December, all Mondays, Museum and Iron Furnaces are closed.

The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township.  The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s…

The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township.  The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…

The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township.  The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…

The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township.  The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…

The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township.  The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…

Scranton—The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will commemorate the powerful story of the Knox Mine Disaster on Saturday, January 23, 2015, at 2 p.m., marking 57 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.\r\n\r\nThe…

News for Immediate Release\r\n\r\nFebruary 17, 2016\r\n\r\nAnthracite Heritage Museum will feature films, guided tours and free admission on Pennsylvania Charter Day on Sunday, March 13th!\r\n\r\n Scranton — The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum will host a film program by F. Charles Petrillo of Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, March 13, 2016, as part of Pennsylvania Charter Day.   The film program will…