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longreads · 1 year

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Two stories tall, 100 times the width of my heart and yours, the giant heart looks alien. It consumes half the room. Its bulbous red self is gripped claw-like by raised blue veins and red arteries. A red aorta emerges from its top. A blue vena cava hugs its right side like the trunk of a ghastly Seussian-blue tree. These vessels ascending from and extending into different parts of the Heart Wing suggest that the entire museum is somehow subsumed by the circulatory system of a giant. The museum says this heart befits someone 220 feet tall.

You can enter the giant heart. You can let proportion shrink you to the size of a blood molecule and traverse the four chambers, through tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves. That is, you can do so if you aren’t in a wheelchair or don’t need handrails to manage steep steps. And you might do so if you aren’t yet menopausal like one of my museum guests and aren’t sent into raging hot flashes — because the giant heart is warm as blood and stuffy as a concert port-a-potty. Bipedal and of (albeit waning) reproductive years, I round the back of the 28-foot-wide organ, walk along a muddy-pink wall that’s lumpy and gently marbleized and meant, I’m assuming, to evoke the unsettling aliveness of human flesh. I duck beneath a big blue artery. The drumming gets louder.

I have not yet said this: The entire Heart Wing throbs with a nonstop lub-dub, lub-dub. Deep as a bass drum, pulsing about once per second, it’s the constant auditory reminder that the organ in your chest can’t stop, can’t stop, can’t stop. This means that, if you’re like me, the zone under your ribs — just slightly left of your sternum — starts to ache.

If you've ever been to The Franklin Institute's Giant Heart exhibit, our latest feature is a must read. If you haven't, Heather Lanier’s “The Heart Wing” will transport you there.

#longreads #longform #nonfiction #read #storytelling #giant heart #franklin institute #heart wing

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mxmuffin · 2 months

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I had a dream last night that I was on a school trip to the Franklin Institute with my Dad as one of the chaperones, and it felt so real for some reason.

This is going to be a long post, so uh, read under the cut if you want

Unfortunately, the museum was mostly empty, since my own knowledge on things is limited, but there was an assembly made by one of the students on my trip that I saw the day before in real life, and made a speech about how there's barely any LGBTQ+ history in the museum. Then, me and my Dad went around the museum again and I slid down an escalator, which was fun, until when I slid down one in front of a teacher (who was my biology teacher), and she said "Alright! That's it! I've asked you for the last time to stop doing that, but now everyone's leaving the museum NOW."

The trip wasn't even over yet, and apparently we were all banned from the museum for this. I was so mad at the teacher and the museum for banning me for something my Dad didn't even think was bad, and it wasn't like anyone was at the museum to get hurt but me. Another part of the reason that we were all banned was because of that student's speech I said happened before, so I was even more mad.

Like I said before the weird thing about this dream was how real it felt, because I remember that we walked out of the building to a sidewalk to wait for our buses to take us home, and I sat there on the sidewalk waiting. The weather was even dreary and the grass felt wet. Next to me, someone took out their phone while I took out mine and literally started going through Tumblr. I even passed a post that said something about how they didn't know people could be banned from museums, to which I liked and reblogged.

But the dream continues, and now I feel soul-crushing guilt for what I did, since I really liked going to the Franklin Institute, and I then just went home and laid in my bed on my phone while I heard my Mom ask my Dad about the trip. It wasn't until I then accidentally woke up did I realize that shit was just a dream. I even woke up and still felt guilty for a bit.

I don't even know how this dream came into fruition, except for the fact that most of the characters I met in my dream were real people I saw last night for a social thing, including my biology teacher (who I don't really like in real life for different reasons). I don't know how my brain came up with museums either, so now I'm just starting to think that I accidentally looked into an alternative universe of myself, with my biggest proof being that I saw my Aunt there, and when I said hi to her, she didn't immediately go to me to say hi back and just kept walking. Also, she doesn't even leave the state, so her going to Philadelphia to go to the Franklin Institute by herself seems weird.

Anyways, what the fuck was that dream and now I want to punch my biology teacher even more.

#dreams #weird ass dreams #museum #franklin institute #there's literally no tag for the franklin institute lol #no but seriously this shit felt too real to just be a dream I think I accidentally multiversal traveled #that or either my brain was so tired from this week that it made an entire storyline in my dream

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ecoamerica · 21 days

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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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mceproductions · 4 months

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Best of 2023 TV Shows #8: Abbott Elementary (ABC)

When it comes to last years best new show, Quinta Brunson and company actually managed to up things and gave us an exceptional sophomore season.

The focus ends up being the budding feelings that grew between Janine and Gregory as he quickly acclimatizes to his now permanent position with his own class.

Also includes more of Ava with her chance as a sub.

Melissa teaming up with Barbara to keep Abbott from going charter.

