A Celebration of Color, A delightful evening fundraiser at Susquehanna Art Museum featuring the…read moredebut solo exhibition, "If Herr Street Could Talk" of a Harrisburg High School 2004 graduate, Alteronce Gumby, a contemporary artist. It's great to support local talent and connect with friends at art fundraising events.

The museum is a bit small but the works are nice. Very friendly person, who took the $10 payment…read morefor entry, was very helpful/informative too. There was also a person on the 2nd floor that helped provide some info about some of the artwork we saw up there. The museum was still very quiet when I visited on a late Saturday morning (around 11am).

If you're sans kids and looking for something different on the 3rd Friday of the month, Whitaker…read moreCenter's Night Shift is it. For $10 (cash preferred) you get admission, a drink voucher, and two hours to play with science exhibits... with a beer or wine in hand. Think Night at the Museum meets a cash bar. 100% yes. Adventure Buddy's highlight was the RaceIT exhibit, where he built and raced cars -- only to lose to my championship Houpe-De-Ville (sorry, not sorry). My favorite? The Hurricane Chamber that blasted winds up to 91mph. Cool? More like cold. I almost lost my contact lenses. Totally worth it. Even though the exhibits are geared toward kids, there's something magical about rediscovering them as an adult. Nostalgia hits, curiosity kicks in, and the 21+ crowd makes the vibe peaceful, playful, and fun. Between touching a tornado, watching turtles migrate across Earth, and laughing at ourselves while sipping drinks, it was an inexpensive, unique date night during 3rd in the Burg. Highly recommend pawning off the crotchgoblins with grandma and checking it out.

Great place to bring kids for an indoor activity. Our kids 5 and 3 really enjoyed it. The dinosaur…read moreexhibit was really nicely done with moving dinosaurs. Lots of interactive things for the kids and adults to do. On the upper floor there was a cute play area for kids under 6 that included a shopping area, doctor zone, construction and building area. Everyone was really nice and space was clean. It was not busy which made it nice. We parked in the structure nearby and they did not validate and you have to pay using a QR code. We will definitely be back with the kids next time we need a nice indoor activity.

It's a great gem of a museum. There's lots to see and learn about American history. If you're…read moreinterested in American history, I highly recommend this museum.

Really well laid out museum, with amazing artifacts. Definitely worth the trip. We appreciated the…read morefamily deal as a family of 5 with 2 adults and 3 students that saved us a little on admission. The museum itself is beautiful, clean, well maintained and we practically had the place to ourselves which was really neat and also a little creepy sometimes lol There was definitely moments that were heavy to soak in especially at the beginning of the exhibits. They are portraying moments in our history to put things into perspective, the mindset to understand the times so that you can experience the rest of the chronological exhibits. Overall, highly recommend especially for middle school aged and up and especially if you plan to also visit Gettysburg.

Place is big and clean on the out side was closed day I stoped.next time I am in town I will try…read moreagain but looked interesting on the out side building

The museum is staffed by friendly volunteers, many of whom are former firefighters, who are…read moreknowledgeable and eager to teach. The museum itself includes original artifacts, replicas, and live demonstrations. It is compact and can be easily toured in 1-2 hours.

One of the top automotive museums I've been to. Two levels of exhibits. Lots of cars. Also a…read moresection with motorcycles. A Lionel train layout on the lower level. Plus special exhibits. In our mid-March 2026 visit, there was a SAAB exhibit and a large section with hot rods & souped up old cars. The cars shown are mostly US ones. Tickets are reasonably priced. What we saw had a lot of 1950s - early 1960s emphasis. Some exhibits gave me a "Happy Days" vibe. Others got me thinking of the Beach Boys SoCal tunes. There were interesting side exhibits for drive-in theatres & roadside diners. We could step into the counter area of the diner. Ask for Flo ;-) Other eras represented as well, including the earlier half of the 20th Century. If you are the area & like cars or US pop culture history, this a great spot to visit.

Just a relatively small historical museum (I come from Chicago where museums take up several city…read moreblocks), but full of classic cars, train paraphernalia, school buses, motorcycles; but my favorite section is the basement room with the miniature town and trains. My college buddies & I performed as a small choir for the wedding of our college friend who married a car guy! Such a fitting venue!

This museum is more so a rich man's afterthought. It is from someone who shot and killed animals in…read moreAfrica or in the US. There are rhinos, lions, a full size elephant, giraffe, lots of cats, bears, moose, and more. So basically someone went to kill animals in another part of the world and decided they couldn't keep their dead animals anymore. The new premise that turns it into a teaching experience is good. It is two floors. My kids did love seeing the animals. I did think it was fun but it was a little weird at the same time. It was a little hard to find on Messiahs campus. It isn't labeled very well on the outside. Maybe check it out once and move on.

The Oakes Museum of Natural History is a unique museum experience for the family, classroom, or…read moregroup featuring more than 40,000 specimens. The 10,000-square foot museum is home to a collection of Smithsonian quality African and North American mammals, birds, eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects, and fossils.

Where are the PA history buffs? If you're interested in family lineage, the PA State Archives…read moreoffers extensive information and free access to Ancestry.com via www.PAStateArchives.com Today, Sunday, March 9, 2025, visitors can view a treasured copy of William Penn's land grant from the King of England, the 1681 Pennsylvania charter, which includes all four pages. The charter is displayed only once a year, usually on the second Sunday in March.

Indiana Jones actually filmed here for the movie Raiders Of The Lost Archives. No, I can't back…read morethat up. But I can back this up. (pulls down pants) The museum and the state archives are absolutely spectacular and huge and imposing and you can see this massive structure for 10 blocks in any direction - so it's definitely one of the main center points and centerpieces of Harrisburg - and is well worth the five star rating because of the grand old design, which stands the test of time and in fact looks timeless. Harrisburg is a splendid city with a gorgeous downtown and this is one of the reasons why.