Exhibitions
A series of digital exhibits designed to let you explore the social history of Harrisburg.
2024-2025 Jubilee for Democracy
Today, twelve buildings form the PA Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. They stand on the site of a once valued, now vanished, community called the Old Eighth Ward. The Eighth Ward was a once thriving, culturally diverse community that developed east of the capitol from the 1850s. Following the dedication of the new state capitol in…
Before Harrisburg: John Harris and Hercules
The Chester Way Tour project combines place-based, often forgotten, stories of Harrisburg’s history from the 19th to the 20th century that illuminate the civil rights effort of the region. The first story of this tour, which I’m delighted to share, begins with the first European settler of Harrisburg, John Harris, a mulberry tree, and the rumored account…