Past Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
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We Remember: Service to the State and Nation (2023)
This exhibit highlights former Senator and Senate Librarian Major Charles A. P. Bartlett who fought in WWI with the 42nd Division nicknamed the Rainbow Division.
Officers of the Pennsylvania Senate
Officers of the Pennsylvania Senate focuses on the President, President Pro Tempore, Chief Clerk, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Speakers and Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
Speakers and Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate highlights Senators who served as the highest-ranking Member of the Senate.
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We Remember: Service to State and Nation (2022)
“We Remember” pays tribute to the Senators who served.
Bibliography of the Senate Library
The origin and historical significance of the Senate library.
Making a Masterpiece
This exhibition focuses on the artistic vision, planning and labor of our Pennsylvania State Capitol Building.
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We Remember: Service to the State and Nation (2021)
This exhibition honors the memory of Senate Members and Senate Librarians who also served our nation during wartime.
Laudable Librarians
This exhibition explores the caretakers of Senate past: Senate Librarians. These laudable figures not only shaped the organizational structure of the Senate Library, but also influenced its current collection.
Opening Day: The History Behind The Ceremony
Shares the story of the Senate's Opening Day Ceremony through the Senate Oath Books, Journals and other records.
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We Remember: Service to the State and Nation (2020)
This exhibition honors the memory of Senate Members and Senate Librarians who also served our nation during wartime.
Treasures of the Senate
This exhibition reveals more of the lesser-known history of the Senate and the Senate Library ---- from literary pieces to historic publications to personal items donated by our Members.
By Common Consent
By Common Consent features exhibit displays, each celebrating a different aspect of Constitutional democracy in Pennsylvania
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We Remember: Service to the State and Nation (2019)
This exhibition honors the memory of Senate Members and Senate Librarians who also served our nation during wartime.
Pennsylvania Senate: The Early Years
Celebrates the creation of the Pennsylvania Senate as seen in the legislative record.
Spirit & Substance: 100 Years of Violet Oakley, Capitol Muralist
A retrospective exhibition in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of Violet Oakley's Senate Chamber murals
Privileged to Serve: Speakers and Presidents Pro Tempore of the Senate
Explores the Leadership of the Pennsylvania Senate through time.
Library of the Senate: Caretaker of the Senate Past
Explores the development of the Senate Library, from its origins at the center of the legislative process, to its current roles as reference library and gatekeeper of the Senate's Institutional and legislative past.
Current Exhibitions
What our guests are saying
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August 2020
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August 2020
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February 2020
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December 2019
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November 2019
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July 2019
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July 2019
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July 2019
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June 2019
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June 2019
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April 2019
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Visitor in December 2018
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Visitor from Philadelphia, PA
October 2018
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October 2018
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October 2018