{"id":7171,"date":"2026-08-10T21:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/?post_type=citadela-item&#038;p=7171"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:35:44","slug":"whitaker-center","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/business\/whitaker-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitaker Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitakercenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/027-5597-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/027-5597-1.jpg 223w, https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/027-5597-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Explore Whitaker Center for Science &amp; the Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is Central Pennsylvania\u2019s premier center for education and cultural enrichment. Whitaker Center is a thought leader in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) engagement for all ages and backgrounds. We believe that by investing our resources in educating, entertaining, and engaging visitors, we can spark a movement that makes our community a better place to live, work, and play. Composed of four main venues \u2013 UPMC Science Center (formerly Harsco Science Center), PNC Innovation Zone, Sunoco Performance Theater, and Select Medical Digital Cinema Theater, Whitaker Center has something for everyone as a destination of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is Central Pennsylvania\u2019s premier center for education and cultural enrichment. Whitaker Center is a thought leader in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) engagement for all ages and backgrounds. We believe that by investing our resources in educating, entertaining, and engaging visitors, we can spark a movement that makes our community a better place to live, work, and play. Composed of four main venues \u2013 UPMC Science Center (formerly Harsco Science Center), PNC Innovation Zone, Sunoco Performance Theater, and Select Medical Digital Cinema Theater, Whitaker Center has something for everyone as a destination of choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6974,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_citadela_hide_page_title":"","_citadela_remove_header_space":"","_citadela_custom_class":"","_citadela_ignore_special_page":false,"_citadela_page_template":"","_citadela_half_map_provider":"","_citadela_half_map_theme":"","_citadela_half_map_themeOSM":"","_citadela_half_map_customTheme":"","_citadela_half_map_dataType":"","_citadela_half_map_dynamicTrack":false,"_citadela_half_map_trackColor":"","_citadela_half_map_trackEndpointsColor":"","_citadela_half_map_filterCategory":"","_citadela_half_map_filterLocation":"","_citadela_half_map_filterFeatured":false,"_citadela_half_map_noDataBehavior":"empty-map","_citadela_half_map_noDataText":"","_citadela_half_map_clusterGridSize":80,"_citadela_header":false,"_citadela_header_over_content":false,"_citadela_header_text_color":"","_citadela_header_logo":[],"_citadela_header_bg_image":[],"_citadela_header_bg_position":[],"_citadela_header_bg_size":"","_citadela_header_bg_repeat":"","_citadela_header_bg_fixed":false,"_citadela_header_bg_color":"","_citadela_header_bg_image_overlay":"","_citadela_header_transparent_bg":false,"_citadela_content_width":"","_citadela_half_layout_position":""},"citadela-item-category":[443,442],"citadela-item-location":[434],"class_list":["post-7171","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-museums-cultural-attractions","citadela-item-category-recreation-leisure","citadela-item-location-dauphin-county-pa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7172,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7171\/revisions\/7172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knowthisplace.com\/maps\/PA\/DauphinCounty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}