3o6 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



The Carnegie Museum 

 Department of the Carnegie Lnstitute 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 The Carnegie Museum through its Director con- 

 gratulates THE 

 American Philosophical Society upon its decision 



TO CELEBRATE THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANxNIVERSARY 



of the birth of its distinguished founder 

 Benjamin Franklin. 



Over the entrance of the Pavilion of Science in the 

 Institute which has been founded in the city of Pitts- 

 burgh by one of her honored citizens, we have placed 

 with other glorious names the name of Franklin, the 

 wisest man of his day and generation, a high priest of 

 science, the most famous of all Pennsylvanians, one 

 of the greatest AMERICANS. We feel that the largest 

 structure, which has as yet been erected in America for 

 the advancement of literature, science, and art, is hon- 

 ored by being permitted to bear over its main portal 



