Scranton — On Saturday, May 13, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum will host Anthracite Heritage Conference 2017. The presentations at this exciting conference are a continuation of interest in the Anthracite Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.  The conference presenters will discuss various areas of research now being undertaken and…

Fundraiser to support the Anthracite Heritage Museum and Scranton Iron Furnaces.   Details to follow shortly. Tickets available for $25at the Museum or online at: Fire at the Furnace at Ticket Tailor.com

Annual Industry and Arts festival at the Scranton Iron Furnaces.

Come to the Anthracite Heritage Museum to hear all about Allan Jones, the Old Forge-born Welsh singer who made it big on the silver screen. Admission is five dollars and the event will feature a lecture by Dulais Rhys, a noted Welsh music educator and journalist. Jones was born on October 14, 1907 in Old…

Join us on the veranda at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel for an evening of music, hors d'oeuvres, beer and sangria in the company of good friends! $20 includes food and select beverages from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM, Thursday, July 27th. This event is a benefit for the Bonfire at the Iron Furnaces. Come…

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.…

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,…