• Visit the Palmer Museum of Art, an on-campus, free-admission arts resource for the University and surrounding communities in central Pennsylvania. With a collection of over 8,000 objects representing a variety of cultures and spanning centuries, the Palmer is the largest art museum between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

• View American history through the eyes of one family at the Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum. The Boal estate has been the Boal family home for eight generations and over 200 years. The original buildings, furnishings, and family are still here. The fourth-generation owner, Colonel Theodore Davis Boal, married Mathilde, a descendant of Christopher Columbus, who inherited the Columbus Chapel and brought it to Boalsburg in 1909.

• Experience Theodore Davis Boal's history even further at The Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, which preserves and honors Pennsylvania's military history from 1747 to the present. It emphasizes the 20th century, interpreting the story of the Commonwealth's "Citizen Soldiers," civilian activities on the home front. The museum hosts year-round events including a speaker series and reenactments, and is one of 26 historic sites and museums on the Pennsylvania Trail of History.