landforms; Cells, Heredity and Classification; and Variables. In strengths in teacher development, youth leadership, girls and keeping with widely published research on professional devel- women in science, parent involvement and science on the Web. opment, the Center for Innovation asks teachers to become Partnerships were the hallmark of new programming throughout inquiry learners themselves as the best preparation for facilitat- the year, as the Center for Innovation extended the impact of sci- ing science inquiry in the classroom. ence learning that changes lives The Science Leadership Academy Putting Research into Practice The Science Leadership Academy [SLA], a progressive magnet During 2007 the Center for Innovation put the results of its high school which partners The Franklin Institute with the School research on learning into practice for teachers and students, as the District of Philadelphia, began its second year in September, with team developed printed science activity guides for the Tut exhibit, a new freshman class of 112 students. SLA embraces the core values called “Think Like an Egyptian.” Separate guides were created for of the Institute and practices project-based learning across the grades K–4, 5–8, and 9–12 and were directly correlated with the curriculum, establishing a direct link between the world of infor- National Science Education Standards. All school visitors received mal learning in science centers and the world of formal schooling. the guides, which helped to extend the Tut experience into class- To date, the SLA is the only school in the that part- rooms and homes. In addition, online versions of the guides were ners a science center and a public high school. available from TFI Online at www.fi.edu and included material for Franklin-SLA Partnership highlights in 2007: In the April/May teachers, parents and students. issue of Edutopia, the SLA was featured in an article entitled, As the primary provider of teacher development to the “My School, Meet MySpace,” which focused on how technology School District of Philadelphia under the federally-funded Math- is shaping the SLA academic experience and social/community Science Partnership, the Center for Innovation conducted eleven environments. In September, the Wednesdays@The Franklin school year mini-courses and four summer institutes in 2007, program for freshman students was expanded to include “mini-

12 13 Science Leadership Academy, The Franklin Institute-School District magnet high school, provides a stimulating and advanced learning environment for a smart, enterprising student body. The school provides a full college-prep curriculum with emphasis on science and entrepreneurship. Above — the two phases of biochemistry class: formal classroom time and hands-on lab work.

12 13 courses.” These four-week explorations of behind-the-scenes Students Making a Difference museum expertise were taught by a broad range of program During 2007 PACTS [Partnerships for Achieving Careers in and administrative staff from The Franklin Institute. The mini- Technology and Science], the Institute’s youth leadership program courses are a school-museum program unique to the Institute. for diverse middle school and high school students, demon- strated the leadership that young people can take in the city as LEAP into Science well as at The Franklin. For the fourth year PACTS Explainers par- The Franklin Institute, in collaboration with the Free Library ticipated in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in January, of Philadelphia Foundation, has received a National Science while in February, they mounted Careers in Science Day for stu- Foundation grant of $1.176 million for the project. This innovative dents enrolled in area high schools. This latter event featured partnership, dubbed “LEAP into Science,” will create the first sci- two panels of professionals — one in science and technology ence museum/library learning model for national implementation and the other in medicine — that presented a varied set of career in urban communities, and will promote family and after-school choices for the audience and then fielded questions about educa- student engagement and achievement in science and literacy. The tion, work experience and job satisfaction. PACTS graduates were five-year grant (2007–2012) will demonstrate how museums and members of both panels. In June PACTS expanded its annual grad- libraries across the country can enhance the capacity of urban uation event to include youth programs from the Philadelphia communities to engage families with school-aged children in sci- Zoo, Academy of Natural Sciences and . The ence. The Institute’s strengths in family science programming and event highlighted the positive impact of museum youth programs professional development will be coupled with an after-school on young people across Philadelphia and culminated in the first- program available in library branches throughout Philadelphia. ever “Students Making a Difference” awards to students from each Audiences will be drawn from underserved communities in participating organization. Philadelphia in the first three years, with national dissemination Looking forward, the Center for Innovation will build on its to three additional urban centers in years four and five. program and partnership strengths to anticipate future educa- tional needs and to continue changing the lives of teachers and students, parents and children, girls and women, diverse young people, and online visitors from every corner of the globe.

Nurturing tomorrow’s leaders is fundamental to The Franklin Institute’s mission. Right: Students at the Science Leadership Academy can engage in sophisticated research using the school’s well-equipped science labs. They may also take on science- or community-related internships. Below: The Institute’s PACTS museum interpreters are joined by the Please Touch Museum’s Aces as part of the Students Make a Difference program, which involves youth programs in several Philadelphia cultural organizations.

