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Calling All Kids: Enjoy Free Admission to The Franklin Institute for Children Age 12 and Under on Saturday, September 18 Thanks to 'Shire Day at the Franklin Institute'
Monday August 30, 10:30 am ET
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Presents Free Day of Science in Celebration of the Opening of its New U.S. Headquarters in the Greater Philadelphia Region
WAYNE, Pa., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben Franklin once said, "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." On Saturday, September 18, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group will invest in children's knowledge when it hosts "Shire Day at The Franklin Institute," giving all children 12 and under FREE admission to the Institute and its popular exhibit, "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition." The Institute is open on September 18 from 9:30 am to 5 pm.
Shire's sponsorship of this special day at The Franklin Institute complements the arrival of its new U.S. headquarters in Chester County, and demonstrates the company's commitment to supporting the greater Philadelphia community.
"A love of science and an eternal curiosity about how things work can best be nurtured in childhood," said Matthew Emmens, chief executive officer for Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company that is bringing more than 300 new jobs to the Region as it establishes its new U.S. headquarters in the Chesterbrook Corporate Center in Wayne, Pa.
"As part of our interest in contributing to the communities in which we operate, we invite children from neighborhoods across the greater Philadelphia region to experience the wonders of science through innovative, hands-on exhibits presented at The Franklin Institute."
On Shire Day, admission to the Museum and to "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" for children age 12 and under -- normally $16 -- will be free, courtesy of Shire. Ticket prices for teenagers and adults range from $12.75 to $22.75 and can be purchased in advance or at the door.
In addition to enjoying The Franklin Institute's many new or renovated exhibits, including The Franklin Air Show, Sports Challenge, Space Command, The Train Factory and the Fels Planetarium (The Giant Heart reopens October 1), guests on Shire Day will be able to experience "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," which opened July 10 and runs through January 2, 2005. In this heralded 15,000-square-foot exhibit, hundreds of artifacts recovered from the wreck site tell the tragic tale of the doomed luxury liner and its passengers.
Entry to the Titanic exhibit is through timed tickets only, which are available at the main ticket desk in the Franklin Institute Atrium. Visitors receive a boarding pass bearing a real Titanic passenger's name, walk through authentically recreated first- and third-class rooms, press their palms on an "iceberg" to feel how cold the water really was that night, and learn about the aftermath of the disaster and the efforts to find lost loved ones. At the end of their journey, they discover whether the person whose ticket they were given survived the sinking. Over the past 10 years, more than 14 million people throughout the world have seen this powerful exhibit in major science museums.
This new U.S. headquarters in Chester County will serve as Shire's North American center for the Company's search and development, and U.S. commercial activities.
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (Shire) is a global specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on meeting the needs of the specialist physician and currently focuses on developing projects and marketing products in the area of central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI), and renal diseases. Shire has operations in the world's key pharmaceutical markets (US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany) as well as a specialist drug delivery unit in the US. For further information on Shire, please visit the Company's website: http://www.shire.com.
For more information on Shire Day at The Franklin Institute, visit http://www.fi.edu or call 215-448-1200.
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Source: Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc
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Kuhl! Too bad I'm not going until December.
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that sounds like fun.
too bad i cant go.im a kid at heart that counts right?
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Hi Wills
I think they shopuld let all of us ungrown adu;lts in free as aI like you am still a kid at heart
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thats not a bad idea graham.
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Me agrees
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Im In heaven, shops have the toys in now for christmas. It takes me a eternity to wlak round round now as I have to test them yes:-)
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And how many Titanics do they have?
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Thankfully none
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