A private and exclusive tour of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building for up to six people, led by the Executive Director of the PA Capitol Preservation Committee, as well as souvenirs related to the art and architecture of this site. 

This tour will focus on the extensive art and architecture of the building, and highlight the 43 murals by artist Violet Oakley.  In addition, you will receive a gift package of exclusive commorative Violet Oakley merchandise, including the beautifully illustrated "A Sacred Challenge: Violet Oakley and the Pennsylvania Capitol Murals" book, a commemorative Progress Toward Unity ornament, a lapel pin featuring Oakley's "Divine Law" mural, and a four-color poster featuring seven of Oakley's Capitol murals.

Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, with strong Italian Renaissance overtones, by architect Joseph M. Huston, the state Capitol was architecturally inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, and many consider it the pinnacle of the Commonwealth as the finest state capitol building in the United States. The brilliantly restored rotunda and Senate and House of Representatives Chambers are particularly exquisite spaces adorned with marble, murals, gold leaf and stained glass.   The building is adorned with sculpture, most notably the two groups, Love and Labor, the Unbroken Law and The Burden of Life, the Broken Law by sculptor George Grey Barnard, murals by Violet Oakley and Edwin Austin Abbey and a magnificent tile floor by Henry Mercer which tells the story of the state of Pennsylvania.