14 15 14 15 CHANGING THE WORLD The Franklin Center The Franklin Center is the steward of Franklin Institute programs that trace their origins to 1824. Overseer of the Institute’s internationally-recognized Awards Program, its historical collections and The Journal of The Franklin Institute, the Center combines scholarship and current information technology to provide context for modern science and a window onto the infinite possibilities for scientific discovery and technological achievement for the general public, academics, and perhaps most importantly, for the next generation of innovators. As of 2007, 107 Franklin Institute laureates had also won the Nobel Prize, many of them decades after receiving their Franklin Institute Award.

Established 12 years ago, the Franklin Center has evolved into a Bower Science Award Laureate Dr. Stuart Card talks with students about how they interact with computers. multi-faceted division, building on its traditional strengths in communicating with the scientific and communi- ties, and branching out through The Franklin Institute Awards founding class of 112 freshmen. Like Bower Science Award and the Institute’s remarkable collections (which include artifacts, Laureate (2001), Squyres was a frequent visitor to The archives and the Library) to engage and inspire a passion for sci- Franklin as an adolescent. ence among lay audiences. An evening public lecture was added to Awards Week. Dr. personalized cutting edge medical research for The Franklin Institute Awards a lay audience with her frank discussion of her scientific and Each year, through its Awards Program, The Franklin Institute family battle against Huntington’s disease. Dr. Wexler was draws world-class leaders in their respective fields of science and awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science for lead- technology to Philadelphia for a week of programs and events, ing the team that identified the gene responsible for this odious, culminating in a formal Awards Ceremony and Dinner, again incurable inherited disease, which has devastated not only her sponsored by Bank of America. Attended by more than 700 guests, own family, but countless others worldwide. Her work holds including a record 12 members of the Society of Laureates (the promise of discovering identifying markers and cures for a range Institute’s association of past laureates), the dinner was chaired of debilitating hereditary diseases beyond Huntington’s. by Barbara Eberlein and William H. Shea, Jr., and supported by the Corporate and Friends Committees. Lester Holt, NBC week- Reporter/Author Bob Woodward was one of many authoritative figures to end anchor for The Nightly News and co-anchor of The Today Show address an audience at The Franklin Institute. Weekend Edition, hosted the event. The 2007 Awards Week, underwritten by , Inc., was filled with symposia at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and The Pennsylvania State University in State College. On site, laureates put a personal face on science by taking part in the Laureates’ Laboratory where they dem- onstrated the essence of their research to interested museum goers, and by speaking with more than 250 invited high school students at the annual Meet the Scientist program hosted by the Institute’s PACTS students. At the nearby Science Leadership Academy, Award Laureate Steven Squyres spoke to the school’s

18 19 2007 award laureates Left to right: Steven W. Squyres, Stuart K. Card, Norman Augustine, Merton C. Flemings, Nancy S. Wexler, , Yoichiro Suzuki (for Yoji Totsuka), Arthur B. McDonald, and Robert H. Dennard.

2007 Franklin Institute Awards

2007 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal Science — Human-Centered Computing in Earth and Environmental Science in Materials Engineering Stuart K. Card, Ph.D. Steven W. Squyres, Ph.D. Merton C. Flemings, Sc.D. Palo Alto Research Center Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fundamental contributions to the fields of The discovery and elucidation of water on Mars Outstanding contributions to understanding the human-computer interaction and information through the “robotic geologists” of the Mars fundamental and technological aspects of the visualization. Exploration Rovers. Squyres and the MER team solidification of metallic alloys, including research produced fundamental insights into the geology leading to the development of a new industry 2007 Bower Award for Business Leadership and climatology of Mars. These have resulted known as semi-solid metalworking. Norman R. Augustine in major advances in our understanding of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Retired potential for life on other planets and of life’s Leadership of Lockheed Martin and his extensive evolution on Earth. 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in public service focused on U.S. science and Arthur B. McDonald, Ph.D. technical leadership, and the implications this 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal Queen’s University leadership has for U.S. economic competitiveness in Electrical Engineering Yoji Totsuka, Ph.D. driven by research, innovation, and improved Robert H. Dennard, Ph.D. University of Tokyo science and math education. IBM Discovering that the three known types of Inventing computer memory circuits called 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry elementary particles called neutrinos change into DRAMs that are small, inexpensive, and Klaus Biemann, Ph.D. one another when traveling over sufficiently long fast enough to permit powerful, affordable Massachusetts Institute of Technology distances, and that neutrinos have mass. personal computers, and for contributing to the Pioneering achievements in developing the development of the mathematical formula used chemical analysis tool of mass spectrometry and in shrinking circuits to allow more speed and using it to determine the structure of complex complexity. molecules of biological and medical interest. 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science Nancy S. Wexler, Ph.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University Playing a vital role in the discovery of the gene responsible for Huntington’s disease. By leading combined efforts in human molecular genetics and neurosciences, Dr. Wexler established a model now used to investigate the genetic basis of inherited diseases.

