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| [[Betsy Ross House]] || [[Philadelphia]] || [[Delaware Valley]] || Historic house ||
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| [[Bill's Old Bike Barn]] || [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg]] || || Transportation || [http://www.billsbikebarn.com/ website], motorcycles, also Americana memorabilia from nautical, circus, Harley Davidson and other collections
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| [[Blooming Grove Museum]] || [[Blooming Grove Township, Pennsylvania|Blooming Grove]] || || Local history || [http://www.bloominggrovehistoricalsociety.org/Events.htm website], operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
| [[Blooming Grove Museum]] || [[Blooming Grove Township, Pennsylvania|Blooming Grove]] || || Local history || [http://www.bloominggrovehistoricalsociety.org/Events.htm website], operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
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| [[Cumberland County Historical Society Museum]] || [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] || [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]] || Local history || [http://www.historicalsociety.com/ website], folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
| [[Cumberland County Historical Society Museum]] || [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] || [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]] || Local history || [http://www.historicalsociety.com/ website], folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
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| [[Dale/Engle/Walker House]] || [[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania|Lewisburg]] || || Historic house || [http://www.unioncountyhistoricalsociety.org/EVENTS.html website], operated by the Union County Historical Society
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| [[Daniel Boone Homestead]] || [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania|Birdsboro]] || || Open air || Administered by the [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]
| [[Daniel Boone Homestead]] || [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania|Birdsboro]] || || Open air || Administered by the [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]
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| [[Driebe Freight Station Art Gallery]] || [[Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania|Stroudsburg]] || [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]] || Art || [http://www.mcha-pa.org/station.html website], operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
| [[Driebe Freight Station Art Gallery]] || [[Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania|Stroudsburg]] || [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]] || Art || [http://www.mcha-pa.org/station.html website], operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
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| [[Eagles Mere Museum]] || [[Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania|Eagles Mere]] || || Local history || [http://www.eaglesmere.org/emmuseum.html website], exhibits include the George Lewis Glassworks era 1804-1830, farming era 1830-1880, narrow gauge railroad 1892-1926, big hotels' era 1880-1960s
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| [[Eakins Gallery]] || [[Philadelphia]] || [[Delaware Valley]] || Art || [http://www.tju.edu/eakins/ website], part of [[Thomas Jefferson University]]
| [[Eakins Gallery]] || [[Philadelphia]] || [[Delaware Valley]] || Art || [http://www.tju.edu/eakins/ website], part of [[Thomas Jefferson University]]
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| [[Hummelstown Area Historical Society Museum]] || [[Hummelstown, Pennsylvania|Hummelstown]] || || Local history || [http://www.hummelstownhistorical.org/museum.htm website], also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 1700's and an extensive arrowhead collection
| [[Hummelstown Area Historical Society Museum]] || [[Hummelstown, Pennsylvania|Hummelstown]] || || Local history || [http://www.hummelstownhistorical.org/museum.htm website], also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 1700's and an extensive arrowhead collection
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| [[Fort Augusta|Hunter House Museum]] || [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania|Sunbury]] || || Military || Headquarters of the Northumberland County Historical Society, includes historical and archaeological artifacts dealing with [[Fort Augusta]]
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| [[Hunting & Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania]] || [[Tionesta, Pennsylvania|Tionesta]] || || Sports || [http://www.huntfishmuseum.org/ website], planned museum
| [[Hunting & Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania]] || [[Tionesta, Pennsylvania|Tionesta]] || || Sports || [http://www.huntfishmuseum.org/ website], planned museum
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| [[Bowman's Castle|Nemacolin Castle]] || [[Brownsville, Pennsylvania|Brownsville]] || || Historic house || Maintained by the Brownsville Historical Society
| [[Bowman's Castle|Nemacolin Castle]] || [[Brownsville, Pennsylvania|Brownsville]] || || Historic house || Maintained by the Brownsville Historical Society
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| [[New Berlin Heritage Museum]] || [[New Berlin, Pennsylvania|New Berlin]] || || Local history || [http://www.newberlinpa.com/ information], also known as the Courthouse Museum
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| [[New Holland Band Museum]] || [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] || [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]] || Music || [http://www.newhollandband.org/museum.php website], band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment
| [[New Holland Band Museum]] || [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]] || [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]] || Music || [http://www.newhollandband.org/museum.php website], band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment

Revision as of 15:06, 4 June 2008

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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Name Town/City Region Type Summary
1719 Hans Herr House & Museum Willow Street Pennsylvania Dutch Country Open air Mennonite history, colonial and Victorian era farm life
1803 House Emmaus Historic house website, also known as the Ehrenhardt House, lifestyle of the inhabitants of colonial Emmaus
1852 Herr Family Homestead Landisville Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, depicts life on a 19th century Lancaster County farm
Abington Art Center Jenkintown Delaware Valley Art Contemporary art museum and a sculpture park
Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Delaware Valley Natural history Nature dioramas, dinosaurs, live animals
ACES Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Military website, honors the heroes of World War II, whether veterans or at home, of all races and sex
Adams County Historical Society Museum Gettysburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, located on the grounds of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
African American Museum in Philadelphia Philadelphia Delaware Valley Ethnic Formerly known as Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum
Air Heritage Museum Beaver Falls Transportation - Aviation website
Albany Township Historical Society Museum Albany Township, Berks County Local history website
Allegheny-Kiski Heritage Museum Tarentum Local history website, story of the home front during WWII, aluminum and glass collections from area companies
Allegheny Portage Railroad Gallitzin Railroad National Historic Site
Allentown Art Museum Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Art European and American paintings, textiles, prints and drawings
Allison-Antrim Museum Greencastle Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history web
America On Wheels Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Automotive
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center West Chester Aviation Over 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes
American Jewish Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine Birdsboro Medical website, medicine, instruments, equipment, text books and literature from more than a hundred years of veterinary history
American Philosophical Society Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Multiple Changing exhibits on history, science and art drawn from its collections
American Swedish Historical Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Ethnic - Swedish American Focuses on Swedish contributions to history, art, architecture, music, science and technology