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Janine’s mom pops in spoiling a weekend she had wanted for herself.

And Mr. Johnson getting into the mix when he ends up finding a stray cat that he wants to keep but Jacob vows against.

With many Philadelphia locations namely the Franklin Institute and the Eagles own Super Bowl run, the fun continues to evolve.

B+ work.

SUM 22: Quinta Brunson and company continue their growth with the Abbott students in tow with an exceptionally great sophomore outing, proving educational value.

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catrosshatesyou · 1 year

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The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

April 2nd, 2023, 15:55:27

#minimalism #minimalist photography #edward hopper #franklin institute

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proverbialschoolmarm · 1 year

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#abbot elementary #franklin institute #season 2

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planningamagicallife · 1 year

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Swag given to us at the D23 Disney 100 event

#disney100 #d23 #franklin institute

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harrisx28 · 2 years

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Harry Potter: The Exhibition at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia 🪄

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your-darling-neighbor · 2 years

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#Splatoon 3 #splatoon meme #Franklin Institute

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biglisbonnews · 1 year

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The Heart Wing The muscle that never stops, until the very end. Is your heart a hardworking pump or a mystic miracle? https://longreads.com/2023/01/10/the-heart-wing/

#Heather Lanier #Longreads #The Blind Machine #Featured #Nonfiction #Science & Nature #Story #Franklin Institute #heart #heart attack #Miracles #mourning #Philadelphia #The Heart Wing

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therandomestwriter · 2 years

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I got to visit the Harry Potter Exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. You received a wristband that allows you to interact with different activities to gather House points for your chosen house (Hufflepuff for me, of course). I learned that day that I was marrying a Slytherin when my fiancé chose his house, ha. Interesting surprise…

P.S. I’m a “Goblet of Fire” fan - can’t you tell? 😉

#philadelphia #franklin institute #harry potter #Harry Potter exhibit #exhibition #dragon #goblet of fire #quidditch #newt scamander #always #potterhead #chamber of secrets

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ami-ven · 3 months

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Happy 70th Birthday, Giant Heart!

#giant heart #franklin institute #the giant heart #the franklin institute #fictional_birthday #fictional birthday

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ecoamerica · 21 days

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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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littlebeans · 3 months

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Science!

#franklin institute #gravity #wondrous space

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madmanswords · 4 months

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The entire life of anyone who grew up in the Philadelphia area is spent chasing the high of going through that giant heart at the Franklin Institute

#Philadelphia #Franklin Institute #someone's gonna bring up the tightrope bike I never had the extra cash to do #Hearts #I guess

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lysandlinds · 10 months

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Positives: going on swings at three bears park (the kids), walking through the heart at the Franklin Institute (mama), walking around Alyssa’s old neighborhood and the historical district (mommy)

Challenges: mama’s chest tightness (moms), leaving the park (griff), staying together (Gabe)

Best food we ate: Barb’s pancakes and Phil’s eggs, mommy’s mushroom toast at Sabrina’s, shrimp dumplings from Sang Kee

Fun Fact of the day: we learned about Commodore Barry from the storytellers, you can collect stars listening to the different historic stories

What Made Us Smile: going to see Pop & Barb (Griff), the ballon on fire at combustion show at Franklin institute (mama), seeing liberty bell (Gabe), watching Gabriel on surf board and combustion show at Franklin Institute (mommy)

#franklin institute #philly #brotherly love

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lifeneedsasoundtrack · 1 year

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Jenifer Lewis feat. The Pinnacle Gospel Choir: Dig a Little Deeper

Song of the Day: April 11, 2023

“ You got to dig a little deeper Don't have far to go You got to dig a little deeper Tell the people Mama told you so

Can't tell you what you'll find Maybe love will grant you peace of mind Dig a little deeper and you'll know “

Additional Thoughts: My Wife and I went to check out the Disney100 Expo at the Franklin Institute today.

#Jenifer Lewis #The Pinnacle Gospel Choir #the princess and the frog #music #song #song of the day #soundtrack #dig a little deeper #franklin institute #disney100 expo #disney 100 expo #disney #walt disney

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rodspurethoughts · 1 year

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DISNEY100: THE EXHIBITION - DISNEY REVEALS 23 ARTIFACTS TO BE SHOWCASED AT THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AS THE COUNTDOWN TO THE WORLD PREMIERE BEGINS

The exhibition, celebrating 100 years of The Walt Disney Company, opens February 18, 2023, at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute THESE “CROWN JEWELS” FROM FAVORITE DISNEY STORIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR FANSTO ENJOY AND INCLUDE THE HOCUS POCUS SPELL BOOK, BB-8 PUPPET,BLACK PANTHER COSTUME AND MORE Artifact Images PHILADELPHIA /PRNewswire/ — In celebration of the one-month countdown to the world…

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#Disney100 #Franklin Institute

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