18 19 Swiss mechanician Henri Maillardet’s 1810 automaton can produce four drawings and three poems (two in French, one in English). His only other automaton, commissioned as a gift from King George III of England to the Emperor of China, writes in Chinese.

Univac, the first “mainframe” computer took up an entire room.

Brian Selznick read from and discussed his recent novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was awarded the prestigious 2008 Caldecott Medal. Selznick modeled the automaton in his book after the Institute’s Maillardet Automaton. The curatorial department’s most impor­ tant project has been preparing the “Collections Stewardship” section of the American Association of Museums’ Self-Study Questionnaire for subse- quent accreditation, scheduled for 2008–2009. Curatorial staff prepared a detailed report that describes the vast array of collection stewardship activities. The curatorial department also began captur- ing oral histories from the Institute’s officers, key staff and volunteers whose tenure and impact have been particularly significant. These incred- ibly valuable accounts of the Institute’s evolution over the past three decades, which will become part of The Franklin Institute’s archives, consti- tute an important resource for future scholars and Institute leaders seeking stories and lessons Curatorial Programs from the past. Curatorial endeavors took place both at The Franklin and behind Technology has become a key curator’s tool for managing col- the scenes. Projects ranged from collections management and lections and creating a valuable historic resource. Work continued preservation, to integrating artifacts into The Franklin’s con- on the multi-year project of building a comprehensive electronic tinuing and temporary exhibits, to recording and preserving the database of all artifacts in the collections. This process gave staff Institute’s own history. the opportunity to inventory the entire 3D object collection and One of the most delightful and fascinating artifacts in the assess its conservation and storage needs. Ultimately, the entire Institute’s collections is the 1810 Maillardet Automaton. In database will be transformed into a web-based, publicly-accessi- 2007 the automaton was nominated to the Carnegie Mellon ble catalog of the collections that will be used by Institute staff University Robot Hall of Fame. It also made a guest appearance in the preparation of exhibits and programs, by other museums at a filled-to-capacity members’ program in early November around the world that would like to borrow from the collection when award-winning children’s book author and illustrator and by scholars who wish to research the collection. 20 21 Finally, the department produced a commemorative 2008 Collections Calendar featuring the Institute’s horology collec- tion. The research, writing, and photographing of the collection 1912 Black and Decker Tellurian is one of many orreries in the Institute’s collection. Each demonstrated (some more successfully than others) resulted in a handsome keepsake, which was sold in the SciStore, the planets’ motion around the sun. This particular orrery was mass-produced and 2,000 of which were distributed to the Institute’s Board, as more and more people became fascinated with astronomy. staff, and volunteers, as well as to donors, members of the Society of Laureates, and the board of reviewers for The Journal of The Franklin Institute.

Library Following the very successful completion of the Library’s deac- The Journal of The Franklin Institute cessioning and disposal project in 2006, Library staff spent 2007 The Journal of The Franklin Institute, the second oldest scholarly reorganizing the remaining collection and preparing for a new journal in continuous publication in the United States, embraced integrated library system to better manage its collection. After a online technology several years ago, with all 181 years of journals year in storage, the Multi-Media Collection was relocated to a new, available online. Today, it is widely known for its scholarly papers in-house multi-media collection storage facility. on engineering and , particularly topics Several steps were taken to prepare for future initiatives. Every related to information and communication systems, signal pro- monograph title was counted (total: 22,500) in preparation for a cessing, wavelets, sensor fusion, computer and communication new database and determining shelving needs. The Library also networks, neural networks, control theory, non-linear dynamics, initiated a plan to join ACCESS PA, which will allow the Library fractals and chaos theory. to link with other libraries throughout the Commonwealth, thus The Journal is international in scope and has attracted papers significantly expanding the resources available to Institute staff globally from as far away as Malaysia, South Africa, Tunisia and making Institute holdings known to a wider audience. and Brazil. Principal submissions came from: United States (19), United Kingdom (7), United Arab Emirates (7), China (74), Taiwan (20), France (3), Turkey (22), India (23), Mexico (2), Canada (5), Iran (32), Italy (4) and Japan (2). Governance of the Journal was strengthened with the elec- tion of 18 new associate editors and 19 new members of the editorial board at a board meeting in Baltimore in early March 2007. The Journal now has 42 new associate editors and edito-

The Institute’s fine collection of Frankliniana includes this edition of Franklin’s rial board members. These new members have significantly “Experiments and Observations of Electricity.” increased the Journal’s database through their suggestions and invitations to colleagues to peer review its manuscripts. The Journal held its annual editorial board meeting on Monday, June 25, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow, Scotland. The board set goals for 2008 when the Journal will increase to eight issues a year and approved a new editor/referee recogni- tion program. The request for special issues now reaches into fiscal year 2010.

