Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
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The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will commemorate the powerful story of the Knox Mine Disaster on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at 2 p.m., marking 59 years since January 22, 1959, when the ice-laden waters of the Susquehanna River broke into the Knox Mine at Port Griffith, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania sweeping away twelve men.…
Anthracite Heritage Museum Celebrates African-American History Month Scranton—The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will celebrate African-American History month with a lobby case exhibit entitled: Granville C. Smith: African-American Business and Community Leader. Granville C. Smith came to City of Scranton in 1940 to operate the G.W. Brown Company, Inc., a contract hauler to…
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) will celebrate the commonwealth’s 337th birthday on Charter Day, Sunday, March 11, with free admission to many of the historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trails of History. For this significant anniversary in Pennsylvania history, the Anthracite Heritage Museum will feature free admission to the museum, family activities,…
"The Sustainability Factor of Coalfield Community Groups in both the Anthracite and Bituminous Regions of PA and EPCAMR's Role Throughout NE & NC PA" A lecture by Robert Hughes April 21, 2:00 pm April is Landscape and Environment Month in our What is Anthracite Heritage Series. The presentation will be geared towards abandoned mines, mine…
Come Sail Away with us at the Anthracite Heritage Museum! April 28, 2018 at 1:00 pm Enjoy aromatic teas, tea sandwiches, confections, and the company of good traveling companions. Hear remembrances of the past from our passengers. Take a chance on our beautiful gift baskets. RSVP by April 26 at 570-963-4804. Donation is $20 per…
This year's Leadership Lackawanna class will finish their project with the Anthracite Heritage Museum with a public unveiling of the 250th Anniversary Commemorative Display developed by the class and supported by local businesses and families. The Museum will be free and open to the public from 9am - 12pm, with the unveiling taking place at…
Ladies and Gentlemen! On Tuesday May 15th The Anthracite Heritage Museum will open our doors at 5:15 pm inviting you to re-visit our museum, take time out and spend some time with friends, sip some of Maiolatesi Wine Cellars delicious wines, and enjoy light fare. Also wine themed raffles and a chance to win tickets…
“There is no business on earth subject to as many casualties.” Mining life and culture in the Anthracite Region A lecture by Harold Aurand, Jr. The anthracite coal industry was full of contradictions. Mining had many of the attributes of high status jobs. Before a miner could take charge of a workplace he had to…