List of museums in Pennsylvania

This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are university and non-profit art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Current museums

Name Town/City County Region Type Summary
1719 Hans Herr House & MuseumWillow StreetLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen airMennonite history, colonial and Victorian era farm life
1803 HouseEmmausLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseAlso known as the Ehrenhardt House, lifestyle of the inhabitants of colonial Emmaus
1852 Herr Family HomesteadLandisvilleLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, depicts life on a 19th-century Lancaster County farm
AACA MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryAutomotivewebsite, also known as Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, vintage automobiles, buses, motorcycles and memorabilia
Abington Art CenterJenkintownMontgomeryDelaware ValleyArtContemporary art museum and a sculpture park
Adams County Historical Society MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, located on the grounds of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
Air Heritage MuseumBeaver FallsBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation - Aviationwebsite, restored aircraft
Albany Township Historical Society MuseumTrexlerBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Allegheny-Kiski Heritage MuseumTarentumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite, story of the home front during WWII, aluminum and glass collections from area companies
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SiteGallitzinCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - RailroadPark with engine house, historic tavern, mid 19th century Samuel Lemon House
Allentown Art MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyArtEuropean and American paintings, textiles, prints and drawings
Allison-Antrim MuseumGreencastleFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal historyweb
America On WheelsAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyAutomotive
American Military Edged Weaponry MuseumIntercourseLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitaryinformation, collection of US military knives used by the American servicemen, military artifacts
American Golf Hall of FameFoxburgClarionNorthwest RegionSportsHistoric golf clubs and artifacts
American Helicopter Museum & Education CenterWest ChesterChesterDelaware ValleyAviationOver 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes
American Treasure TourOaksMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMultipleExpansive collection includes nickelodeons, band organs, classic cars, movie posters, Americana, circus art, dolls and dollhouses, open by reservation
Amish ExperienceBird-in-HandLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, depicts modern Amish life in an Amish homestead and one room school
Amish Farm and HouseLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryFarmwebsite, working farm, historical and modern customs of Lancaster County's Amish
Amy B. Yerkes MuseumHatboroMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite, operated by the Millbrook Society
Andalusia (Nicholas Biddle Estate)AndalusiaBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric house
Antoine Dutot Museum & GalleryDelaware Water GapMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaMultiplewebsite, art gallery and museum of local history housed in an 1850 brick schoolhouse
Appalachian Trail MuseumGardnersCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoryDevelopment of the Appalachian Trail
Art Association of HarrisburgHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyArtwebsite, galleries located in the historic Governor Findlay Mansion
Asa Packer MansionJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyHistoric house19th-century Victorian period mansion
Atlas Cement Company Memorial MuseumNorthamptonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyIndustryinformation, information
Aughinbaugh GalleryGranthamCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of Messiah College Department of Visual Arts
Bachmann Publick HouseEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric houseUnder renovation, 18th-century colonial inn and tavern
Bahr's MillGabelsvilleBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryMillLate 19th-century woodworking and grist mill
Baker MansionAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyMuseum of the Blair County Historical Society
Baldwin-Reynolds House MuseumMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoric houseOwned by the Crawford County Historical Society, reflects three centuries of owners; Dr. J. R. Mosier Office on site
Barns-Brinton HouseChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
Barton Street SchoolLock HavenClintonCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes memorabilia from local fire companies and military artifacts
Battles Museums of Rural LifeGirardErieNorthwest RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; Museum site consists of two historic homes, the R.S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabeth Battles Memorial Museum, on 50 acres (200,000 m2) of farm land and 80 acres (320,000 m2) of woods and hiking trails
Bayernhof Music MuseumO'Hara TownshipAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaMusicAutomated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries
Beaver Area Heritage MuseumBeaverBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation
Beaver County Industrial MuseumDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - Steelwebsite, part of the Darlington Museum complex
Beaver Falls Historical Society MuseumBeaver FallsBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyHoused in the Carnegie Free Library
Bell SchoolHamilton TownshipMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaSchoolwebsite, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association; Stormsville is part of Hamilton Township
Bellefonte Art MuseumBellefonteCentreCentral PAArtwebsite, local art in all media
Berks County Heritage CenterReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen airwebsite, includes Gruber Wagon Works, the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, memorials and gardens, operated by the County
Berks History CenterReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Berks County
Berman Museum of ArtCollegevilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyArtwebsite, part of Ursinus College, houses over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative, and cultural objects
Bible History ExhibitsRonksLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligiouswebsite, operated by the Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies, replica archaeological artifacts to illuminate the Bible
Big Mac Museum RestaurantNorth HuntingdonWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaFoodTribute to the Big Mac and its creator[1]
Bill's Old Bike BarnBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PATransportationwebsite, motorcycles, also Americana memorabilia from nautical, circus, Harley Davidson and other collections
Blooming Grove MuseumCogan StationLycomingCenral PALocal historyFacebook site, operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
Boal Mansion MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PAHistoric houseReflects original furnishings and single family ownership over 200 years
Boalsburg Heritage MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PALocal historywebsite
Boyertown Area Historical SocietyBoyertownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Boyertown Museum of Historic VehiclesBoyertownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotivewebsite, includes motorized, horse-drawn and man-powered road transportation from wagons and trucks to bicycles and cars
Braddock's Battlefield History CenterNorth BraddockAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaMilitaryHistory of the Braddock Expedition and the French and Indian War
Bradford County Farm Museum and The Heritage VillageTroyBradfordNorthern TierAgricultureFacebook site, features rare farm implements, large and small farm machinery and tools, individual rooms showing a blacksmith shop, tin shop, winter workroom, general store, children’s games, Grange, game commission artifacts, farm kitchen, model tractors, Revolutionary war items
Bradford County MuseumTowandaBradfordNorthern TierLocal historyLocated in the Bradford County Jail
Brandywine Battlefield ParkChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyOpen airSite of the Battle of Brandywine fought on September 11, 1777 during the American Revolution, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Brandywine River MuseumChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyArtAmerican art with primary emphasis on the art of the Brandywine region, American illustration and still life painting; three generations of N. C. Wyeth family art
Broad Top Area Coal Miners MuseumRobertsdaleHuntingdonCentral PAIndustry - CoalCoal mining and railroad exhibits; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Brown's Mill SchoolGreencastleFranklinCumberland ValleyEducationOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society, historic schoolhouse
Buhl HouseZelienopleButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Zelienople Historical Society
Burnside PlantationBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyOpen airProperty includes restored 1748/1818 farmhouse, two 1840s bank barns, a high horse-power wheel, large kitchen garden and orchard, a corn crib and wagon shed
Burtner HouseNatrona HeightsAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseEarly-19th-century farmhouse
Bushy Run BattlefieldPenn TownshipWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen airAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Butler County Historical SocietyButlerButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite, operates the 1828 Lowrie/Shaw House, the 1815 Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, and the 1838 Little Red School House
Calder House MuseumEquinunkWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Equinunk Historical Society
Caleb Pusey HouseUplandDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, late-17th-century house
Cambria County Historical Society Library and MuseumEbensburgCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal history
Carbondale Historical Society and MuseumCarbondaleLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyLocated on the third floor of the historic Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse
Carpenter Log HousePlumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, located in Boyce Park
Castanea Railroad StationCastaneaClintonCentral PATransportation - Railroadwebsite, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes railroad artifacts and model train layout
Catlin HouseScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Lackawanna Historical Society, 1912 mansion
Centre County Library & Historical MuseumBellefonteCentreCentral PALocal historyCentre County documents, photographs, family memorabilia and other genealogical items
Centre Furnace MansionState CollegeCentreCentral PAHistoric houseHome of the Centre County Historical Society, restored and furnished mid-19th-century ironmaster's home
Central Pennsylvania African American MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryAfrican AmericanHistory of African Americans in Central Pennsylvania, located in a former AME church