20 21 Financial Report Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets, Year ended December 31, 2007 with Summarized Information for 2006

2007 2006 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total

Revenue, support, and investment income Program revenue Admissions fees $ 12,011,084 $ — $ — $ 12,011,084 $ 10,014,853 Ancillary activities 7,010,182 — — 7,010,182 4,045,796 Museum projects 1,314,558 — — 1,314,558 2,037,937 Educational programs and services 1,619,848 336,435 — 1,956,283 2,100,485 Other 408,715 — — 408,715 223,847 Total program revenue 22,364,387 336,435 — 22,700,822 18,422,918

Support Annual giving 4,239,620 720,000 — 4,959,620 3,374,201 In-kind contributions 198,921 — — 198,921 198,235 Government appropriations and grants 781,296 1,613,610 — 2,394,906 5,365,678 Contributions — capital campaigns — 18,345,815 — 18,345,815 3,401,436 Bequests and other contributions 2,156,056 — — 2,156,056 1,815,921 Total support 7,375,893 20,679,425 — 28,055,318 14,155,471

Endowment income designated for current operations 1,493,504 — — 1,493,504 1,349,271

Net assets released from restrictions — satisfaction of purpose restrictions 3,533,337 (3,533,337) — — — Total revenue, support, operating investment income and net assets released from restrictions 34,767,121 17,482,523 — 52,249,644 33,927,660

Expenses Program expenses Museum operations 17,479,509 — — 17,479,509 17,499,027 Ancillary activities 2,456,956 — — 2,456,956 1,937,223 Museum projects 3,169,938 — — 3,169,938 2,694,462 Educational programs and services 1,344,147 — — 1,344,147 1,752,200 Total program expenses 24,450,550 — — 24,450,550 23,882,912

Interest 687,702 — — 687,702 683,973 Development — capital campaigns 886,316 — — 886,316 298,142 General development 1,263,401 — — 1,263,401 1,036,382 Total expenses 27,287,969 — — 27,287,969 25,901,409

Operating income before depreciation 7,479,152 17,482,523 — 24,961,675 8,026,251

Depreciation and amortization 5,668,610 — — 5,668,610 5,192,452

Operating income 1,810,542 17,482,523 — 19,293,065 2,833,799

Non-operating income, expenses and releases Net assets released from restrictions — satisfaction of purpose restrictions 3,090,914 (3,090,914) — — — Endowment income net of amounts designated for current operations 442,743 967,864 — 1,410,607 3,473,542 Loss on debt refinancing — — — — (817,567) Unrealized loss on interest rate swap (520,975) — — (520,975) (311,053) Net appreciation of investments held by third parties — — 654,931 654,931 929,926 Total non-operating income, expenses and releases 3,012,682 (2,123,050) 654,931 1,544,563 3,274,848

Increase in net assets $ 4,823,224 $ 15,359,473 $ 654,931 $ 20,837,628 $ 6,108,647

Net assets, beginning of year 67,539,189 32,496,858 15,203,337 115,239,384 109,130,737

Net assets, end of year $ 72,362,413 $ 47,856,331 $ 15,858,268 $ 136,077,012 $ 115,239,384

22 23 Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2007 and 2006

2007 2006

Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 14,201,940 $ 7,079,245 Accounts receivable, net 6,308,950 1,429,760 Pledges receivable, net 13,260,181 4,502,683 Inventory 467,029 346,454 Prepaid and other current assets 698,401 925,440 Pooled investments 39,403,247 39,816,706 Beneficial interest in perpetual trusts 13,418,797 12,763,866 Property, buildings and equipment, net 69,887,076 71,493,116 Deferred loan costs, net 189,740 199,996 Total assets 157,835,361 138,557,266

Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable and accrued expenses 3,578,516 2,234,352 Deferred revenue 391,854 2,697,765 Long-term debt 17,787,979 18,385,765 Total liabilities 21,758,349 23,317,882

Net assets Unrestricted 72,362,413 67,539,189 Temporarily restricted 47,856,331 32,496,858 Permanently restricted 15,858,268 15,203,337 Total net assets 136,077,012 115,239,384 Total liabilities and net assets $ 157,835,361 $ 138,557,266

