AEA was commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the National Park Service in 2005 to conduct a feasibility study and schematic design for the redesign of the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia. The assignment coincided with worldwide celebrations of the 300^th birthday of Benjamin Franklin and sought to create a museum that does justice to Franklin’s public legacy and personal life, on the site of his former residence.

AEA assembled a project team that included Casson Mann Designers in London (www.cassonmann.co.uk) that undertook an analysis of best practice in biographical museums; an assessment of the museum’s core strengths; a market analysis; a business plan including a vision statement, preliminary programming plan, and five-year financial plan; site analysis, options appraisal and design proposal.

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