From Sacramento Bee: Pennsylvania Civil War Road Show to Stop at State Museum
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 26, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State Museum of Pennsylvania will welcome the Civil War
Road Show to Harrisburg Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July 22. This
popular attraction has been traveling across the state and features
interactive exhibits and special programming marking the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War.
Housed in a 53-foot expandable
trailer, the Road Show exhibit tells the compelling personal stories of
the many different ways Pennsylvanians experienced the American Civil
War—on both the home front and the battlefield. Interactive features
include stereoscopic photographs, original compositions of Civil War-era
music and sound effects, hands-on objects, and animated stories.
Visitors
will be invited to take a self-portrait at the Road Show in the style
of a Civil War-era photograph that can be uploaded and incorporated into
a customizable digital scrapbook.
The Road Show is also unearthing Civil War stories and artifacts
through a "Share Your Story" recording booth. Visitors to the Road Show
are invited to share their own Civil War-era photographs, artifacts and
stories through "Share Your Story."
The Road Show will be located
on North Street, adjacent to The State Museum. Hours of operation are:
Thursday, July 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, July 20, 10 a.m. to 7
p.m.; Saturday, July 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, July 22, noon to 5
p.m.
Admission to the Road Show is free and visitors to the Road
Show will also receive free admission to The State Museum. The State
Museum will be open until 7 p.m. on Friday, July 20 to accommodate Road
Show visitors and participants of Harrisburg's monthly "3rd in the Burg"
arts and entertainment celebration.
Pennsylvania Civil War 150 is
the state's official program commemorating the 150th anniversary of the
Civil War, being observed from 2011 to 2015. The PA Civil War 150
Committee, convened by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
(PHMC) in partnership with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation (PHF),
the Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, and the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, is a statewide alliance of history,
heritage, arts and cultural organizations from throughout the state. PA
Civil War 150's mission is to leverage the considerable strengths of
these institutions and bring quality programming to the state's
commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. PA
Civil War 150 includes a wide array of statewide initiatives, and facilitates numerous activities and events at the regional and local levels.
Find more information online at www.PACivilWar150.com.
The
State Museum of Pennsylvania, adjacent to the State Capitol in
Harrisburg, is one of 25 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History®. The State Museum offers
expansive collections interpreting Pennsylvania's fascinating heritage.
With exhibits examining the dawn of geologic time, the Native American
experience, the colonial and revolutionary era, a pivotal Civil War
battleground, and the Commonwealth's vast industrial age, The State
Museum demonstrates that Pennsylvania's story is America's story.
For more information about the museum, visit www.statemuseumpa.org.
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