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    Annual Holiday Marketplace to Offer Unique Gifts Ideas from Pennsylvania’s Historic Sites

    November 13, 2013
    Annual Holiday Marketplace to Offer Unique Gifts Ideas from Pennsylvania’s Historic Sites
    News for Immediate Release
     
    Nov. 13, 2013
     
    Annual Holiday Marketplace to Offer Unique Gifts Ideas from Pennsylvania’s Historic Sites
     
    Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) will hold its eighth annual Holiday Marketplace on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 21-22, in the Atrium of the Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North St., Harrisburg.
     
    Open to local residents and employees working in or near the Capitol Complex, the Holiday Marketplace showcases Pennsylvania-themed holiday gifts from a number of PHMC’s historic sites and museums across the state. 
     
    Products include hand-crafted items such as beeswax candles, holiday decorations, reproductions of vintage toys and games, books, pottery and maple sugar candy.  
     
    This year Ephrata Cloister, Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, Somerset Historical Center and The State Museum Store will be participating. 
     
    The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will offer items that reflect and support Pennsylvania’s heritage and natural beauty. There will be live, seasonal music during lunchtime hours on both days.
     
    The event is sponsored by PHMC’s non-profit support organization, the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation. The foundation works with PHMC on a variety of projects to preserve and interpret Pennsylvania’s history, art and culture.
     
    Holiday Marketplace hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
     
    For more information about Holiday Marketplace, visit www.paheritage.org.
     
    Media Contact: Howard Pollman, 717-705-8639
     
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