Chadds Ford Historical SocietyChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite, local history exhibits in the Barn Visitor Center, also operates tours of the Barns-Brinton House and the Chad House
Chambersburg Heritage CenterChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal historywebsite
Chester County Historical Society MuseumWestChesterDelaware ValleyLocal history
The Children's MuseumBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PAChildren'swebsite
Christiana Underground Railroad Center at Historic Zercher’s HotelChristianaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistorywebsite, site of Resistance at Christiana that led to the first nationally covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Clarion University Art GalleriesClarionClarionNorthwest RegionArtwebsite, University Art Gallery is located in the lower level of Carlson Library, Empty Set Gallery is a student run space housed in Marwick Boyd Fine Arts Building
Clearfield County Historical Society and MuseumClearfieldClearfieldCentral PALocal historywebsite
Clifton HouseFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Fort Washington
Collen Brook FarmUpper Darby TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Upper Darby Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse
Colonial Pennsylvania PlantationMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyLivingLocated at Ridley Creek State Park
Columns MuseumMilfordPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Pike County Historical Society
Compass Inn MuseumLaughlintownWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric houseRestored inn with costumed docents that tell the story of transportation and everyday life in the early 19th century
Conestoga Area Historical Society MuseumConestogaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, museum housed in a 19th-century tobacco barn
Conrad Weiser HomesteadWomelsdorfBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseColonial homestead of Conrad Weiser, a very important figure in the settlement of the colonial frontier; park around the home designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Coolspring Power MuseumCoolspringJeffersonCentral PATechnologywebsite, over 250 historic internal combustion stationary gas engines
Cooper's Shed MuseumMount JoyLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - BeerPart of Bube’s Brewery complex
Cornwall Iron FurnaceCornwallLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - IronNational Historic Landmark iron furnaces, support buildings and surrounding community, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Corry Area Historical MuseumCorryErieNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite, artifacts from pioneer life to the first modern oil refinery up to present-day manufacturing
Crayola ExperienceEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyChildren'sInteractive creative stations, history of the Crayola company and its art products
Cresco Station MuseumCrescoMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Barrett Township Historical Society
Crossroads Heritage MuseumHamburgBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportationwebsite, includes horse-drawn coaches, sleighs, wagons, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, vintage quilts, 1840 original stage coach, and small items related to the 19th century
Cumberland County Historical Society MuseumCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyLocal historywebsite, folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
Dale/Engle/Walker HouseLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Daniel Boone HomesteadBirdsboroBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen airAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
David Mead Log CabinMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoric houseinformation
David Bradford HouseWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house18th-century-period house, home of David Bradford, a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion
David Wills HouseGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistorywebsite, 19th-century law office of David Wills where President Abraham Lincoln revised his Gettysburg Address, exhibits about the battle's effects on the town, operated by the Gettysburg Foundation
Da Vinci Science CenterAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyScience
DeBence Antique Music WorldFranklinVenangoNorthwest RegionMusicAntique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, calliopes, player pianos, and automated brass bands that date from the mid-19th century to the 1940s
Delaware County Historical Society MuseumChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite, also archives and library
Delaware County Institute of ScienceMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyNatural historywebsite, natural history museum and natural science library, includes mounted birds and animals, an herbarium of Delaware County plants, fossils, shells, corals, animal skulls, bird nests and eggs, butterflies, spiders, insects
Demuth MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtMuseum of paintings by Charles Demuth
Depreciation Lands MuseumAllison ParkAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLivingwebsite, colonial village life
Donora Smog MuseumDonoraWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoryHistory of the Donora Smog of 1948, an air inversion of smog containing fluoride that killed 20 people
Dorflinger Glass MuseumWhite MillsWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaGlassCut glass crystal made in White Mills from 1852 to 1921, located at the 600-acre Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
Doylestown Historical SocietyDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite
Drake Well MuseumTitusvilleVenangoNorthwest RegionIndustry - OilBeginnings of the modern oil industry through videos, exhibits, operating oil field machinery, and historic buildings in a park setting, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Driebe Freight Station Art GalleryStroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaArtwebsite, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Duncan & Miller Glass MuseumWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaGlasswebsite, exhibits of glass and tools of George Duncan & Sons and Duncan & Miller Glass Companies 1874 to 1955, and operated by The National Duncan Glass Society
Eagles Mere MuseumEagles MereSullivanNorthern TierLocal historywebsite, exhibits include the George Lewis Glassworks era 1804-1830, farming era 1830-1880, narrow gauge railroad 1892-1926, big hotels' era 1880-1960s
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art GalleryUniversity ParkCentreCentral PANatural historywebsite, part of Pennsylvania State University, rocks, minerals, fossils, mining and scientific equipment, archaeological artifacts, paintings and sculpture depicting mining and related industries
East Broad Top RailroadRockhill FurnaceHuntingdonCentral PATransportation - RailroadNational Historic heritage railroad
Eastern Museum of Motor RacingYork SpringsAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotivewebsite, collection of vintage race cars and artifacts and research library
Eckley Miners' VillageWeatherlyLuzerneLehigh ValleyIndustry - MiningAnthracite coal mining patch town, operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Eddie's Toy Museum & StoreSciotaMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaToywebsite, toys and NASCAR collectibles, toy tractors, motorcycles, Christmas rooms, Pez dispensers, carnival toys, toy trucks, cars, airplanes, pedal cars, dolls
Edinboro Area Historical SocietyEdinboroErieNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite
Eisenhower National Historic SiteGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryPresidential homeHome for the Eisenhowers after they left the White House in 1961
Eldred World War II MuseumEldredMcKeanNorthern TierMilitaryExhibits about World War II
Electric City Trolley MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaTransportation
Elizabeth Township Historical Society MuseumBostonAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyFacebook site
Endless Mountains War Memorial MuseumSonestownSullivanNorthern TierMilitarywebsite, honors America's veterans from all wars
Ephrata CloisterEphrataLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligiousOne of America's earliest religious communities, founded in 1732, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Erie Art MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionArt
Erie Maritime MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionMaritimeHomeport of the U.S. Brig Niagara, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Evans-Mumbower MillUpper Gwynedd TownshipMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMillRestored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Everhart MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaMultipleArt, natural history and ethnographic collections (Native American, Oceania, South American and Asian), ancient civilizations, local/regional history and decorative arts
expERIEnce Children's MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionChildren'swebsite
Explore & MoreGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryChildren'swebsite
FallingwaterBear RunFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright
Federal SchoolHaverfordDelawareDelaware ValleyEducationOperated by the Haverford Historical Society, one room schoolhouse
Finley HouseWayneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite, headquarters of the Radnor Historical Society, features period kitchen and bedroom, doll and clothing display, collection of wagons, sleighs, carriages
Firefighters Historical MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionFirefightingwebsite
F. Julius Lemoyne HouseWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseNational Historic Landmark of the underground railroad, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Flatiron Building Heritage CenterBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyAlso houses the Frank L. Melega Art Museum
Fleetwood Area Historical Society MuseumFleetwoodBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
FonthillDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric housePoured concrete mansion with many Arts & Crafts decorative tiles
Forest County History CenterTionestaForestNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite
Fort Bedford MuseumBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesMilitaryFrench and Indian War era British military fortification
Fort Hunter MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric house19th-century-period house and 40 acre park
Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society MuseumWaterfordErieNorthwest RegionLocal historyLocated on the upper floors of the Eagle Hotel, also operates tours of the Judson House
Fort LigonierLigonierWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesMilitaryMuseum and recreated mid-18th-century British fort from the French and Indian War
Fort Necessity National BattlefieldUniontownFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaFortCommemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War, includes reconstructed fort, visitor center and Mount Washington Tavern
Fort RoberdeauAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airReconstructed Revolutionary War stockade surrounding six log cabins, 1858 barn containing exhibits, education center, trails