22 23 Board of Trustees Marsha R. Perelman Susan Capps Morris Paul C. Heintz, Esq. Samuel J. Patterson Chair, Board of Trustees Senior Vice President of the Americas Partner Chairman and CEO Operations Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Veridyne Inc. Reneé Amoore Merck & Co., Inc. Hippel, LLP President Hershel J. Richman, Esq. The Amoore Group, Inc. Robert M. Chappelear Susan Y. Kim Senior Counsel Community Volunteer Community Volunteer Gary J. Anderson, M.D. Managing Director Emeritus Carlos Chou Barbara Kowalczyk Bruce D. Rubin TL Ventures LLC Senior Vice President, Alliances Community Volunteer Vice President and General Manager SAP America, Inc. Sunoco, Inc. Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Roger A. Krone Chairman and CEO I Michael Coslov President - Network and Space Systems William H. Shea, Jr. Cephalon, Inc. Chairman and CEO The Boeing Company Chairman, President and CEO Tube City IMS Corporation Buckeye Partners, L.P. Scott A. Battersby Ira M. Lubert Vice President and Treasurer Gerard P. Cuddy Principal Ann R. Sorgenti Corporation President & Chief Executive Officer Lubert-Adler Management, Inc. Community Volunteer Beneficial Bank David J. Berkman Miriam G. Mandell Kurt M. Soukup Managing Partner David R. Curry Vice President Managing Partner Liberty Associated Partners LP Managing Principal MGM Consulting Corporation Convex Asset Management davidrcurryAssociates Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D. Sandra G. Marshall William J. Stallkamp Director, Center for Neurobiology and Richard H. Dilsheimer Community Volunteer Community Volunteer Behavior CEO University of Pennsylvania Dilsheimer Communities, Inc. Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D. Joan N. Stern, Esq. School of Medicine Chairman and CEO Chair, Public Finance Kevin F. Donohoe West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Blank LLP Raza Bokhari, M.D. President President The Kevin F. Donohoe Company, Inc. Susan P. Mucciarone David R. White Parkway Clinical Laboratories Regional Managing Director Senior Vice President, Global Supply W. Joseph Duckworth Calibre Chain Renee B. Booth, Ph.D. President President Arcadia Land Company Ronald J. Naples Leadership Solutions, Inc. Chairman and CEO Paul H. Woodruff, PE William J. Friel Quaker Chemical Corporation President Charles R. Bridges, M.D., Sc.D. Executive Vice President Mistwood Enterprises Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery PNC Bank John Nugent Pennsylvania Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific List as of December 10, 2007 Richard A. Greenawalt and Japan Donald E. Callaghan Principal SAP America, Inc. Principal RMK Associates Hirtle, Callaghan & Company Denis P. O’Brien S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr. President and CEO Michael F. Camardo President PECO Executive Vice President Travel Services Company Lockheed Martin

34 35 Ex-Officio Members Emeritus Members Philip W. Hammer, Ph.D. opposite page Sandra K. Baldino William J. Avery, Chairman Emeritus Vice President, The Franklin Center Left: Franklin Air Show Co-Chair, Benefactor Society Board Henry M. Chance II Bowen C. Dees, Ph.D., President Emeritus Carol A. Parssinen, Ph.D. Right: Intelligent vending machine Mitchell P. Marcus, Ph.D. James J. Eberl, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Center for in The Giant Heart: A Healthy Professor, Computer Information Systems Richard T. Nalle, Jr. Innovation in Science Learning Interactive Experience prompts University of Pennsylvania James A. Unruh, Chairman Emeritus healthy decisions. Richard D. Rabena above The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke Elected Officers Vice President of Operations and KidScience provides a sheltered Member, Philadelphia City Council Marsha R. Perelman Capital Projects Chair, Board of Trustees hands-on environment for younger Grete Greenacre Steven L. Snyder, Ph.D. children and their families. Co-Chair, Benefactor Society Board Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D. Vice President, Exhibits and President and CEO Program Development The Honorable Edward G. Rendell Governor, Commonwealth of Larry Dubinski Reid O. Styles Pennsylvania Senior Vice President of External Affairs Vice President, Human Resources and General Counsel / Secretary The Honorable John F. Street Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D. Mayor, City of Philadelphia Leadership Council President and CEO Karen Corbin The Honorable Anna C. Verna Senior Vice President of Programs, List as of December 10, 2007 President, Philadelphia City Council Marketing and Business Development Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D. President and CEO, The Franklin Institute Larry Dubinski, Esq. Senior Vice President of External Affairs Honorary Member and General Counsel Joel N. Bloom

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