Amish Country Homestead Bird-in-Hand Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, depicts modern Amish life
Amy B. Yerkes Museum Hatboro Local history website, operated by the Millbrook Society
Andalusia (Nicholas Biddle Estate) Andalusia Bucks County Historic house
Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Over 4,000 Warhol art works in all media - paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, installations, films
Drexel Collection Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of Drexel University, painting, sculpture, decorative arts and porcelain
Antique Auto Museum Hershey Pennsylvania Dutch Country Automotive website, also known as AACA Museum (Antique Automobile Club of America), vintage automobiles, buses, motorcycles and memorabilia
Antoine Dutot Museum & Gallery Delaware Water Gap Northeastern Pennsylvania Multiple website, art gallery and museum of local history housed in an 1850 brick schoolhouse
Art Association of Harrisburg Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Art website, galleries located in the historic Governor Findlay Mansion
ArtGardens of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Outdoor installation gallery where the medium of the art is growing plants
Arnold Art Gallery Annville Art website, part of Lebanon Valley College
Arthur Ross Gallery Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of the University of Pennsylvania
Asa Packer Mansion Pittsburgh Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house
Athenaeum of Philadelphia Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Museum of American fine and decorative arts, exhibits about architecture and design history
Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum Northampton Industry website, information
Atwater-Kent Municipal Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Local history History museum for the City of Philadelphia
Aughinbaugh Gallery Grantham Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Messiah College
August Wilson Center for African American Culture Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area African American Cultural center about African Americans in Western Pennsylvania and people of African descent around the world
Bachmann Publick House Easton Historic house website, currently under renovation
Bahr's Mill Gabelsville Mill [hhttp://user1.netcarrier.com/~lwreber/ website]
Baker-Dungan Museum Beaver Local history website, part of Penn State Beaver
Baker Mansion Altoona Blair County Local history website, museum of the Blair County Historical Society
Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum Meadville Historic house website
Barnes Foundation Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Moving from Lower Merion Township to Philadelphia
Barns-Brinton House Chadds Ford Delaware Valley Historic house website, operated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society
Bartram's Garden Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Botanical garden with a historic house to tour
Battles Museums of Rural Life Girard Historic house website, 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 of farm land and 80 acres of woods and hiking trails
Bayernhof Music Museum O'Hara Township Pittsburgh Metro Area Music Automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries
Beaver Area Historical Museum Beaver Local history website
Beaver County Industrial Museum Beaver Falls Industry - Steel website, located at Geneva College
Beaver Falls Historical Society and Museum Beaver Falls Local history website, information, housed in the Carnegie Free Library
Bell School Stormsville School website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Belmont Mansion Philadelphia Delaware Valley History Historic mansion with Underground Railroad museum
Berks County Heritage Center Reading Open air website], includes Gruber Wagon Works, the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, memorials and gardens
Berman Museum of Art Collegeville Art website, part of Ursinus College, houses over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative, and cultural objects
Betsy Ross House Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house
Bill's Old Bike Barn Bloomsburg Transportation website, motorcycles, also Americana memorabilia from nautical, circus, Harley Davidson and other collections
Blooming Grove Museum Blooming Grove Local history website, operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
Blue Ball Tavern Museum Newport Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of Perry County
Boal Mansion Museum Boalsburg Historic house website
Boalsburg Heritage Museum Boalsburg Local history website
Boyertown Area Historical Society Boyertown Local history website
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Boyertown Transportation - Automotive website
Bradford County Museum Towanda Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history Located in the Bradford County Jail
Brandywine Battlefield Park Chadds Ford Delaware Valley Open air Site of the Battle of Brandywine fought on September 11, 1777 during the American Revolution, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford Delaware Valley Art American 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 Historical Society Museum Robertsdale Industry - Coal website, coal mining and railroad exhibits
Buhl House Zelienople Historic house website, operated by the Zelienople Historical Society
Burnside Plantation Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Open air website, property 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
Bushy Run Battlefield Penn Township Open air Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Butler County Heritage Center Butler Local history website, operated by the Butler County Historical Society, which also operates the Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, the Little Red School House, and the Lowrie/Shaw House
Calder House Museum Equinunk Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Equinunk Historical Society
Caleb Pusey House Upland Historic house website, operated by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House
Cambria County Historical Society Library and Museum Ebensburg Cambria County Local history website
Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Contemporary art, hosts the Carnegie International every few years, sculpture, architectural drawings, photography
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Natural history Dinosaurs, gems & minerals, Native American & Egyptian artifacts, nature dioramas, nature reserve
Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Science Hands-on exhibits, includes Miniature Railroad & Village of Western PA
Carpenter Log House Plum Historic house website, operated by the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, located in Boyce Park
Catlin House Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Lackawanna Historical Society, located on the campus of the University of Scranton
Centre Furnace Mansion State College Happy Valley Historic house web, home of the Centre County Historical Society
Central Pennsylvania African American Museum Reading African American website
Chambersburg Heritage Center Chambersburg Local history website
Chester County Historical Society Museum West Chester Local history website
Children's Discovery Workshop Williamsport Children's website
The Children's Museum, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg Children's website
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Children's
Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia Philadelphia Delaware Valley Civil War
Clearfield County Historical Society and Museum Clearfield Local history website
Cliveden (mansion) Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Located in Germantown, operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Collen Brook Farm Upper Darby Township Historic house website, operated by the Upper Darby Historical Society
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation Media Living website, located at Ridley Creek State Park
Columns Museum Milford Local history website, operated by the Pike County Historical Society
Compass Inn Museum Laughlintown Historic house website, restored inn with costumed docents that tell the story of transportation and everyday life in the early 1800's
Conestoga Area Historical Society Museum Conestoga Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, museum housed in a 19th century tobacco barn
Conrad Weiser Homestead Womelsdorf Historic house Colonial 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 Museum Coolspring Technology website, overt 250 historic internal combustion stationary gas engines
Cooper's Shed Museum Mount Joy Industry - Beer information website, part of Bube’s Brewery complex
