Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded almost $2 million in grants to 153 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 58 Pennsylvania counties.
"Pennsylvania's wonderful museums and historical societies help preserve and share the state's rich history and culture through the stories they tell," said Governor Tom Wolf. "These funds, awarded to museums and historical societies across commonwealth will help ensure these facilities are able to continue serving as educational resources for all Pennsylvanians."
The goal of this program is to strengthen Pennsylvania's museum community by supporting the general operations of eligible museums and official county historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs. An eligible museum must have an annual operating budget exceeding $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services) and at least one full-time professional staff person (or approved equivalent).
"Our commonwealth is truly fortunate to have so many outstanding museums and historical societies," Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati said. "I am very pleased that once again this year, these grants will help offer assistance to historical sites so that they can continue to provide excellent educational opportunities within our communities."
Award amounts are determined using an equation based on a percentage of the eligible museum's previous year's operating budget. The maximum any museum could receive is $40,000. All official county historical societies receive a $4,000 minimum grant.
"PHMC is delighted to once again award these general operating support grants to museums and historical societies. These grants make a difference in communities all across the commonwealth, connecting Pennsylvanians with their history, serving as economic engines through tourism and job creation, and contributing to the quality of life," said PHMC Executive Director Andrea Lowery.
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The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant Awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society - $4,000
Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation - $6,657
Allegheny
Carnegie Museum of Natural History & Carnegie Science Center - $40,000
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $40,000
Frick Art & Historical Center - $40,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania - $40,000
The Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh - $9,913
Rivers of Steel – Steel Industry Heritage Corporation - $30,875
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial hall & Museum Trust, Inc. - $21,776
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society - $4,000
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation - $4,000
Historic Harmony, Inc. - $4,000
Bedford
Bedford County Historical Society - $4,000
Old Bedford Village - $4,512
Berks
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles - $7,396
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust - $17,290
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum - $33,842
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association - $31,786
Historical Society of Berks County/Berks History Center - $7,922
Blair
Blair County Historical Society - $4,000
Railroaders Heritage Corporation - $11,286
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $4,000
Bucks
Bucks County Children's Museum - $5,399
Bucks County Historical Society - $36,618
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum - $4,000
Pearl S. Buck International House - $11,015
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $7,434
Butler
Butler County Historical Society - $4,000
Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society - $4,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association - $23,789
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society - $4,000
Centre
Centre County Historical Society - $4,000
Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania - $12,350
Chester
American Helicopter Museum and Education Center - $6,769
Chester County Historical Society - $17,441
Historic Sugartown Inc. - $4,000
Historic Yellow Springs Inc. - $9,270
Wharton Esherick Museum - $4,490
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society - $4,000
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society - $4,000
Columbia
Children's Museum Inc. - $4,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society - $9,951
Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc. - $17,851
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society - $4,000
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $4,000
The Hershey Story Museum - $23,771
The National Civil War Museum - $15,104
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - $35,579
Delaware
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation - $4,000
Delaware County Historical Society - $4,000
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $9,595
Elk
Elk County Historical Society - $4,000
Erie
Erie County Historical Society - $12,029
ExpERIEnce Children's Museum - $7,499
Fayette
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - Fallingwater - $40,000
Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny - $4,000
Renfrew Museum and Park - $4,000
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society - $4,000
Greene
Green County Historical Society - $4,000
Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society - $4,000
Isett Acres Museum - $4,393
Indiana
Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County - $4,000
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society Inc. - $4,000
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center - $4,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $4,000
Lackawanna
Electric City Trolley Museum - $6,519
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art - $9,831
Lackawanna Historical Society - $4,000
Lancaster
Children's Museum of Lancaster - $8,338
Lancaster Science Center - $10,171
LancasterHistory.org: LCHS and Wheatland - $22,203
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors - $11,059
North Museum - $12,837
Rock Ford Foundation - $4,000
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society - $4,000
Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown Inc. - $4,000
Lebanon County Historical Society - $4,000
Lehigh
Da Vinci Discovery Center - $40,000
Lehigh County Historical Society - $7,451
Luzerne
Luzerne County Historical Society - $4,000
Lycoming
Little League Baseball Inc. - $5,937
Lycoming County Historical Society, Thomas T. Taber Museum - $4,000
McKean
Eldred WWII Museum - $4,000
McKean County Historical Society - $4,000
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society - $4,000
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association - $4,000
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $4,630
Montgomery
Historical Society of Montgomery County - $4,000
John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove - $8,817
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania - $5,625
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center - $5,766
Northampton
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor - $7,410
Historic Bethlehem Partnership - $21,361
Moravian Historical Society - $4,000
National Museum of Industrial History - $12,980
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $9,154
Northumberland
Northumberland Historical Society - $4,000
Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University - $40,000
African American Museum of Philadelphia - $27,929
American Philosophical Society - $40,000
American Swedish Historical Museum - $7,872
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $7,190
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia - $5,275
Chestnut Hill Conservancy & Historical Society - $5,655
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $7,576
Cliveden of the National Trust - $4,481
College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $40,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc. - $40,000
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion - $4,000
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware - $4,000
Franklin Institute - $40,000
Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery Inc. - $6,680
Germantown Historical Society - $4,250
Girard College Foundation - $5,206
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $4,600
Historic Fair Hill - $4,000
Historic Philadelphia Inc./Betsy Ross House - $40,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - $40,000
Independence Seaport Museum - $40,000
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia - $13,000
John Bartram Association - $40,000
Museum of the American Revolution - $40,000
National Constitution Center - $40,000
National Liberty Museum - $27,504
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation - $4,000
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $21,407
Please Touch Museum - $40,000
The Rosenbach - $16,428
Science History Institute - $40,000
Stenton - $4,364
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - $40,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $10,963
Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation - $4,000
Wyck Association - $4,000
Pike
Pike County Historical Society - $4,000
Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County - $4,000
Somerset
Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County - $4,000
Sullivan
Sullivan County Historical Society - $4,000
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society - $4,000
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society - $4,000
Union
Lewisburg Children's Museum - $4,000
Union County Historical Society - $4,000
Venango
Venango County Historical Society - $4,000
Warren
Warren County Historical Society - $4,000
Washington
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - $8,402
Washington County Historical Society - $4,000
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society - $4,000
Westmoreland
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $4,000
West Overton Museums - $5,566
Westmoreland County Historical Society - $4,463
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society - $4,000
York
Susquehanna Heritage, Inc. - $4,000
York County History Center - $17,501
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