el COME Center Located in the East Wing, the Capitol’s Welcome Center is a good first stop for visitors. The facility Features interactive and multimedia exhibits, each designed to give tertaining overview of state the Capitol’s many visitors an educational an government ws visitors to simulate voting on the By Another exhibit a House and Senate floors through touchscreer and interactive video, Visits 0 find out who their representatives are in the House and Senate and contact them with questions and comments. enter has a 25-seat video theater. In addi focus on such subjects ill Becomes a Law,” The Welcome C tion, several free-standing dis as ‘Meet Your Legislator,’ “How a and “A Day in the Life of a Legislato: wyThe ‘i Matthew J. Legislative Office Building thew J, Ryan Legislative Office Building, built in 1894, is the oldest “The Mi structure on Harrisburg's Capitol H Pictured below, thestaircare of the Designed by Philadelphia architect John T. Windiit, it originally housed the State Library and State Museum. Matthew J. Ryn Les Ialso served as — from 1899 until 1906, following the fire Office Building was modeled after a that destroyed the Hills Capitol palace courtyard in Vee, Sky. te Museum, which Commonwealth’s collection of art treas- The building was named for the late quartered there until 1964, After the ures and historical artifacts, remained hea ‘museum just up the street collections were moved ta the newly the building housed legislative of Howe year, who served ar menber for 40 years until hie death uber for 40 youre nntsl hie dent Ge ee ix 2003. Ry tel he ither masked or destroyed. In an effort co Copal satin in canayor fe as known, a team of his 100th birthday in 2006. jonists and artisans were commissioned in 1997 to undertake & Unfortunazely, the structure was modified and moderniz unl much of its b breathe n complete restoration. ‘Along with uncovering much of the building's charm, they also discovered nds, including a shoe dating to the Victorian era, es of historic wallp: some unusual odds a Delaware County, 2 living legis member for 40 ye et from 1981-19 until his death in 2003, The structure's painstaking renovation won a 2000 commendation from America, £ the Ryan Building's entrance. It Courtyard of the Doges