Cornwall Iron Furnace Cornwall Industry - Iron National Historic Landmark iron furnaces, support buildings and surrounding community, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Corry Area Historical Museum Corry Local history website, artifacts from pioneer life to the first modern oil refinery up to present-day manufacturing
Crayola Factory Easton Children's website, includes factory tour
Cresco Station Museum Mountainhome Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history information, operated by the Barrett Township Historical Society
Cumberland County Historical Society Museum Carlisle Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
Dale/Engle/Walker House Lewisburg Historic house website, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Daniel Boone Homestead Birdsboro Open air Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Dave Mead Log Cabin Meadville Historic house information, look under attractions, information
David Bradford House Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area
Da Vinci Science Center Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Science website
DeBence Antique Music World Franklin Music Antique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, calliopes, player pianos, and automated brass bands that date from the mid-1800s to the 1940s
Delaware County Institute of Science Media Natural history website, natural history museum and natural science library
Demuth Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art Museum of paintings by Charles Demuth
Depreciation Lands Museum Allison Park Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air website
Deshler-Morris House Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Located in Germantown, owned by the National Park Service, currently closed until 2009 for renovation
The Design Center Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of Philadelphia University
Dorflinger Glass Museum White Mills Glass website, cut glass crystal made in White Mills from 1852 to 1921, located at Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
Doylestown Historical Society Doylestown Delaware Valley Local history website
Drake Well Museum Titusville Industry - Oil Beginnings 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 Gallery Stroudsburg Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Eagles Mere Museum Eagles Mere Local history website, exhibits include the George Lewis Glassworks era 1804-1830, farming era 1830-1880, narrow gauge railroad 1892-1926, big hotels' era 1880-1960s
Eakins Gallery Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of Thomas Jefferson University
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery State College Happy Valley Natural history website, part of Pennsylvania State University
Eastern Museum of Motor Racing York Springs Transportation - Automotive website, collection of vintage race cars and artifacts and research library
Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia Delaware Valley Prison
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, Victorian mansion and garden
Eckley Miners' Village Weatherly Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry - Mining Anthracite coal mining patch town, operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Eisenhower National Historic Site Gettysburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Presidential home Home for the Eisenhowers after they left the White House in 1961
Eldred World War II Museum Eldred Military
Electric City Trolley Museum Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Elfreth's Alley Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, only house on Elfreth's Alley that is accessible to the public
Elizabeth Township Historical Society Museum Boston Local history website
Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum Sonestown Military website, honors America's veterans from all wars
Ephrata Cloister Ephrata Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious One of America's earliest religious communities, founded in 1732, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Erie County History Center Erie Local history website, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; two-building complex contains the Museum of Erie County History and Cashier's House, an 1839 Greek Revival style townhouse museum with 19th century furnishings and changing period exhibits
Erie Maritime Museum Erie Maritime Homeport of the U.S. Brig Niagara, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Everhart Museum Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Multiple Art, natural history and ethnographic collections (Native American, Oceania, South American and Asian), ancient civilizations, local/regional history and decorative arts
expERIEnce Children's Museum Erie Children's website
The Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Devoted to creating new work in new materials and new media
Fairmount Water Works Philadelphia Delaware Valley Natural history Interpretive center houses interactive exhibits about water and the water works
Fallingwater Bear Run Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Finley House Wayne Local history website, headquarters of the Radnor Historical Society
Firefighter Historical Museum Erie Firefighting information
Firemen's Hall Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Firefighting website, history and heroic moments of Philadelphia firefighting
F. Julius Lemoyne House Washington Historic house National Historic Landmark of the underground railroad, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Flatiron Building Heritage Center Brownsville Local history website, also houses Frank L. Melega Art Museum
Fleetwood Area Historical Society Museum Fleetwood Local history website
Fonthill Doylestown Delaware Valley Historic house Poured concrete mansion with many Arts & Crafts decorative tiles
Forest County History Center Tionesta Local history website
Fort Bedford Museum Bedford Fort website
Fort Hunter Mansion Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Historic house website
Fort LeBoeuf Museum Waterford Local history information, information, information, operated by the Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society
Fort Ligonier Ligonier Laurel Highlands
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Uniontown Laurel Highlands Fort Commemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War, includes reconstructed fort, visitor center and Mount Washington Tavern
Fort Pitt Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air Fort Pitt's role during the French & Indian War, American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of Pittsburgh, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Fort Roberdeau Altoona Blair County Open air website, reconstructed Revolutionary War stockade surrounding six log cabins, 1858 barn containing exhibits, education center, trails
Founder's Hall Philadelphia Delaware Vallery Decorative arts website, part of Girard College, collection of furniture, silver, paintings, ceramics, textiles and archives of Stephen Girard, and school memorabilia
Franklin Court Philadelphia Delaware Valley History website, site of Ben Franklin's house, features an underground museum with a film and displays, an 18th century printing office, an architectural/archeological exhibit, an operating post office and a postal museum
Franklin Institute Philadelphia Delaware Valley Science Many hands-on exhibits, also Ben Franklin's inventions
Frank L. Melega Art Museum Brownsville Art website, artworks of Frank L. Melega and changing exhibits of contemporary art
Freedman Gallery Reading, Pennsylvania Art website, part of Albright College
French Azilum Towanda Bradford County Historic site Site of planned settlement along the Susquehanna River for refugees fleeing the French Revolution
Frick Art & Historical Center Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Multiple Includes Clayton, the restored Frick mansion; Frick Art Museum of fine and decorative art; Car and Carriage Museum with over 20 local antique cars; Greenhouse and grounds
Friendship Hill National Historic Site Point Marion Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house
Frost Entomological Museum University Park Insects website, part of Penn State
Galleries at Moore College Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of Moore College of Art and Design
Gallery at Penn College Williamsport Art website, part of Pennsylvania College of Technology
Gallitzin Tunnels Park & Museum Gallitzin Local history website, museum focuses on community's industrial, social, and religious heritage, park exhibits a restored 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose
George Taylor House Catasauqua Historic house Home of George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
