State Museum of Pennsylvania
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N 40° 15.925 W 076° 53.143
18T E 339655 N 4458922
FREE FREE FREE FREE
Waymark Code: WM62V
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2006
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Created in 1905, congrats on your 100 years, the Museum collects, preserves, researches and interpretes the culture and natural history of the state. The museum moved to this building in 1964 and became a part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1945. Located next to the Capital Building this is the most visited museum in the state, besides Gettysburg National Battlefield.
Museum hours
Closed Mondays
Tuesday throught Sat. 9am to 5pm
Sunday 12 Noon to 5pm
General Admission FREE
Main Departments
Archaeology - over 3 million artifacts and excavation records
Community & Domestic Life - more than 32,000 artifacts from the 18-20th centuries
Fine Arts - 5,000 paintings, prints, sculputres, art crafts and photographs
Industry & Technology / Mililtary History - civil War and Pennsylvania Kentucky rifles to wagons, carriages and early automobles
Paleontology & Geology - ONE collection of fossil plants is over 8000+, Do you know what the state fossil is?????? Phacops rana (trilobite)
Popular Culture & Political History - objects from the 19 and 20th centuries
Zoology & Botany Department - 40,000 specimans
To log your find take a picture of you and the sign. And if you go in for a visit take a picture of something in side. BUT, make sure you may take a picture and if you may, you may not be able to use your flash!!!!
Marker Name: State Museum of Pennsylvania
County: Dauphin
Date Dedicated: 09/21/2000
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Museum lawn, 3rd & North Streets, Harrisburg
Category: Buildings, Education, Government & Politics 20th Century
Website: [Web Link]
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