Rather than just filling the house with things, the Benjamin Franklin House presents a Historical Experience. This involves an actress playing the part of Polly Hewson (Stevenson as was), Franklin's landlady's daughter, interacting with a complicated audio visual display that explores Franklin's life in London and events in the Colonies*.
* Or America, depending on how you look at it.
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