George Westinghouse Museum Wilmerding Biographical website, life and inventions of George Westinghouse
Germantown Historical Society Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Local history website, furniture, decorative and historical exhibits
Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Civil War Includes 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
Glencairn Museum Bryn Athyn Religious Religious art and history from many religions
Glen Foerd Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, Victorian estate and grounds
Golden Age Air Museum Bethel Transportation - Aviation website, birth of the barnstormer, airmail, flying circuses and the first airlines, also automobiles
Goschenhoppen Folklife Museum Green Lane Ethnic website, operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, building also houses the Country Store Museum
Graeme Park Horsham Historic house Only surviving residence of a colonial-era Pennsylvania governor, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library Philadelphia Delaware Valley Civil War Located in the John Ruan House
Grange Estate Haverford Historic house website, operated by Friends of the Grange
Greater Hazleton Historical Society Museum Hazleton Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, includes old-fashioned kitchen and school room displays
Greene County Historical Society Museum Waynesburg Local history website, period rooms, exhibits of local businesses and industries, Monongahela culture
Green Hills Farm Dublin Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Home of American author Pearl Buck, 68 acre estate, with 1825 stone farm house, gardens, greenhouses, cottage, milk house and renovated barn
Greenville Area Historical Society Museum Greenville Local history website
Greersburg Academy Darlington Local history website, includes Native American artifacts
Grey Towers National Historic Site Dingman Township Historic house Ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania
Grove City Area Historical Society Museum Grove City Local history website, see Feb. 2008 newsletter for photos of museum
Grumblethorpe Germantown Delaware Valley Historic house
Haas Gallery Bloomsburg Art website, part of Bloomsburg University
Haines Mill Cetronia Mill website, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
Haines Shoe House Hallam Historic house Shoe-shaped house
Hands-on House Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Children's website, also known as Children's Museum of Lancaster
Hanna's Town Hannastown Open air Reconstructed 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 Museum Hanover Local history website, located in the Neas House
Hanover Fire Museum Hanover Firefighting website, collection of fire memorabilia and apparatus
Hanover Junction Museum Hanover Pennsylvania Dutch Country Railroad website
Harmony Museum Harmony Religious Site of the first settlement established by the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society from 1805 to 1905
Harriton House Bryn Mawr Historic house
Hartwood Mansion Hampton Township Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house 1929 Tudor mansion with antiques, public gardens, cottage, stable complex, and a gate lodge (erected in 1927)
Haverford Historical Society Haverford Historic house website, operates the 1710 Lawrence Cabin, Nitre Hall and Federal School
Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum Girard Local history website, operated by the West County Historical Association, special collections include memorabilia of Dan Rice, a famous clown and circus owner of the 1850s, and a collection of Marx toys
Heinz History Center Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history History of Western Pennsylvania, includes Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum; center also operates Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Heisey Museum Lock Haven Historic house website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, information
Helfrich Springs Grist Mill Whitehall Mill website, operated by the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society
Henry Antes House Upper Frederick Township Historic house Operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians
Henry George School of Social Science and Birthplace Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Biographical website
Herbig Bakery Bradford Local history website, headquarters of the Bradford Landmark Society
Heritage Center Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Multiple website, Lancaster County Pennsylvania's history and decorative arts, also operates Lancaster County Quilts and Textile Museum
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society Museum Hershey Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, located in the barn at the old Milton Hershey School home and farm
Hershey Museum Hershey Pennsylvania Dutch Country History Hershey, Native American, Pennsylvania German and local history
The Highlands Fort Washington Historic house 44-acre site with a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and formal gardens
Historical Society of Berks County Museum Reading Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Historic Fallsington Fallsington Open air website, tours of village and interiors of Moon-Williamson Log House, Burges-Lippincott House and Stagecoach Tavern
Historic Langhorne Association Langhorne Local history website
Historic Wrightsville Museum Wrightsville Local history website
Historic Yellow Springs Chester Springs Open air website, thirteen structures, 142 acres, and a collection of art, artifacts, and archives
Hodge Gallery Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, contemporary glass gallery of the Pittsburgh Glass Center
Home Textile Tool Museum Orwell Technology website
Honesdale Fire Museum Honesdale Firefighting website
Hope Horn Gallery Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, part of the University of Scranton
Hope Lodge Fort Washington Historic house Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Elverson Industry - Iron Living history presentations in the summer
Hornby School Museum North East School information
Horse-drawn Carriage Museum New Tripoli Transportation website
Horseshoe Curve Altoona Railroad
Houdini Museum Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Biographical website, historic house with exhibits about Harry Houdini, also offers magic shows
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts New Castle Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, regional arts center and museum
HUB-Roberson Galleries State College Happy Valley Art website, part of Pennsylvania State University
Hummelstown Area Historical Society Museum Hummelstown Local history website, also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 1700's and an extensive arrowhead collection
Hunter House Museum Sunbury Military Headquarters of the Northumberland County Historical Society, includes historical and archaeological artifacts dealing with Fort Augusta
Hunting & Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania Tionesta Sports website, planned museum
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, part of [Carnegie Mellon University]], offers exhibits from its collections of botanical art
Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia Delaware Valley History Includes Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Visitor Center and National Constitution Center
Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Maritime Maritime artifacts, ship models, permanent and interactive exhibits, including the warship USS Olympia and the submarine USS Becuna
Indian Steps Museum Airville Native American website, large collection of Susquehannock Indian artifacts, WPA models and dioramas, Holtwood Dam and other local history exhibits
Insectarium Philadelphia Delaware Valley Natural history website, thousands of live and mounted insects, interactive displays
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Part of the University of Pennsylvania
Isett Acres Museum Huntingdon Decorative arts website, antiques and collectibles, tools, glassware, kitchen, laundry, schoolroom, toys, firearms, photos, article
James A. Michener Art Museum Doylestown Delaware Valley Art Art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
James A. Michener Art Museum New Hope Delaware Valley Art Satellite facility, art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
Japanese House and Garden Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, part of Fairmount Park
Jefferson County History Center Brookville Local history website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
JEM Classic Car Museum Andreas Transportation - Automotive information, information
Jerry's Classic Cars and Collectibles Museum Pottsville Transportation - Automotive website
Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania Pottsville Ethnic - Jewish website
The Jimmy Stewart Museum Indiana Pittsburgh Metro Area Biographical Memorabilia about actor Jimmy Stewart
John A. Hermann Jr. Memorial Art Museum Bellevue Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Article about museum, April 17, 2002
John Chads House Chadds Ford Delaware Valley Historic house website, operated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society
John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Historic house website, home of John Harris, Jr., operated by the Historical Society of Dauphin County
John Johnson House Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Significant for its role in the antislavery movement and the Underground Railroad
John McFadden Model Railroad Museum Mercersburg Railroad website
Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum Meadville Photography website, repository for Keystone View Company stereoscopic products, documents and memorabilia
Johnstown Children's Museum Johnstown Cambria County Children's web, opening in 2008
Johnstown Flood Museum Johnstown Cambria County History web
Johnstown Flood National Memorial South Fork Cambria County History
Johnstown Heritage Discovery Center Johnstown Cambria County Local history website, immigrant experiences, also known as the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center
Joseph Priestley House Northumberland Historic house Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Juniata College Museum of Art Huntingdon Art website, collection includes Hudson River School, American portrait miniatures, Old Master paintings and prints
Kelso Bible Lands Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Archaeology website, operated by the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Decorative arts website, includes Bohemian glass, fine needlework, tall case clocks, dolls, cast-iron toys and landscape paintings
Kentuck Knob Stewart Township Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Kerr Memorial Museum Oakmont Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house website, depicts upper middle class life between 1890 - 1910
Kutztown Area Historical Society & Museum Kutztown Local history website
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry - Coal Adjacent to Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
Lake Shore Railway Museum North East Railroad website, operated by the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society; depots, locomotives, passenger cars, information
Lancaster County Historical Society Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, located at the Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum
Lancaster County Quilts and Textile Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Textile website, also operates Heritage Center Museum
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious website, exhibits about Mennonite and Amish life
Lancaster Museum of Art Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, exhibitions of contemporary art by regional and national artists
Landis Valley Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Living history Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
La Salle University Art Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website
Lawrence County Historical Society Museum New Castle Local history website
Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society Leechburg Local history website
Lehigh University Art Galleries Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society, Lehigh County history from the earliest Native American inhabitants to the German settlers of the 1700's through the Industrial Revolution to mercantile and wartime accounts from the 20th century
Lemon Hill Mansion Philadelphia [[Delaware Valley Historic house website, located in Fairmount Park, operated by the Colonial Dames of America and the Friends of Lemon Hill
Lemon House Gallitzin
LeRoy Heritage Museum Canton Local history website
Liberty Bell Museum Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania History website
Limerick Township Historical Society Limerick Local history website
Little Beaver Museum Darlington Local history website
Little Museum Sterling Run Local history website, operated by the Cameron County Historical Society
Livingood Museum Womelsdorf Local history website, operated by the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society
Lock's Gallery Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, contemporary art gallery
Lockridge Furnace Museum Alburtis Industry website, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society, ruins of coal-burning iron furnace with displays
Lore Degenstein Gallery Selinsgrove Art website, part of Susquehanna University
Luzerne County Museum Wilkes-Barre Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Luzerne County Historical Society
Mack Trucks Historical Museum Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Transportation - Automotive website, about Mack Trucks
Macungie Institute Macungie Local history website, community center with headquarters and museum of the Macungie Historical Society
Manheim Heritage Center Manheim Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Manheim Historical Society
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum Bristol Local history website
Mario Lanza Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Biographical website, memorabilia from the career of the legendary tenor Mario Lanza
Marian Anderson Museum and Birthplace Philadelphia Delaware Valley Biographical website, two sites operated by the Marion Anderson Historical Society
Martin Guitar Museum Nazareth Music website, museum of the Martin Guitar Factory
Marywood University Art Galleries Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Delaware Valley Masonic website
Matson Museum of Anthropology State College Happy Valley Anthropology website, part of Pennsylvania State University
Mattress Factory Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Exhibits room-sized installation art
Mauch Chunk Museum Pittsburgh Local history website
McCoy House Museum Lewistown Local history website, operated by the Mifflin County Historical Society
McKeesport Heritage Center McKeesport Local history website
McMurtrie House Museum Huntingdon Historic house website, operated by the Huntingdon County Historical Society
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life Avella Pittsburgh Metro Area Archaeological site, open air Operated by the Heinz History Center, Woodland, Archaic and Paleoindian remains, 16,000-year-old campsite alongside a village recreating rural life from the 1800s
Mennonite Heritage Center Harleysville Religious website, local Mennonite history and traditions
Mercer County Historical Society Museum Mercer Local history website, located in the Anderson House, can also tour the Magoffin House with a guide
Mercer County Historical Society Rural Life Museum Mercer Agriculture website, located at Munnell Run Farm
Mercer Museum Doylestown Delaware Valley History Collection of early American objects and artifacts
Merrick Art Gallery New Brighton Art website, officially 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 Museum Reading Transportation - Aviation Historic war planes, classic airliners, rare civilian and military aircraft
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum Mifflinburg Transportation website
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Contemporary art gallery
Millersburg Museum Millersburg Local history website, operated by the Millersburg Historical Society
Mill Grove Audubon Historic house Home of John James Audubon, art museum and Audubon wildlife sanctuary
Miniature Railroad & Village Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Model trains Located in the Carnegie Science Center
Minshall House Media Historic house website
Mixsell Museum Easton Industry website, operated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society
Moland House Hartsville Historic house website, operated by the Warwick Township Historical Society
Montgomery House Museum Danville Local history information, operated by the Montour County Historical Society
Moravian Museum Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Open air Tells the stories of the Moravian founders, includes 1741 Gemeinhaus, a five story log structure, the 1752 Apothecary and the 1758 Nain-Schober House
Moravian Historical Society Museum Nazareth Religious website, story of the Moravian Church and its contributions to American history and culture
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Doylestown Delaware Valley Industry "Working history" museum
Morgan Log House Lansdale Historic house website
Morton Morton House Norwood Historic house website, operated by the Norwood Historical Society
