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…
Catalytic Agents: The Lenwood Sloan Impact
This article is the first in a series of posts of the Center for Public Humanities at Messiah University that highlights the voices of activists, educators, and community leaders in the Harrisburg area who are advancing civil rights and preserving history. With this initial post, we honor the late visionary, Lenwood Sloan, whose partnership with…
Digital Harrisburg 