Frank L. Melega Art MuseumBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaArtCoal country-related artworks of Frank L. Melega and changing exhibits of contemporary art
Freedman GalleryReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of Albright College
French AzilumTowandaBradfordNorthern TierHistoric siteSite of planned settlement along the Susquehanna River for refugees fleeing the French Revolution
Friends of the East Broad Top MuseumRobertsdaleHuntingdonCentral PATransportation - RailroadHistory and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Friendship Hill National Historic SitePoint MarionFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house18th-century home of early American politician Albert Gallatin
Frost Entomological MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PANatural historyPart of Penn State, insects
Fulton County Historical Society MuseumMcConnellsburgFultonCentral PALocal historyLocated in a restored late-18th-century tavern
Gallery at Penn CollegeWilliamsportLycomingCentral PAArtwebsite, part of Pennsylvania College of Technology, located in Madigan Library
Gallitzin Tunnels Park & MuseumGallitzinCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyFocuses on community's railroad, industrial, social, and religious heritage, park exhibits a restored 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose, history of the Gallitzin Tunnel
Gen. Frederick Von Steuben HeadquartersValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyHistoric house
General Lee's Headquarters MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitarywebsite, 1834 house used by General Robert E. Lee as his personal headquarters
George Taylor HouseCatasauquaLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseHome of George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
Gettysburg National Military ParkGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryCivil WarIncludes the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg Cyclorama, 6,000 acres (24.3 km²) of park lands, 30 miles (50 km) of roads, and over 1,400 monuments and markers
Gettysburg Railroad StationGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadRailroad station with exhibits about President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Glencairn MuseumBryn AthynMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousReligious art and history from many religions
Golden Age Air MuseumBethelBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Aviationwebsite, birth of the barnstormer, airmail, flying circuses and the first airlines, also automobiles
Goschenhoppen Folklife MuseumGreen LaneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyEthnicwebsite, operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, building also houses the Country Store Museum
Graeme ParkHorshamMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOnly surviving residence of a colonial-era Pennsylvania governor, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Grange EstateHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by Friends of the Grange, mid-19th-century mansion
Greater Hazleton Historical Society MuseumHazletonLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyFacebook site, includes old-fashioned kitchen and school room displays
Greene County Historical Society MuseumWaynesburgGreenePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyPeriod rooms, exhibits of local businesses and industries, Monongahela culture
Greenville Area Historical Society MuseumGreenvilleMercerNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite
Greersburg AcademyDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyAlso includes Native American artifacts
Grey Towers National Historic SiteDingman TownshipPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric houseAncestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania
Grove City Area Historical Society MuseumGrove CityMercerNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite
Gutelius House MuseumMifflinburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Haas Gallery of ArtBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PAArtwebsite, part of Bloomsburg University
Hagen History CenterErieErieNorthwest RegionLocal historyOperated by the Erie County Historical Society; two-building complex contains the Watson-Curtze Mansion and Cashier's House, an 1839 Greek Revival style townhouse museum with 19th-century furnishings and changing period exhibits
Haines MillCetroniaLehighLehigh ValleyMillOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, working grist mill
Haines Shoe HouseHallamYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseShoe-shaped house
Hands-on HouseLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryChildren'swebsite, also known as Children's Museum of Lancaster
Hanna's TownHannastownWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airReconstructed Hanna Tavern/Courthouse and three vintage late-18th-century log houses, a reconstructed Revolutionary era fort and blockhouse and wagon shed, administered by the Westmoreland County Historical Society
Hanover Area Historical Society MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyLocated in the 18th-century Neas House, also tours of the Warehime-Myers Mansion
Hanover Fire MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryFirefightingwebsite, collection of fire memorabilia and apparatus
Hanover Junction MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroad
Harmony MuseumHarmonyButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaReligiousSite of the first settlement established by the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society from 1805 to 1905
Harris Switch TowerHarrisburgDauphinSouth CentralTransportation - RailroadFormer Pennsylvania Railroad interlocking tower
Harriton HouseBryn MawrMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house
Hartwood MansionHampton TownshipAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house1929 Tudor mansion with antiques, public gardens, cottage, stable complex, and a gate lodge (erected in 1927)
Heisey House MuseumLock HavenClintonCentral PAHistoric houseOperated by the Clinton County Historical Society, 19th-century Victorian house
Helfrich's Springs Grist MillWhitehallLehighLehigh ValleyMillOperated by the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society, early 19th century grist mill
Henry Antes HouseUpper Frederick TownshipMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, 18th-century Moravian settlement houses
Herbig BakeryBradfordMcKeanNorthern TierLocal historywebsite, headquarters of the Bradford Landmark Society
Heritage Discovery CenterJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyImmigrant experiences, also known as the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, located in the barn at the old Milton Hershey School home and farm
Hershey StoryHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodHistory and legacy of Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate candy confections he invented
Hershey's Chocolate WorldHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodChocolate making
The HighlandsFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house44-acre (180,000 m2) site with a late-18th-century Georgian mansion and formal gardens
Historic FallsingtonFallsingtonBucksDelaware ValleyOpen airTours of the village and interiors of Moon-Williamson Log House, Burges-Lippincott House and Stagecoach Tavern
Historic Langhorne AssociationLanghorneBucksDelaware ValleyLocal history
Historic SchaefferstownSchaefferstownLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, includes the Gemberling Rex House, Alexander Schaeffer Farm and the Brendle Museum with displays of folklore Pennsylvania German culture
Historic Wrightsville MuseumWrightsvilleYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Historic Yellow SpringsChester SpringsChesterDelaware ValleyOpen airwebsite, thirteen structures, 142 acres (0.57 km2), and a collection of art, artifacts, and archives
Historical Society of Berks County MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history and culture
Hole in the Wall Puppet TheatreLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryPuppetwebsite, includes museum with puppets from around the world and exhibits about John Durang
Home Textile Tool MuseumOrwellBradfordNorthern TierTextilewebsite, spinning wheels, looms and tools of early America
Honesdale Fire MuseumHonesdaleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaFirefightingwebsite
Hope Horn GalleryScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaArtwebsite, part of the University of Scranton
Hope LodgeFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century mansion
Hopewell Furnace National Historic SiteElversonBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - IronLiving history presentations in the summer
Hornby School MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionEducationTurn-of-the-20th-century-period schoolhouse
Horseshoe CurveAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - RailroadVisitor center with displays and views of the railroad horseshoe curve
Houdini MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaBiographicalHistoric house with exhibits about Harry Houdini, also offers magic shows
Hoyt Center for the ArtsNew CastleLawrencePittsburgh Metro AreaArtwebsite, regional arts center and museum
HUB & Roberson GalleriesUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArtwebsite, part of Pennsylvania State University, located in the HUB-Robeson Center
Hummelstown Area Historical Society MuseumHummelstownDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 18th century and an extensive arrowhead collection
Hunter House MuseumSunburyNorthumberlandCentral PAMilitaryHeadquarters of the Northumberland County Historical Society, includes historical and archaeological artifacts dealing with Fort Augusta
Hurry Hill Farm Maple MuseumEdinboroErieNorthwest RegionAgriculturewebsite, process for collecting and making maple syrup
Indenhofen FarmSkippackMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Skippack Historical Society in Evansburg State Park, 18th-century house
Indian Steps MuseumAirvilleYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryNative AmericanLarge collection of Susquehannock Indian artifacts, WPA models and dioramas, Holtwood Dam and other local history exhibits
Isett Acres MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAAmerican Historywebsite, antiques and collectibles, tools, glassware, kitchen, laundry, schoolroom, toys, firearms
James A. Michener Art MuseumDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyArtArt and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
James A. Michener Art MuseumNew HopeBucksDelaware ValleyArtSatellite facility, art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
Jefferson County History CenterBrookvilleJeffersonCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Jennie Wade HouseGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, home of Jennie Wade, the only Gettysburg citizen killed during the Battle of Gettysburg
Jerry's Classic Cars and Collectibles MuseumPottsvilleSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotivewebsite
The Jimmy Stewart MuseumIndianaIndianaPittsburgh Metro AreaBiographicalMemorabilia about actor James Stewart
Joanna Furnace ComplexRobeson TownshipBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry19th-century charcoal iron furnace, life in the iron-making community
John A. Hermann Jr. Memorial Art MuseumBellevueAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaArtwebsite, works by area artists