Mount Joy Historical Society Museum Mount Joy Local history website
Mummers Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, costumes from the Mummers Parade
Mascaro-Steiniger Turfgrass Museum University Park Technology website, part of Penn State, open by appointment, lawn care equipment
Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History Muncy Local history website, collection includes [[|fraktur|frakturs]], a WPA-commissioned replica of Fort Muncy and military gallery, Native American artifacts, art, textiles
Museum of Anthracite Mining Ashland Industry - Mining information
Museum of Erie GE History Erie Industry website, history of General Electric plant in Erie, more information
Museum of Indian Culture Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Native American website, operated by the Lenni Lenape Historical Society
Museum of the Pennsylvania Longrifle Nazareth Weaponry website, at the Henry Homestead, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
Mütter Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Medical ollection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment
National Canal Museum Easton Transportation website, includes Emrick Technology Center
National Centre for Padro Pio Barto Religious website, promotes life and teachings of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
National Civil War Museum Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Civil War
National Constitution Center Philadelphia Delaware Valley History History and relevance of the United States Constitution
National Liberty Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley History website, eight galleries focus on heroism, freedom, diversity, faith and more; includes over 100 works in glass illustrating the beauty and fragility of freedom
National Museum of American Jewish History Philadelphia Delaware Valley Jewish Story of Jews in America
National Museum of the American Coverlet Bedford Textile website, woven coverlets
National Toy Train Museum Strasburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad website, operated by the Train Collectors Association
National Watch and Clock Museum Columbia Pennsylvania Dutch Country Horology
Nationality Rooms Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Culture Guided tours of special classrooms designed to celebrate a different culture that had an influence on Pittsburgh's growth; part of University of Pittsburgh
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art Millersburg Art website, also a nature center
Nemacolin Castle Brownsville Historic house Maintained by the Brownsville Historical Society
New Berlin Heritage Museum New Berlin Local history information, also known as the Courthouse Museum
New Holland Band Museum Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Music website, band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment
New Hall Military Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Military website, information, part of part of Independence National Historic Park
Newlin Grist Mill Concord Township Mill website, two historic houses, barn, mill, visitor center in a park
No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum Lansford Industry - Coal website
North East Museum North East Local history information
North Museum of Natural History and Science Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Natural history, Science website
Oakes Museum Grantham Pennsylvania Dutch Country Natural history website, part of Messiah College, dioramas of African and North American mammals, bird eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects & butterflies, fossils
Old Bedford Village Bedford Open air website
Old Caln Historical Society Museum Caln Township Local history website
Old Economy Village Ambridge Religious Last of three settlements established by the Harmony Society, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Old Jail Museum Chambersburg Local history website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny
Old Jail Museum Jim Thorpe Lehigh Valley Jail website, info
Old Jail Museum Smethport Allegheny National Forest website, operated by the McKean County Historical Society
Old Line Museum Delta Local history website
Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display Pittsburgh Railroad website
Olin Art Gallery Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, part of Washington & Jefferson College
Oliver Miller Homestead South Park Historic house website, frontier stone house and spring house, reconstructed log house, blacksmith forge, barn, demonstration shed and gardens
Packwood House Museum Lewisburg Decorative art website, glass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, and Oriental art
Palmer Museum of Art State College Happy Valley Art website, part of Penn State University
Palmerton Area Heritage Center State College Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history information, operated by the Palmerton Area Historical Society
Paper Mill House Museum Newtown Township Local history website, operated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society
Parry Mansion New Hope Delaware Valley Historic house website, home of the New Hope Historical Society
Passavant House Zelienople Historic house website, operated by the Zelienople Historical Society
Pasto Agricultural Museum University Park Agriculture web, part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, open by appointment
Paul Robeson House (Philadelphia) Philadelphia Delaware Valley African American website, legacy of Paul Robeson, community art exhibits
Paul R. Stuart Museum Waynesburg Multiple website, part of Waynesburg University, geology, Native American artifacts, local history, pottery and glassware
Payne Gallery Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, part of Moravian College
Pennsbury Manor Morrisville Historic house Home of William Penn, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Penn State All-Sports Museum State College Happy Valley Sports website, part of Pennsylvania State University
Penns Valley Area Historical Museum Aaronsburg Local history website
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Oldest art museum and school in the nation, 19th and 20th century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry - Coal Anthracite coal mining and industrial heritage of northeastern Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Fishing Museum at Pecks Pond Pecks Pond Sports website, exhibits, creels, rods, reels, lures, fly fishing, ice fishing, motors, folk art and fishing art, decoys and other items
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center Kutztown Ethnic website, part of Kutztown University, 42 acre farm with buildings which show the life of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries
Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Galeton Industry - Lumber Documents the history and technology of the Commonwealth's forest industries, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military Museum Boalsburg Military Recounts 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 Museum Chester Military website, part of Widener University
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Firefighting
Pennsylvania State Capitol Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands State capitol
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Washington Transportation
Pennypacker Mills Schwenksville Delaware Valley Historic house National Historic site
People's Place Quilt Museum Intercourse Pennsylvania Dutch Country Textile website
Peter Herdic Transportation Museum Williamsport Transportation website, vehicles for river, rail and road
Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum South Williamsport Sports
Peter Wentz Farmstead Worcester Historic house .asp website], 18th century Pennsylvania German farmstead
Philadelphia Art Alliance Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Institution hosts art exhibits, theater and music workshops, poetry readings, lectures, concerts and recitals
Philadelphia Doll Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Toy website, African, Europeans, American Folk Art dolls, the renowned Roberta Bell Doll Collection, American and internationally manufactured dolls and more; emphasis on black dolls
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art European, Asian and American fine art, furniture and decorative arts, arms & armor, period rooms
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, part of Congregation Rodesh Shalom
Phillips Museum of Art Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Franklin & Marshall College
Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website
Piper Aviation Museum Lock Haven Transportation - Aviation website, photos, information
