Newly updated Harrisburg Arts District map
Visit Hershey & Harrisburg unveiled new materials to spotlight the Harrisburg Arts District Thursday, including an updated print map with new destinations and a fresh audio walking tour.
The Harrisburg Arts District runs from Midtown Harrisburg to South of Market (SoMa), shining light on the city’s museums, theater and live music venues, and murals and monuments.
Newly added stops to the print map include monuments along the Susquehanna Riverfront, recently opened venues like the Capital City Music Hall and Coronet Park.
On the free mobile app “Harrisburg Arts District,” Visit Hershey Harrisburg’s President and CEO Sharon Myers said the organization has added the new audio tour to highlight more monuments and gardens on the riverfront.
“The audio tours help to deliver that experience by offering more background—not just about the monuments and gardens—but about the sculptors and the artists and the monuments and how they helped to build this city,” Myers said.
Sharon Myers, president and CEO of Visit Hershey Harrisburg
The Harrisburg Arts District is made up of more than 50 murals and monuments and more than 20 theaters, performance venues, museums, and art galleries, and a full calendar of events.
The goal of the district, designed to encourage visitors to walk between city arts venues, is to help tourists build itineraries full of arts and culture for their days in Harrisburg. This may spur visits elsewhere as well, helping Harrisburg’s economy as a whole.
“Chances are they will want to enjoy dinner or local shops, and many of the things that they didn’t even know existed,” said Myers.
The Harrisburg Arts District began in 2024 with a mobile app.
The announcement Thursday was supported by representatives from the Art Association Harrisburg, the PA Council on the Arts, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, and the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and CREDC.
Newly updated Harrisburg Arts District map
For more information visit Visit Hershey Harrisburg’s website.
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