John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)ChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny, boarding house where abolitionist John Brown stayed
John Brown Farm, Tannery & MuseumRichmond TownshipCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoryFarm, tannery ruins and archaeological site, built by abolitionist John Brown in 1825
John Chads HouseChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
John Harris-Simon Cameron MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric houseHome of John Harris, Jr., operated by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, 19th-century mansion
John Joseph Henry HouseNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric housewebsite, 1832 house, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
John McFadden Model Railroad MuseumMercersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyTransportation - Railroadwebsite
John Sebastian Goundie HouseBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric housewebsite, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, 1810 brick residence with temporary exhibits of local history
Johannes Mueller HouseLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation, 1792 house with costumed docents
Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic MuseumMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionPhotographywebsite, repository for Keystone View Company stereoscopic products, documents and memorabilia
Johnstown Children's MuseumJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniessChildren'sLocated in the Heritage Discovery Center, interactive displays about Johnstown's geography, history, culture and industry
Johnstown Flood MuseumJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoryHistory of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood National MemorialSouth ForkCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoryCommemorates the approximately 2,200 people who died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889
Joseph Priestley HouseNorthumberlandNorthumberlandCentral PAHistoric houseAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 18th & early 19th-century home of Joseph Priestley
Juniata College Museum of ArtHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAArtwebsite, collection includes Hudson River School, American portrait miniatures, Old Master paintings and prints
Kemerer Museum of Decorative ArtsBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyDecorative artswebsite, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, includes Bohemian glass, fine needlework, tall case clocks, dolls, cast-iron toys and landscape paintings
Kentuck KnobStewart TownshipFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright
Kerr Memorial MuseumOakmontAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDepicts upper middle class life between 1890–1910
Kutztown Area Historical Society MuseumKutztownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyLocated in a late 19th-century school building
LacawacLake ArielWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric houseTours of the former estate house, 545-acre nature preserve, trails, public programs
Lackawanna Coal Mine TourScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustry - CoalAdjacent to Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
Lake Shore Railway MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionTransportation - Railroadwebsite, operated by the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society; depots, locomotives, passenger cars
Lancaster County Historical SocietyLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, located at the Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligiouswebsite, exhibits about Mennonite and Amish life
Lancaster Museum of ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, possibly closed
Lancaster Science FactoryLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountrySciencewebsite
Landis Valley MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLiving historyAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940
Lawrence CabinHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Haverford Township Historical Society, early-18th-century log cabin
Lawrence County Historical Society MuseumNew CastleLawrencePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite
Leechburg Area Museum and Historical SocietyLeechburgArmstrongPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite
Leesport Lock HouseLeesportBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation19th-century lock house, open for events
Lehigh University Art GalleriesBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArtwebsite, includes two art galleries at the Zoellner Arts Center, several other galleries and outdoor sculptures around the campus
Lehigh Valley Heritage MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Lehigh County history from the earliest Native American inhabitants to the German settlers of the 18th century through the Industrial Revolution to mercantile and wartime accounts from the 20th century
Lemon HouseCressonCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric housePart of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, restored 1840s period house and tavern
LeRoy Heritage MuseumCantonBradfordNorthern TierLocal historywebsite
Liberty Bell MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyHistoryExhibits relating to the Liberty Bell, liberty, freedom, patriotism and local history
Lincoln Highway ExperienceLatrobeWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportationwebsite, operated by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, telling story of our nation's first coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Train MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroadwebsite, model trains and dioramas illustrating the railroad’s role during the Civil War
Lititz MuseumLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation
Little Buffalo State ParkNewportPerryCentral PAHistoric houseIncludes the Blue Ball Tavern Museum and Shoaff's Mill
Little Beaver MuseumDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyFacebook site, operated by the Little Beaver Historical Society
Little MuseumSterling RunCameronCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Cameron County Historical Society
Livingood MuseumWomelsdorfBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, operated by the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society
Lock Ridge Furnace MuseumAlburtisLehighLehigh ValleyIndustryOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, ruins of coal-burning iron furnace with displays about the anthracite iron industry
Lore Degenstein GallerySelinsgroveSnyderCentral PAArtwebsite, part of Susquehanna University
Lower Saucon Township Historical SocietyLower Saucon TownshipNorthamptonLehigh ValleyEducationFormer one-room school
Luzerne County MuseumWilkes-BarreLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyOperated by the Luzerne County Historical Society
Mack Trucks MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyTransportation - Automotivewebsite, about Mack Trucks
Macungie InstituteMacungieLehighLehigh ValleyLocal historywebsite, community center with headquarters and the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum of the Macungie Historical Society
Manheim Heritage CenterManheimLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, operated by the Manheim Historical Society
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial MuseumBristolBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric housewebsite, late Victorian mansion
Martin Guitar MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyMusicMuseum of the Martin Guitar Factory, factory tours
Marywood University Art GalleriesScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaArtwebsite
Mascaro-Steiniger Turfgrass MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PATechnologywebsite, part of Penn State, open by appointment, lawn care equipment, located at the Landscape Management Research Center
Matson Museum of AnthropologyUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAAnthropologywebsite, part of Pennsylvania State University, displays archaeological objects from around the world, including Mesopotamia, Mexico and Pennsylvania, and items used by contemporary cultures from Latin America to Afghanistan
Mauch Chunk MuseumJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyLocal historywebsite
McCarl Industrial & Agricultural Museum of Beaver CountyDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustryOperated by the Little Beaver Historical Society, history and development of manufacturing in the County[2]
McCoy House MuseumLewistownMifflinCentral PALocal historyOperated by the Mifflin County Historical Society
McKeesport Regional History & Heritage CenterMcKeesportAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
McMurtrie House MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Huntingdon County Historical Society
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural LifeAvellaWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaArchaeological site, open airOperated by the Heinz History Center, Woodland, Archaic and Paleoindian remains, 16,000-year-old campsite alongside a village recreating rural life from the 19th century
Mechanicsburg MuseumMechanicsburgCumberlandCumberland ValleyOpen airIncludes Passenger Station and Stationmaster's House, Frankeberger Tavern, Freight Station, and the Washington Street Station
Mennonite Heritage CenterHarleysvilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousLocal Mennonite history and traditions
Mennonite Information CenterLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligiouswebsite, movie about the Amish, features full-sized Biblical Tabernacle reproduction in wax
Mercer County Historical Society MuseumMercerMercerNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite, located in the Anderson House, can also tour the Magoffin House with a guide
Mercer MuseumDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyHistoryCollection of early American objects and artifacts
Merrick Art GalleryNew BrightonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaArtOfficially known as Merrick Free Art Gallery, Museum and Library, collection of French, German, English, and American paintings from the 18th and 19th century, including a collection of Hudson River School paintings
Mid-Atlantic Air MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - AviationHistoric war planes, classic airliners, rare civilian and military aircraft
Mifflinburg Buggy MuseumMifflinburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportationOriginal carriage workshop with carriages, wagons, and sleighs and tools to make them
Millersburg MuseumMillersburgDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyFacebook site, operated by the Historical Society of Millersburg & Upper Paxton Township
Mill at AnselmaChester SpringsChesterDelaware ValleyMill18th-century grain mill
Mill GroveAudubonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of John James Audubon, art museum and Audubon wildlife sanctuary
Minshall HouseMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric housewebsite
Misericordia University Art GalleriesDallasLuzerneLehigh ValleyArtPauly Friedman Art Gallery and MacDonald Art Gallery in Insalaco Hall[3]
Mister Ed's Elephant MuseumOrrtannaAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryCommoditywebsite, elephant memorabilia and collectibles and a candy store.