Pithole City Pithole Industry Ghost town of former oil boomtown; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Drake Well Museum
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Community arts campus that offers arts education programs and contemporary art exhibitions
Please Touch Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Children's Interactive museum to promote learning of children
Pocono Indian Museum Bushkill Delaware Valley Native American website, history of the Delaware Indian
Police Heritage Museum York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Law enforcement website
Polish American Cultural Center Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Ethnic - Polish website
Portage Station Museum Portage Local history website, operated by the Portage Area Historical Society, influences of coal mining, railroads, steel, forests, water, and recreation
Potter County Historical Society/Museum Coudersport Local history website
Pottsgrove Manor Pottsgrove Historic house .asp website]
P.P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum Rome Northeastern Pennsylvania Biographical Bradford County tourism information, scroll down to listing
The Print Center Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, contemporary printmaking and photography
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center Punxsutawney Science website, weather lore stories, exhibits and demonstrations
Quaint Corner Children's Museum Altoona Blair County Children's website
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm Stroudsburg Northeastern Pennsylvania Agriculture website
Rachel Carson Homestead Springdale Biographical website, National Historic home of environmental author Rachel Carson
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Strasburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Railroaders Memorial Museum Altoona Blair County Railroad
Reading Public Museum Reading Pennsylvania Dutch Country Multiple Art, natural history, civilizations, planetarium, arboretum
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Hamburg Transportation - Railroad website, operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Part of Carnegie Mellon University
Renfrew Museum and Park Waynesboro Pennsylvania Highlands Open air website
Richard Wall House Elkins Park Historic house
RittenhouseTown Philadelphia Delaware Valley Open air Located in Germantown
Rivers of Steel Homestead Industry - steel website
Roadside America Shartlesville Railroad Miniature village and railway
Robert Fulton Birthplace Quarryville Biographical
Roberto Clemente Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Biographical Life of baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente
Rock Ford Plantation Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house 1794 Georgian mansion of General Edward Hand
Rockhill Trolley Museum Rockhill Furnace Transportation
Rodin Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris
Romanian Folk Art Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Ethnic - Romania website, Romanian costumes, rugs, pottery, furniture and a full Transylvanian interior
Rosenbach Museum & Library Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art, Library Rare miniature portraits, 18th- and 19th-century British and American furniture and decorative art, rare books, manuscripts and illustrations, collection of works by Maurice Sendak
Rowley House Museum Williamsport Historic house website, Victorian mansion operated by Preservation Williamsport
Ryerss Museum and Library Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, mansion with Asian and European decorative arts, located in Burholme Park
Saint Nicholas Chapel and Museum Beaver Religious website, Greek Catholic church with museum of Greek Catholic Union, Greek Catholic, and Carpatho-Rusin histories
Sanderson Museum Chadds Ford Delaware Valley Local history
Samek Art Gallery Lewisburg Art website, part of Bucknell University
Saylor Park Cement Industry Museum Coplay Industry website, nine vertical cement kilns and exhibits about the American Portland Cement Industry, more information, information
Sayre Historical Society Museum Sayre Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Pennsburg Delaware Valley Religious Museum collections include Schwenkfelder history and decorative arts including fraktur
Shippensburg Historical Society Shippensburg Local history website, includes Central Pennsylvania Indian arrowheads and tools, WPA educational aids made in Shippensburg, medical collections and Shippensburg area pottery
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum Shippensburg Fashion website
Simon Cameron House Harrisburg Historic house
Simpler Times Museum Tidioute Ephemera information, photos, oil and gas production equipment, gasoline pumps, signs and globes, tractors and farm equipment and engines, antique cars and turn of the century exhibits
Silver Eye Center for Photography Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, hosts four photography exhibits each year
Sinking Spring Historical Society & Heritage Park Sinking Spring Local history information, [
Slate Belt Heritage Center Bangor Local history website
Slate Belt Museum and Historical Society Mt. Bethel Local history website
Slifer House Museum Lewisburg Historic house website, owned by Albright Care Services
Smock Heritage Museum Smock Local history website, operated by the Smock Historical Society
Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, contemporary art in craft media by international, national and regional artists
Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Military Largest memorial in the United States dedicated solely to honoring all branches of military veterans and service personnel
Somerset Historical Center Somerset Open air Rural heritage center, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Sones Farm & Home Museum Muncy Agriculture website, includes farming equipment, displays from a veterinary clinic, general store, antique furnishings, washing machines, cobbler's shoe making area, meat packing display, local memorabilia
Sordoni Art Gallery Wilkes-Barre Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, part of Wilkes University
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Altoona Blair County Art website, quarterly art exhibitions and a collection of railroad photographic prints
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Loretto Art website, headquarters to the complex of four nuseum facilities, permanent collection of works of American art
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Ligonier Valley Art website, includes permanent paperweight collection
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Johnstown Art website, housed in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Springfield Heritage Museum Springfield Local history website, operated by the Springfield Historical Society
Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum Complex Royersford Local history website, includes William Lewin Plantation House and Barn Museum
Springs Museum Springs Local history website, operated by the Springs Historical Society
Square Tavern Newtown Township Tavern website, operated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society
State Museum of Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Multiple Archaeological 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 Site Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania Railroad Interprets the story of main line steam railroading between 1850 and 1950
Stenton Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Early American Georgian architecture
Stephen Foster Memorial Museum Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Biographical Collection of composer Stephen Foster, also two music theaters
Strasburg Heritage Center Strasburg Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Stroud Mansion Museum Stroudsburg Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Sturgeon House Fairview Local history website, operated by the Fairview Area Historical Society
Sullivan County Historical Society Museum Laporte Local history website, also the Baldwin House, a historic house museum, is next door
Summerseat Morrisville Historic house
Summit Hill Historical Society Museum Summit Hill Railroad information, Historical Society website
Sun Inn Bethlehem Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic inn website
Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Art Contemporary art
Susquehanna County Historical Society Montrose Local history website
Susquehanna Depot Area Historical Society Museum Susquehanna Depot Local history website, museum currently closed while seeking new location
Sutton-Ditz House Museum Clarion Local history website, operated by the Clarion County Historical Society
