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Fi.edu is a renowned science museum located in Philadelphia, PA
The Franklin Institute is a science museum located at 222 N 20th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves the general public, families, and students with exhibits spanning life science, geology, physical science, and topics connected to Benjamin Franklin and the Wright Brothers. The museum can be reached directly at +1 215 448 1119.
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 43 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 43 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 20, 2006); profile edited 4 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Fi.edu is a renowned science museum located in Philadelphia, PA”