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Monday, July 24, 2017

State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

20228831_10214447969139793_3852338394662733307_nFor our last outing while in the Hershey area, we traveled to Harrisburg to check out the State Museum of PA. In preparing for our visit, I checked out the parking options in the area, and it looked like there was limited on street parking, with the majority of public parking being a number of parking garages in the vicinity. That is my biggest dislike of only having a dually for our mode of transportation, as it can be quite challenging to find a parking spot – especially in a city. So we decided to wait and go into the city on Saturday morning, which turned out to be a great idea. We went first thing in the morning and had our pick of parking spots, finding one right out in front of the museum.

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We really enjoyed our visit. There was a whole section where we could see what a early Pennsylvania village would look like.

Here Schaun is checking out early toys.

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A chairmaker’s shop…


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…the environment as it would have looked many thousands of years ago…

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I’m glad our dragonflies aren’t this big anymore!



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An archaelogical dig…

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20258391_10214447974739933_5967857312460486367_nThere was a whole section with early modes of transportion…including a Conestoga wagon, of which unfortunately, I did not get a picture.

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I’m very glad I don’t live in this 1950s era pull behind!


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...or sleep in this bed!





We had an enjoyable time exploring items from Pennsylvania’s past. It was a fun way to finish up our two week visit in the area.


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We are on our way back to Ohio now – back in Woodland PA for a couple nights. Tomorrow we arrive back at Countryside Campground, and our trip with Schaun will be over – until next year.

1 comment:

  1. What a fantastic museum!! I bet Schaun really enjoyed looking at history!! He has certainly had an amazing 2 weeks!!

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