Sweetbriar Mansion Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house website, located in Fairmount Park, operated by the Modern Club Of Philadelphia
Swigart Museum Huntingdon Huntingdon County Antique Automobile website
Taylor Memorial Museum Brockway Local history website, operated by the Brockway Area Historical Society, museum features glass from local industry, artifacts from the lumbering, mining, and farming communities
Temple Judea Museum Elkins Park Ethnic website, Judaica from around the world, located at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial Philadelphia Delaware Valley Biographical Historic house where wounded Polish freedom fighter Thaddeus Kosciuszko lived
Thomas Leiper Estate Nether Providence Township Historic house
Thomas Massey House Broomall Historic house
Thomas T. Taber Museum Williamsport Local history website, 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 Museum Athens Multiple website, Native American, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, European and Middle Eastern art and cultural objects, local historical items
Tour-Ed Mine and Museum Tarentum Industry - Coal website, coal mine and recreated home of a typical coal miner in the 1850’s, general store items, tools and antiques
Toy & Nascar Museum Sciota Multiple website, toys and Nascar collectibles
Trout Gallery Carlisle Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Dickinson College
Trout Hall Allentown Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house website, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
Troxell-Steckel House Egypt Historic house website, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society, 1756 Pennsylvania-German farm house
Troy Farm Museum Troy Agriculture website
Tyrone History Museum Tyrone Local history website, operated by the Tyrone Area Historical Society
Union City Historical Museum Union City Local history website, unusual items of everyday use from the 18th and 19th century rural and urban life
University Arts Gallery Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Part of the University of Pittsburgh
University Museum of Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana Art website, also Kipp Gallery, part of Indiana University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Philadelphia Delaware Valley Archaeology, Anthropology Artifacts from Egypt, China, Mesopotamia, Greco-Roman antiquities, Buddhist art, African art, and Mayan and other Pre-Columbian artifacts
Upsala Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Located in Germantown
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Carlisle Pennsylvania Dutch Country Military Includes Army Heritage Museum and Army Heritage Trail
Valley Forge National Historical Park Valley Forge History Includes Welcome Center with exhibits, Washington's Headquarters (Valley Forge), Washington Memorial Chapel, reconstructed works and buildings
Valley School Museum Albion School information
Venango County Historical Society Museum Franklin Historic house website, known as the Hoge-Osmer House
Vicary Mansion Freedom Historic house website, operated by the Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation
Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical Society Vandergrift Local history website
Wagner Free Institute of Science Philadelphia Delaware Valley Natural history Victorian cases and hand-labeled natural history specimens arranged in the 1880s
Wagner-Ritter House Johnstown Cambria County Historic house website, 19th century working class family home
Walnutport Canal & Locktenders House Walnutport Historic house information
Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing Open air 13 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
Watson-Curtze Mansion Erie Historic house website, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; 24 room mansion showing upper class lifestyle of the 1890s; the Erie Planetarium is located in the carriage house
Wattsburg Museum Wattsburg Local history information
Wayne County Historical Society Museum Honesdale Local history website
Waynesborough Paoli Historic house Home of Gen. Anthony Wayne
Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at the History Center Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Metro Area Sports web, located in the Smithsonian wing of the Heinz History Center; focuses on sports history in the Pittsburgh region
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum Gibsonia Pittsburgh Metro Area Railroad History of railroads in western Pennsylvania through model railroading
Westmoreland Museum of American Art Greensburg Art website, works by significant American artists, including works by Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer
West Overton Museums Scottdale Open air 19th century rural industrial village
Wharton Esherick Museum Malvern Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art Studio of wood sculptor Wharton Esherick
Wheatland Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house Home of President James Buchanan
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Harrisburg Pennsylvania Highlands Science Complex includes Harsco Science Center, Sunoco Performance Theater and an IMAX theater
Widener University Art Gallery Chester Art website, collection includes 19th and 20th century American paintings, 19th century European paintings, 18th century and 19th century Asian art
Wilder Museum Irvine Local history website, operated by the Warren County Historical Society
William Brinton 1704 House West Chester Historic house Stone Quaker home, National Historic Landmark
Williams Center Art Gallery Easton Art website, part of Lafayette College
Williams House (Paupack, Pennsylvania) Paupack Historic house website, operated by the Wallenpaupack Historical Society
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum Willow Grove Transportation - Aviation website
Windber Coal Heritage Center Windber Industry - Coal website
Winters Heritage House Museum Elizabethtown Historic house website
Wolf Museum of Music and Art Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Music, Art information
Woodford (mansion) Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Part of Fairmount Park, houses collection of antique household goods, including Colonial furniture, unusual clocks and English delftware
Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art Paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs focusing on artists from the Delaware Valley
Wood Turning Center Philadelphia Delaware Valley Art website, international arts institution, gallery and resource center for lathe-turned art
Woodville Plantation Bridgeville Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house website
World of Scouting Museum Valley Forge Scouting website, Girl & Boy Scout memorabilia, open by appointment
Wright's Ferry Mansion Columbia Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house information, information
Wyalusing Museum Wyalusing Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website
Wyck House Philadelphia Delaware Valley Historic house Oldest house in Germantown
Wyoming County Historical Museum Tunkhannock Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website
York College Art Galleries York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of York College of Pennsylvania
York County Heritage Trust York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Multiple website, includes the Historical Society Museum and Library, Agricultural and Industrial Museum, Bonham House, Fire Museum, Gates & Plough Complex
Zane Grey Museum Lackawaxen Biographical website
Zeigler House Dalmatia Local history website, library and museum of the Mahanoy & Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, open by appointment
Zoller Gallery University Park Art website, part of Penn State


Defunct Museums

  • Curtis Center Museum of Norman Rockwell Art, Philadelphia, closed in 1998 [1]
  • Easton Museum of Pez Dispensers, Easton [2], [3]
  • Marx Toy Museum, Erie, closed April 2008, now online only [4]
  • Mary Stolz Doll Museum, Bushkill, closed in 2005 [5]

See also


Resources


References

  1. ^ http://www.rockwellsite.com/Pag_Aboutus.htm Rockwell Gallery Collection, About Us
  2. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8115 Roadside America report about the museum being closed & site for lease
  3. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/10/13/offbeat.pez.museum.ap/index.html 2003 article about museum
  4. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/marx-toy-museum-to-close/ Marx Toy Museum Closing: Boomers Mourn, April 3, 2008
  5. ^ http://www.alderferauction.com/contents/2007%20Alderfer%20Auction%20Antique%20Doll%20Auction%20features%20Museum%20April%2025-26%202007%20RELEASE.pdf Alderfer’s Antique Doll Auction Features Mary Stolz Doll & Toy Museum, Several Collections


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