Anthracite Heritage Conference

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

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…

$25

Fire Up the Furnaces fundraiser

Backyard Ale House 523 Linden St., Scranton, PA, United States

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

$25

Arts on Fire

The Scranton Iron Furnaces 159 Cedar Ave, Scranton, PA, United States

Annual Industry and Arts festival at the Scranton Iron Furnaces.

Remembering Allan Jones

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

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…

$5

Stoke the Fire

Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel 700 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, United States

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…

$20

Knox Mine Disaster 59th Anniversary

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

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.…

No charge

C. Smith: African-American Business and Community Leader Exhibit

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

  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…

Charter Day 2018

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

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,…