Mixsell House MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, open by appointment
Moland HouseHartsvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Warwick Township Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse used by George Washington as a headquarters in 1777
Montgomery House MuseumDanvilleMontourNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyOperated by the Montour County Historical Society
Moravian MuseumBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyOpen airTells the stories of the Moravian founders, includes 1741 Gemeinhaus, a five-story log structure, the 1752 Apothecary and the 1758 Nain-Schober House, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
Moravian Historical Society MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyReligiousHistory of the Moravian Church and its contributions to American history and culture
Moravian Pottery and Tile WorksDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyIndustry"Working history" museum
Morgan Log HouseLansdaleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseEartly 18th-century log house, operated by the Welsh Valley Preservation Society
Morton Morton HouseNorwoodDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Norwood Historical Society, 18th-century house
Mount Joy Historical Society MuseumMount JoyLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Muncy Historical Society and Museum of HistoryMuncyLycomingCentral PALocal historywebsite, collection includes frakturs, a WPA-commissioned replica of Fort Muncy and military gallery, Native American artifacts, art, textiles
Munnell Run FarmMercerMercerNorthwest RegionMultiplewebsite, 163-acre working farm, environmental education and local history programs, interactions of agriculture and ecology, mid-19th century Bigler House
Museum of Indian CultureAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyNative AmericanHighlights the early history and culture of the Lenape and other American Indian tribes.
The Museum of Mourning ArtDrexel HillDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoryBeliefs and rituals that surround the arts of dying and grieving
Nain-Schober HouseBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric housewebsite, 18th-century house, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
National Canal MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyTransportationHistory, science, and technology of canal construction and navigation, includes Emrick Technology Center with exhibits about the area's industrial history
National Centre for Padro PioBartoBerksDelaware ValleyReligiouswebsite, promotes life and teachings of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
National Civil War MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyCivil War
National Museum of the American CoverletBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTextilewebsite, woven coverlets
National Toy Train MuseumStrasburgLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadOperated by the Train Collectors Association, interactive display of toy trains dating back to the early 1800s
National Watch and Clock MuseumColumbiaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHorology
N. C. Wyeth House and StudioChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyArtTours operated by the Brandywine River Museum
Ned Smith Center for Nature and ArtMillersburgDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, also a nature center
Nemacolin CastleBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseMaintained by the Brownsville Historical Society, 19th-century mansion
New Berlin Heritage MuseumNew BerlinUnionCentral PALocal historyOpen on New Berlin Day or by appointment, also known as the Courthouse Museum
New Holland Band MuseumNew HollandLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMusicwebsite, band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment
Newlin Mill ComplexConcord TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyMillTwo historic houses, barn, water-powered grist mill, visitor center in a park
Nicholas Stoltzfus HomesteadWyomissingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, 18th-century house under restoration
Nitre HallHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Haverford Historical Society
No. 9 Coal Mine & MuseumLansfordCarbonLehigh ValleyIndustry - Coalwebsite
North East MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the North East Historical Society
North Museum of Nature and ScienceLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryNatural history, Sciencewebsite
Oakes Museum of Natural HistoryGranthamCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryNatural historywebsite, part of Messiah College, dioramas of African and North American mammals, bird eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects & butterflies, fossils
Ohio Valley Lines Model Railroad, Library & MuseumAmbridgeBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaRailroad400 foot model operating railroad, depicts the late 50’s-60’s era from Ambridge/Pittsburgh local to Wheeling, West Virginia[2]
Old Bedford VillageBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airIncludes buildings from the 18th to early 20th centuries, living history demonstrations
Old Caln Historical Society MuseumCaln TownshipChesterDelaware ValleyLocal historyHoused in part of a historic meeting house
Old Dry Road FarmLower Heidelberg TownshipBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryFarm18th-century living history farm complex, open for school groups and special events
Old Eagle SchoolTredyffrinChesterDelaware ValleyEducationOne room schoolhouse
Old Economy VillageAmbridgeBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaReligiousLast of three settlements established by the Harmony Society, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Old Jail MuseumChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny
Old Jail MuseumJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyJailLate-19th-century prison
Old Jail MuseumSmethportMcKeanNorthern TierPrisoninformation, Facebook site, operated by the McKean County Historical Society
Old Line MuseumDeltaYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Olin Art GalleryWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaArtPart of the Olin Fine Arts Center at Washington & Jefferson College
Oliver Miller HomesteadSouth ParkAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseFrontier stone house and spring house, reconstructed log house, blacksmith forge, barn, demonstration shed and gardens
Packwood House MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryDecorative artGlass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, and Oriental art
Palmer Museum of ArtUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArtPart of Penn State University, collection includes American and European art, contemporary European and Japanese studio ceramics, Asian art, objects from ancient European, African, and Near Eastern cultures
Palmerton Area Heritage CenterState CollegeCentreCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Palmerton Area Historical Society
Paper Mill House MuseumNewtown TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, includes an 1850s era general store
Parry Mansion MuseumNew HopeBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric housewebsite, home of the New Hope Historical Society
Passavant HouseZelienopleButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseOperated by the Zelienople Historical Society, early 19th-century house reflecting over 150 years of family ownership
Pasto Agricultural MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAAgricultureweb, part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, historic agriculture tools, machinery and equipment, open by appointment
Paul R. Stuart MuseumWaynesburgGreenePittsburgh Metro AreaMultiplewebsite, part of Waynesburg University, geology, Native American artifacts, local history, pottery and glassware
Payne GalleryBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyArtwebsite, part of Moravian College
Pearl S. Buck HousePerkasieBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of American author Pearl Buck, 68-acre (280,000 m2) estate, with 1825 stone farm house, gardens, greenhouses, cottage, milk house and renovated barn
Pennsbury ManorMorrisvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of William Penn, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Penn State All-Sports MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PASportsPennsylvania State University sports history and memorabilia
Penns Valley Area Historical MuseumAaronsburgCentreCentral PALocal historywebsite
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustry - CoalAnthracite coal mining and industrial heritage of northeastern Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage CenterKutztownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryEthnicwebsite, part of Kutztown University, 42-acre (170,000 m2) farm with buildings which show the life of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries
Pennsylvania Governor's MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric house
Pennsylvania Longrifle MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyWeaponrywebsite, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
Pennsylvania Lumber MuseumGaletonPotterNorthern TierIndustry - LumberDocuments the history and technology of the Commonwealth's forest industries, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PAMilitaryRecounts the story of Commonwealth citizen's who served our country in defense of the nation, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military College MuseumChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyMilitarywebsite, Widener University's military history as the Pennsylvania Military Academy and Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania National Fire MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyFirefighting
Pennsylvania State CapitolHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistory
Pennsylvania State Police MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLaw enforcementwebsite, proposed museum
Pennsylvania Trolley MuseumWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation
Pennsylvania Veterans MuseumMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyMilitary
Pennypacker MillsSchwenksvilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseNational Historic site, 18th-century mansion and park
Peter Herdic Transportation MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PATransportationwebsite, vehicles for river, rail and road
Peter J. McGovern Little League MuseumSouth WilliamsportLycomingCentral PASports
Peter Wentz FarmsteadWorcesterMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century Pennsylvania German farmstead
Phillips Museum of ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of Franklin & Marshall College, collection includes decorative arts, Pennsylvania German material culture, ethnographic material
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam TrainAshlandSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - Miningwebsite, anthracite coal mine tour, narrow-gauge steam train ride, museum
Piper Aviation MuseumLock HavenClintonCentral PATransportation - Aviationwebsite
Pithole CityPitholeVenangoNorthwest RegionIndustryGhost town of former oil boomtown; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Drake Well Museum
Pocono Indian MuseumBushkillPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaNative Americanwebsite, history of the Delaware Indian
Police Heritage MuseumYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLaw enforcementwebsite
Portage Station MuseumPortageCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historywebsite, operated by the Portage Area Historical Society, influences of coal mining, railroads, steel, forests, water, and recreation
Potter County Historical Society/MuseumCoudersportPotterNorthern TierLocal historyFacebook site
Pottsgrove ManorPottsgroveMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseMid 18th-century period mansion
Philip P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters MuseumRomeBradfordNorthern TierBiographicalHome of 19th century gospel music composer Phillip Paul Bliss
Promised Land State ParkBlooming GrovePikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoryIncludes the Masker Museum about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the park's natural history
Quaint Corner Children's MuseumAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesChildren'swebsite
Quiet Valley Living Historical FarmHamilton TownshipMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaOpen airHistoric working farm with period interpreters reflecting farm family life from 1760 to 1913
Rachel Carson HomesteadSpringdaleAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaBiographicalNational Historic home of environmental author Rachel Carson
Railroad Museum of PennsylvaniaStrasburgLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Railroaders Memorial MuseumAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - Railroad
Reading Area Fire-Fighters MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryFirefightingwebsite Historic 1876 fire station, open to public Saturdays 10-2 other times by appointment
Reading Public MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryMultipleArt, natural history, civilizations, planetarium, arboretum
Reading Railroad Heritage MuseumHamburgBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroadwebsite, operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Renfrew Museum and ParkWaynesboroFranklinCumberland ValleyOpen airRestored early-19th-century farmstead and park
Richard Wall HouseElkins ParkMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHouse dating back to the late 18th century, reflects two centuries of owners
Rivers of SteelHomesteadAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - steelHistory of the area's steel, coal and related industries
Roadside AmericaShartlesvilleBerksDelaware ValleyTransportation - RailroadMiniature village and railway
Robert Fulton BirthplaceQuarryvilleLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryBiographical
Rock Ford PlantationLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house1794 Georgian mansion of General Edward Hand
Rockhill Trolley MuseumRockhill FurnaceHuntingdonCentral PATransportationTrolleys
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical AssociationKinzersLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryAgricultureOpen seasonally, traction engines, antique farm implements and machinery, steam engines and stationary gas engines
Rowley House MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PAHistoric housewebsite, Victorian mansion operated by Preservation Williamsport
Saint Nicholas Chapel and MuseumBeaverBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaReligiouswebsite, Greek Catholic church with museum of Greek Catholic Union, Greek Catholic, and Carpatho-Rusin histories
Sanderson MuseumChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal history
Samek Art MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of Bucknell University, includes the Samek Gallery, the Downtown Gallery and locations around campus
Saylor Park Cement Industry MuseumCoplayLehighLehigh ValleyIndustryNine vertical cement kilns and exhibits about the American Portland Cement Industry, operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society
Sayre Historical Society MuseumSayreBradfordNorthern TierLocal historywebsite
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn PlanetariumEast StroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaNatural historyPart of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage CenterPennsburgMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousMuseum collections include Schwenkfelder history and decorative arts including fraktur
Schuylkill County Historical Society MuseumPottsvilleSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite
Scranton Iron FurnacesScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustryHeritage of iron making in Pennsylvania
Sculpted Ice Works Factory Tour & Ice Harvest MuseumLakevilleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustrywebsite, ice harvesting and modern ice making and carving
Seminary Ridge MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitaryFocus is the pivotal first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on Seminary Ridge, the hospital use of the building, and cultural debates of the Civil War era
Sewickley Heights History CenterSewickleyAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite
Shippensburg Historical SocietyShippensburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal historywebsite, includes Central Pennsylvania Indian arrowheads and tools, WPA educational aids made in Shippensburg, medical collections and Shippensburg area pottery
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and MuseumShippensburgFranklinCumberland ValleyFashionwebsite
Shriver House MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite, 1860s period home of George Washington Shriver, experience of civilians during the Battle of Gettysburg
Sigal MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal historywebsite, operated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, county history and culture
Simpler Times MuseumTidiouteWarrenNorthwest RegionEphemerainformation, oil and gas production equipment, gasoline pumps, signs and globes, tractors and farm equipment and engines, antique cars and turn-of-the-20th-century exhibits, open by appointment
Sinking Spring Historical Society & Heritage ParkSinking SpringBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyinformation
Slate Belt Heritage CenterBangorNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal historywebsite, exhibits include a fire museum, town clock, council room, period rooms reflecting local ethnic and industrial heritage
Slate Belt MuseumMt. BethelNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal historywebsite
Slifer House MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseMid 19th-century Victorian period mansion
Smock Heritage MuseumSmockFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Smock Historical Society
Somerset Historical CenterSomersetSomersetPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen airRural heritage center, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Sordoni Art GalleryWilkes-BarreLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaArtwebsite, part of Wilkes University
South Side Historical VillageHookstownBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen airwebsite, includes a restored 1874 Mercer one-room school house, blacksmith shop, 1800s log cabin showing rural home life, a brick bread oven, a general store, a barn with antique agriculture equipment and a doctor’s office
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtQuarterly art exhibitions and a collection of railroad photographic prints
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtLorettoCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtHeadquarters to the complex of four nuseum facilities, permanent collection of works of American art, located on the campus of Saint Francis University
