By Linda Tancs
The official museum of the Commonwealth, The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg has collected, preserved, researched and interpreted the cultural and natural history of the state since its inception in 1905. Affectionately known as “the Smithsonian of Pennsylvania,” it boasts over 80,000 square feet of exhibits. It features a mastodon discovered in a farmer’s bog, a 19th-century streetscape with recreations of a general store, summer kitchen and hardware store and a colossal bronze statue of Pennsylvania’s founder, William Penn, in the center hall. Open most days, allow yourself a few hours to see it all.
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