Beginning Friday, March 10, and continuing through Sunday, March 19, the original 1681 Charter and the Great Law will be on exhibit at The State Museum, Third and North streets, Harrisburg. Staff members of the Pennsylvania State Archives also will begin presenting charter chats at the exhibit twice daily, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. At 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, the group Simple Gifts, will perform ethnic folk songs using 12 different traditional musical instruments in The State Museum Auditorium. In celebration of Charter Day, Sunday, March 12, the PHMC s historic sites and museums are open with free admission. The State Museum s Memorial Hall. The exhibit includes information booths on document conservation, genealogy, oral history, photographs, and appraisals of documents and photographs.
Admission is free.
At 2 p.m., Monday, March 13, the PHMC will host the Penn Symposium, William Penn s Legacies to Local Government, in The State Museum Auditorium. Admission is free.