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtLigonierWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtIncludes permanent paperweight collection
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtHoused in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Speaker's HouseTrappeMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century home of Frederick August Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Springfield Heritage MuseumSpringfieldDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal historyinformation, located in the McLaughlin Education Center at Springfield High School
Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum ComplexRoyersfordMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal historywebsite, includes William Lewin Plantation House and Barn Museum
Springfield MillsErdenheimMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMillRestored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Morris Arboretum
Springs MuseumSpringsSomersetPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historywebsite, operated by the Springs Historical Society
Square TavernNewtown TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoryOperated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, 18th-century-period tavern
State Museum of PennsylvaniaHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyMultipleArchaeological artifacts, minerals, paintings, decorative arts, animal dioramas, industrial and technological innovations and military objects; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Steamtown National Historic SiteScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaTransportation - RailroadInterprets the story of main line steam railroading between 1850 and 1950
The StoogeumAmblerMontgomeryDelaware ValleyBiographicalwebsite, dedicated entirely to The Three Stooges
Stover Mill GalleryErwinnaBucksDelaware ValleyArtRegional art gallery located in a 19th-century gristmill, operated by the Tinicum Civic Association
Stoy MuseumLebanonLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historywebsite, operated by the Lebanon County Historical Society, recreated rooms of doctor's office, barber shop, school room, parlor, beauty salon, kitchen, general store, Cold Spring Train Station, wood shop
Stroud MansionStroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoryOperated by the Monroe County Historical Association, social, cultural, political and economic life of Monroe County
Sturgeon HouseFairviewEriePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyOperated by the Fairview Area Historical Society
Sullivan County Historical Society MuseumLaporteSullivanNorthern TierLocal historywebsite, also the Baldwin House, a historic house museum, is next door
SummerseatMorrisvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseLate-18th-century house used as a headquarters by George Washington
Sun Inn, PennsylvaniaBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric innwebsite
Susquehanna Art MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyArtContemporary art
Susquehanna County Historical Society MuseumMontroseSusquehannaNorthern TierLocal historywebsite
Susquehanna Depot Area Historical Society MuseumSusquehanna DepotSusquehannaNorthern TierLocal historyinformation
Sutton-Ditz HouseClarionClarionNorthwest RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Clarion County Historical Society, late 19th-century mansion
Suzanne H. Arnold Art GalleryAnnvilleLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of Lebanon Valley College
Swedish Log CabinDrexel HillDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century log cabin
Swetland HomesteadWyomingLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric house19th-century period house, open by appointment with the Luzerne County Historical Society
Taylor Memorial MuseumBrockwayJeffersonCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Brockway Area Historical Society, features glass from local industry, artifacts from the lumbering, mining, and farming communities
Temple Judea MuseumElkins ParkMontgomeryDelaware ValleyEthnicwebsite, Judaica from around the world, located at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Thomas Leiper EstateNether Providence TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house
Thomas Massey HouseBroomallDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house with 17th- and 18th-century furnishings
Thomas T. Taber MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PALocal historywebsite, operated by the Lycoming County Historical Society, features Native American and fine and decorative arts galleries, 19th-century-period rooms, and over 300 toy trains
Tioga Point MuseumAthensBradfordNorthern TierMultipleIncludes Native American, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, European and Middle Eastern art and cultural objects, local historical items
Tom Ridge Environmental CenterErieErieNorthwest RegionNatural historyLocated in Presque Isle State Park, local plants, animals, human and cultural history
Tour-Ed Mine and MuseumTarentumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - Coalwebsite, coal mine and recreated home of a typical coal miner in the 1850s, general store items, tools and antiques
Toy Soldier MuseumCrescoMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaToywebsite, toy soldier displays, battle dioramas, civilian scenes, regimental militaria and uniforms
Trout GalleryCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyArtwebsite, part of Dickinson College, in the Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts
Trout HallAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, late-18th-century Colonial mansion
Troxell-Steckel HouseEgyptLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, 1756 Pennsylvania-German farm house
Tyrone History MuseumTyroneBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historywebsite, operated by the Tyrone Area Historical Society
Union City Historical Society MuseumUnion CityErieNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite, unusual items of everyday use from the 18t-h and 19th-century rural and urban life
University Museum of Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndianaIndianaPittsburgh Metro AreaArtwebsite, locatted in John Sutton Hall, also Kipp Gallery
Upper MillMilfordPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
U.S. Army Heritage and Education CenterCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyMilitaryIncludes Army Heritage Museum and Army Heritage Trail
Valley Forge National Historical ParkValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyHistoryIncludes Welcome Center with exhibits, Washington's Headquarters (Valley Forge), Washington Memorial Chapel, reconstructed works and buildings
Valley School MuseumAlbionErieNorthwest RegionSchoolinformation
Venango County Historical Society MuseumFranklinVenangoNorthwest RegionHistoric housewebsite, known as the Hoge-Osmer House
Vicary MansionFreedomBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseOperated by the Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation, early-19th-century mansion under restoration
Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical SocietyVandergriftWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyinformation
Vocal Group Hall of FameSharonMercerNorthwest RegionMusic
Wagner–Ritter House & GardenJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric house19th-century working-class family home
Wallace-Cross MillEast Hopewell TownshipYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
Walnutport Canal & Locktenders HouseWalnutportNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric houseinformation, information, restored early 19th-century locktender's house, part of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Washington Crossing Historic ParkWashington CrossingBucksDelaware ValleyOpen air13 historic buildings that mark the location where George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Wattsburg Historical Society MuseumWattsburgErieNorthwest RegionLocal historyinformation
Wayne County Historical Society MuseumsHonesdaleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historywebsite, includes main museum, J.B. Park Farm Museum, Bethel School, Old Stone Jail
WaynesboroughPaoliChesterDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century home of Gen. Anthony Wayne, operated by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
Weather Discovery CenterPunxsutawneyJeffersonCentral PASciencewebsite, weather lore stories, exhibits and demonstrations
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad MuseumGibsoniaAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation - RailroadHistory of railroads in western Pennsylvania through model railroading
Westmoreland Museum of American ArtGreensburgWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaArtWorks by significant American artists, including Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer
West Overton MuseumsScottdaleWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen air19th-century rural industrial village
Wharton Esherick MuseumMalvernChesterDelaware ValleyArtStudio of wood sculptor Wharton Esherick
WheatlandLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseHome of President James Buchanan
Whitaker Center for Science and the ArtsHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyScienceComplex includes Harsco Science Center, Sunoco Performance Theater and an IMAX theater
Widener University Art GalleryChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyArtwebsite, collection includes 19th and 20th-century American paintings, 19th-century European paintings, 18th and 19th-century Asian art
