AREA INFO
Culture
Visitors to the region will find many talented people passionate about creating beautiful things. You can take home a unique piece of the Great Outdoors region from one the many galleries and shops stocked with locally handmade artisan works, gifts, and souvenirs. Travelers can experience the local cultural scene with many live musical and theater performances throughout the year.
ARTS, MUSIC & THEATER
- Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts provides an annual series of concerts and events in various idioms, including classical music; jazz, popular and Celtic music; Wurlitzer Theatre Organ; drama; literature; film and visual arts. Browse The Full Event Calendar.
- Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts
Thousands visit each year for their live theater performances, unique festivals and bountiful craft market, full of one-of-a-kind handcrafted items. Others come seeking to learn a new artform at one of their many classes, honoring traditional crafting methods.
- Peirce Planetarium
40-foot dome with precision-engineered star ball that combines optical and electro-mechanical technology to provide an accurate view of the night sky and its motion.
- Pine Springs Pottery
Visit a working potter's historic home studio and shop for unique artisan stoneware, handmade to serve your life beautifully. Open by chance or contact.
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS & MUSEUMS
- Clarion County Courthouse
This structure, the third to be erected, was built in the Queen Anne style in 1883 at a cost of more than $97,000. The building's tower is 214 feet high.
- Clarion County Historical Society
Tour our Sutton-Ditz House Museum for local history exhibits including lumber, iron, and glass making. Visit our Fulton Library for local history and genealogy research.
- Former Clarion County Jail
On the National Register of Historic Places, built between 1873 and 1875, half brick and half sandstone with a 97-foot-tall square battlement tower.
- Helen Furnace
Cold-blast charcoal stone furnace and iron works built in 1845 with eight-foot bosh 32 feet high. Originally called "Hieland" or "Highland" in Scottish.
