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Benjamin Franklin House

Benjamin Franklin House is a museum in a terraced Georgian house at 36 Craven Street, , close to in the . It is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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  • Opening hours: Friday—Sunday noon—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in City of Westminster, United Kingdom
  • Address: 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF
  • Wheelchair access: no

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The is an art museum in in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. is situated 990 feet northwest of Benjamin Franklin House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and West End of London.

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

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The is a district of , England, in the and the . It is west of the and north of the , in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…

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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

Benjamin Franklin House

Latitude
51.50765° or 51° 30′ 28″ north
Longitude
-0.12489° or 0° 7′ 30″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Levels
4
Open location code
9C3XGV5G+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 104081033
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
8617999
Wiki­data ID
Q4888645
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Scots—“Benjamin Franklin House” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Benjamin Franklin House (Londen)”
  • Dutch: “Benjamin Franklin House”
  • Hebrew: “בית בנג’מין פרנקלין”
  • Indonesian: “Rumah Benjamin Franklin”
  • Scots: “Benjamin Franklin Hoose”

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