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===Museums, art collections, and sites of interest=== [[File:David Ascalon, Ascalon Studios, Holocaust Memorial- Harrisburg, PA.jpg|thumb|The [[Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Holocaust Memorial]] in Harrisburg's [[Riverfront Park (Harrisburg)|Riverfront Park]] and the [[Capital Area Greenbelt]]]] {{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Dauphin County}} * [[Broad Street Market]], one of the oldest continuously operating [[Farmers' market|farmers markets]] in the United States<ref name="broad">{{cite web |url=http://www.broadstreetmarket.org/v6.htm |year=2007 |title=History of the Broad Street Market |publisher=Broad Street Market Corporation |access-date=January 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220135319/http://www.broadstreetmarket.org/v6.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial Obelisk]] inspired by the classic [[Roman architecture|Roman]]/[[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[obelisk]] form; located in [[Uptown (Harrisburg)|uptown]] Harrisburg * [[Dauphin Narrows Statue of Liberty]] on the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg * [[Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania|Fort Hunter Mansion and Park]], located north of downtown Harrisburg on a bluff overlooking the Susquehanna River * Harrisburg Doll Museum, which contains over 5,000 dolls and toys stretching back to 1840<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbgdollmuseum.com/ |title=Hbg Doll Museum / Dolls / Trains / Hot Wheels / Doll Museum |website=www.hbgdollmuseum.com |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172624/http://www.hbgdollmuseum.com/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Simon Cameron House|John Harris β Simon Cameron Mansion]], a National Historic Landmark located in downtown Harrisburg along the river * [[Market Square, Harrisburg|Market Square]], originally planned in 1785 and serves as the pinnacle of downtown * Midtown Scholar Bookstore, largest independent bookstore on the East Coast * [[National Civil War Museum]], located at Reservoir Park and [[List of Smithsonian museums#Museums|affiliated]] with the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>[http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/node/?q=node/300 Museum Becomes Smithsonian Affiliate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125161344/http://nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/node/?q=node%2F300 |date=November 25, 2010 }} National Civil War Museum press release. Accessed January 29, 2010</ref> * [[Pennsylvania National Fire Museum]] * [[Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center]], one of the largest convention/exhibition centers on the east coast which hosts multiple annual events, most notably the [[Pennsylvania Farm Show]] * [[Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex]], the center of government for the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|commonwealth]] and home to the [[Pennsylvania State Capitol|state capitol building]], [[Pennsylvania State Archives|state archives]], and [[State Library of Pennsylvania|state library]] * ''[[Pride of the Susquehanna]]'' paddle-wheel riverboat, offering daily sightseeing tours and special theme cruises * [[Reservoir Park (Harrisburg)|Reservoir Park]], the largest public park in the city containing an amphitheater<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://visitpa.com/pa-theater/levitt-pavilion-performing-arts |title=Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts |website=VisitPA {{!}} #visitPA |language=en |access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> and playground, and connected to the Greenbelt * [[State Museum of Pennsylvania]], featuring a planetarium and the Marshalls Creek Mastodon, one of the most complete mastodon fossils in North America.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statemuseumpa.org/ |title=The State Museum of Pennsylvania {{!}} The State Museum of Pennsylvania demonstrates that Pennsylvania's story is America's story. |website=statemuseumpa.org |access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> * [[Strawberry Square]], across the street from the Capitol Complex, home of many state offices and a small shopping center * [[Susquehanna art museum]], recently renovated and relocated in Midtown * Art Association of Harrisburg,<ref>{{cite web |title=Art Association of Harrisburg |url=http://www.artassocofhbg.com/index2.htm |website=artassocofhbg.com |access-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607005409/http://artassocofhbg.com/index2.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> founded in 1926, located in the Governor Findlay Mansion * [[Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts]], features an [[IMAX]] theater * [[Zembo Shrine Building]], a significant example of [[Moorish Revival architecture]].
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