Wilbur Chocolate Factory & Candy Americana MuseumLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodHistory of chocolate and the Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilder MuseumIrvineWarrenNorthwest RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Warren County Historical Society
William Brinton 1704 HouseWest ChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseStone Quaker home, National Historic Landmark
William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAAutomobileFeatures antique automobiles, artwork, bicycles, toys and automobile memorabilia
Williams Center Art GalleryEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArtwebsite, part of Lafayette College
Williams HousePaupackWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Wallenpaupack Historical Society
Wings of Freedom Aviation MuseumWillow GroveMontgomeryDelaware ValleyTransportation - Aviation
Winters Heritage House MuseumElizabethtownLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric housewebsite
Wolf Museum of Music and ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMusic, Artwebsite, features 19th and early 20th century furniture, paintings by the Philadelphia Ten, recitals on two 1915 Knabe concert grand pianos
WoodmontGladwyneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseLate-19th-century mansion and estate, history of International Peace Mission movement and Father Divine
Woodville PlantationBridgevilleAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseLate-18th-century plantation house, depicts life from 1780 to 1820
World of Scouting MuseumValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyScoutingwebsite, Girl & Boy Scout memorabilia, open by appointment
Wright's Ferry MansionColumbiaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseRestored 1750s period Quaker home with Philadelphia furniture, English ceramics, needlework, metals and glass
Wyalusing Valley MuseumWyalusingBradfordNorthern TierLocal historywebsite, operated by the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association
Wyoming County Historical MuseumTunkhannockWyomingNorthern TierLocal historywebsite, operated by the Wyoming County Historical Society
York College Art GalleriesYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtwebsite, part of York College of Pennsylvania
York County History CenterYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryMultiplewebsite, includes the Historical Society Museum and Library, Agricultural and Industrial Museum, Bonham House, Fire Museum, General Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern, Barnett Bobb House
Zane Grey MuseumLackawaxenPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaBiographicalHome and works of author Zane Grey
Zeigler HouseDalmatiaNorthumberlandCentral PALocal historywebsite, library and museum of the Mahanoy & Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, open by appointment
Zoellner Arts CenterBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArtArts center for Lehigh University, includes an art gallery
Zoller GalleryUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArtwebsite, part of Penn State in the Visual Arts Building

Defunct museums

  • American Civil War Wax Museum, Gettysburg, collections now at the Gettysburg Heritage Center[4]
  • American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, Birdsboro, closed in 2010,[5] collections donated to the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine[6]
  • Americana Museum of Bird-in-Hand, Bird-in-Hand, closed in 206, small town America at the dawn of the 20th century, included a barber shop, woodworking shop, tea parlor, print shop, millinery, toy store, blacksmith shop, tobacco shop, apothecary, wheelwright shop, and a country general store[7]
  • Baker-Dungan Museum, Beaver[8]
  • Easton Museum of Pez Dispensers, Easton,[9][10]
  • George Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, closed in 2007, collection now part of the Heinz History Center
  • Hall of Presidents Exhibit, Gettysburg, closed in 2016, contents auctioned[11][12]
  • Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum, Girard, operated by the West County Historical Association[13]
  • Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster, closed in 2011[14]
  • JEM Classic Car Museum, Andreas, collection sold in 2003[15]
  • Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania, Pottsville, closed in 2014[16]
  • Kready's Country Store Museum, Lititz,[17][18]
  • Lancaster County Quilts and Textile Museum, closed in 2011[19]
  • Marx Toy Museum, Erie, closed April 2008, now online only[20][21]
  • Mary Stolz Doll Museum, Bushkill, closed in 2005[22]
  • Mary Merritt Doll and Early Childhood Museum, Douglassville, closed in December 2005.
  • Museum of Erie GE History, Erie[23][24]
  • National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, opened in 1948, closed in 1959
  • Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display, Jim Thorpe, closed in 2012[25]
  • Pennsylvania Fishing Museum at Pecks Pond, Dingmans Ferry[26]
  • People's Place Quilt Museum, Intercourse, closed in 2013[27]
  • Round Top Museum, Gettysburg, collections now part of the Gettysburg Heritage Center
  • Soldiers National Museum, Gettysburg, closed in 2014 and contents auctioned[28][29]
  • Sones Farm & Home Museum, Muncy, closed in 2017[30]
  • Toy Robot Museum, Adamstown[31]
  • Windber Coal Heritage Center, Windber, operated by the Eureka Coal Heritage Foundation, closed in 2014[32]

See also

Resources

References

  1. ↑ "Big Mac Museum Restaurant". Roadside America. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Museums, Historical Sites & Societies". Visit Beaver County. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pauly Friedman Art Gallery and MacDonald Art Gallery". Misericordia University. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "About". Gettysburg Heritage Center. Retrieved 10 September 2017. In August of 2013, FutureStake, Inc. purchased the former American Civil War Wax Museum.
  5. ↑ "National veterinary museum on the move". DVM360 Magazine. March 27, 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "American Museum of Veterinary Medicine Collection". University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gone, but not forgotten". The Reporter News. November 1, 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "About". Penn State Beaver Roar. March 23, 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Easton, PA - Easton Museum of PEZ (Gone)". roadsideamerica.com.
  10. ↑ 2003 article about museum
  11. ↑ "Hall of Presidents & First Ladies". Gettysburg Tour Center. Retrieved 10 September 2017. The Hall of Presidents & First Ladies closed its doors after nearly 60 years of continuous operation on November 27th 2016.
  12. ↑ "Wax star Lincoln fetches $8,500 at Gettysburg museum auction". USA Today. January 15, 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum". November 29, 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014. The building that housed the Hazel Kibler Museum has been sold. The files have been moved to the Girard Borough Office and plans are to have available after the first of the year. The furniture is now in storage. The telephone number for the museum is working and messages may be left.
  14. ↑ "Renovation to start at former Heritage Center Museum in Lancaster". Lancaster Online. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "RM Auctions to Sell World-Class Auto Collection of Industrialist John E. Morgan". RM Auctions. March 11, 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Oheb Zedeck in Pottsville disassembles museum". Republican Herald. April 18, 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  17. ↑ 2008 Auction Listing
  18. ↑ "A Final Sale If You Go ; Frozen In Time For 50 Years, E.E. Kready's General Merchandise Store Will Return To Manheim One Last Time - For An Auction Of Its Contents". highbeam.com.
  19. ↑ "Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum will fold". Lancaster Online. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  20. ↑ "Marx Toy Museum Online". marxmuseum.com.
  21. ↑ "Marx Toy Museum Closing: Boomers Mourn - Trunkations". roadsideamerica.com.
  22. ↑ "Alderfer's Antique Doll Auction Features Mary Stolz Doll & Toy Museum Several Collections" (PDF).
  23. ↑ "Museum of Erie GE History - Closed". Roadside America. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  24. ↑ "Erie's GE museum damaged by fire". Go Erie.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  25. ↑ "Model train display to close in Jim Thorpe". Republican Herald. January 6, 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  26. ↑ "Pecks Pond". Pocono Geographic. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  27. ↑ "Our History". The Old Country Store. Retrieved 30 September 2014. In 1984, the property was acquired by Merle and Phyllis Good. They developed The Old Country Store and oversaw the creation of the People’s Place Quilt Museum, exhibiting on the second floor from 1986 until 2013 when the Goods closed the store.
  28. ↑ "Soldiers National Museum". Gettysburg Tour Center. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  29. ↑ "Gettysburg museum's contents go to auction". Baltimore Sun. November 21, 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  30. ↑ "Sones Farm and Home Museum to Close Saturday". Nexstar Broadcasting. July 5, 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "Toy Robot Museum - Closed". Roadside America. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  32. ↑ "Windber Coal Heritage Center closing for good". The Tribune Democrat. January 20, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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