To Be Frank

There’s something about Benjamin Franklin that never seems to make it into school textbooks. Although there’s extensive coverage of his experiments with electricity and his landmark diplomacy, those accounts always seem to leave out Franklin’s reputation as a bit of a colonial bad boy.

Related Content

• 60 Minutes in Space: Museum of Nature andScience has an out-of-this-world new series
  January 25, 2012
• Beer calendar: One-barrel Wednesday at Strange and firkins at Great Divide and Dry Dock
  January 11, 2012
• John Bonath on A Strange Beauty at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  October 25, 2011
• Flying Monsters looms large at the IMAX 3-D Theater: A Q&A with DMNS curator Joe Sertich
  January 27, 2012
• Noah Van Sciver Visits the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, a web comic
  January 9, 2012

More About

• Benjamin Franklin
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

In the spirit of full disclosure (and just plain fun), the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, celebrates the devious side of the founding father who wrote such essays as “On Choosing a Mistress” at tonight’s Adult Night in the Benjamin Franklin Exhibit. Those 21 and over can check out the ongoing exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World, imbibe in some adult beverages and learn a thing or two about the randy revolutionary.

That party runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for members, $15 for non-members; reservations can be made at 303-322-7009.
Thu., July 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m.