Harrisburg, PA – In support of the continued preservation and celebration of the Commonwealth’s rich history for the nation’s 250th anniversary and beyond, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) today announced the award of nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants. This year’s funding will empower 182 eligible museums and official county historical societies across 60 Pennsylvania counties.
“Museums and historical societies all across the Commonwealth share in telling the story of Pennsylvania, its diverse communities and regions, and the important role they have played in our nation’s story,” says Andrea Lowery, Executive Director of PHMC. “We are thrilled to be able to help support these vital institutions in their efforts to preserve and share Pennsylvania’s rich history.”
Designed to fortify Pennsylvania’s foundational history and museum community, the grant program delivers essential, unrestricted operating support to qualifying institutions. To qualify for the 2026-2027 grant cycle, eligible museums must maintain an annual operating budget of over $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind contributions) and employ at least one full-time professional or an approved equivalent.
This is the fifteenth year that the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has worked with the state legislature to secure funding for museums and historical societies through the grant program.
Awards are calculated using a formula based on a percentage of each organization’s annual operating budget, with grants ranging from a minimum of $4,000 up to a maximum of $47,000.
The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society – $30,000
Gettysburg Foundation – $28,030
Pa Museum of Military Vehicles (dba WWII American Experience) – $10,000
Allegheny
Carnegie Institute Carnegie Museum of Natural History – $47,000
Carnegie Institute (dba Kamin Science Center) – $47,000
Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh – $47,000
Frick Art And Historical Center – $47,000
Historical Society of Western Pa (dba Heinz History Center) – $47,000
Rivers Of Steel Heritage Corporation – $47,000
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust Inc – $40,000
The Tree of Life, Inc – $20,000
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society – $9,500
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation – $9,500
Bedford
Old Bedford Village Inc – $8,000
Pioneer Historical Society (dba Bedford Co Historical Society) – $9,500
Berks
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles – $30,000
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust – $40,000
Foundation For the Reading Public Museum – $47,000
General Carl Spaatz USAAF Museum – $6,000
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Assn – $47,000
Mid Atlantic Air Museum – $20,000
The Historical Society of Berks Co (dba Berks History Center) – $20,000
Blair
Blair County Historical Society – $9,500
Railroaders Heritage Corporation – $20,000
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society – $9,500
Bucks
Andalusia Foundation – $25,000
Bucks County Childrens Museum – $11,000
Bucks County Historical Society – $47,000
Historic Fallsington Inc – $6,000
New Hope Historical Society – $6,000
Newtown Historical Association Newtown Historic – $6,000
Pearl S Buck International House & Historic Site – $30,000
The Grundy Foundation – $12,750
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre – $6,000
The Tileworks of Bucks County – $30,000
Butler
Butler County Historical Society – $9,500
Historic Harmony Inc – $6,000
Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society – $9,500
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society Inc – $9,500
Centre
Centre County Historical Society – $9,500
Discovery Space of Central Pa Inc – $30,000
Columbus Chapel & Boalsburg Estate Society (dba Columbus Chapel & Boal Mansion Museum) – $6,000
Chester
Chester County Historical Society – $21,000
Graystone Society Inc – $20,000
Historic Sugartown Inc – $15,000
Historic Yellow Springs Inc – $30,000
Oxford Area Historical Assn – $6,000
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society – $9,500
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society – $9,500
Columbia
The Berwick Historical Society – $9,500
The Childrens Museum Inc – $6,000
The Columbia Co Historical and Genealogical Society – $9,500
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society – $9,500
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society – $20,000
Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc – $30,000
Hershey Derry Township Historical Society – $6,000
Historical Society of Dauphin County – $9,500
National Civil War Museum – $30,000
The MS Hershey Foundation (dba Hershey Theatre, Hershey Gardens, the Hershey Experience) – $40,000
Whitaker Center For Science and The Arts – $47,000
Delaware
Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead – $10,000
Delaware County Historical Society – $9,500
Nicholas Newlin Foundation Newlin Grist Mill – $20,000
Elk
Elk Co Historical Society – $9,500
Erie
Erie County Historical Society – $30,000
Experience Children Museum – $6,000
Presque Isle Light Station – $8,000
Fayette
Fayette County Historical Society – $9,500
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy – $47,000
Franklin
Conococheague Institute for The Study of Cultural Heritage – $15,000
Franklin County Historical Society Kittochtinny – $9,500
Renfrew Committee Inc (dba Renfrew Museum and Park) – $9,500
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society Inc – $9,500
Greene
Greene County Historical Society – $9,500
Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historic Society – $9,500
The William E Swigart Jr Automobile Museum – $6,000
Indiana
Historical And Genealogical Society of Indiana County – $9,500
James M Stewart Museum Foundation – $6,000
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society – $9,500
Punxsutawney Weather Center Inc (dba Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center) – $6,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society – $9,500
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Historical Society – $9,500
The Everhart Museum of Natural History Science & Art – $20,000
Lancaster
Hands On House Childrens Museum of Lancaster – $20,000
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society – $30,000
Lancaster Science Center (dba Lancaster Science Factory) – $30,000
Lancasterhistory.org LCHS & Wheatland (dba Lancaster Co Historical Society) – $47,000
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Inc – $40,000
North Museum Corporation (dba North Museum of Nature & Science) – $30,000
Rock Ford Foundation (dba Historic Rock Ford) – $20,000
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society – $9,500
Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown, Inc – $6,000
Lebanon County Historical Society – $9,500
Lehigh
America On Wheels Inc – $10,000
Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology – $47,000
Lehigh County Historical Society – $20,000
Luzerne
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society – $9,500
Lycoming
Little League Baseball Incorporated – $6,000
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum – $6,000
Mckean County Historical Society – $9,500
Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society – $9,500
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society – $9,500
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association – $9,500
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm – $9,000
Montgomery
Historic Trappe – $20,000
Historical Society of Montgomery County – $9,500
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania – $8,500
Morgan Log House Historical Society – $6,000
National Audubon Society Inc – $20,000
Schwenkfelder Library – $20,000
Northampton
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc – $16,000
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Inc – $40,000
Moravian Historical Society – $15,000
National Museum of Industrial History – $24,000
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – $20,000
Northumberland
Northumberland County Historical Society – $9,500
Perry
Historical Society of Perry County Pennsylvania – $9,500
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society – $47,000
American Swedish Historical Museum – $30,000
Arch St Meeting House Preservation Trust – $25,000
Athenaeum Of Philadelphia – $35,000
Chestnut Hill Conservancy – $16,720
Christ Church Preservation Trust – $13,000
Cliveden Of The National Trust – $25,000
College Of Physicians of Philadelphia – $47,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc – $47,000
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion (dba Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc) – $6,500
Friends Of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries – $35,000
Friends Of The Japanese House and Garden (dba Japan America Society Of Philadelphia) – $25,000
Fund For Girard College – $17,500
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation – $35,000
Historic Fair Hill Inc – $4,000
Historic Germantown Preserved (dba Historic Germantown) – $8,000
Historic Philadelphia Inc – $47,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $47,000
Independence Seaport Museum – $47,000
John Bartram Association (dba Bartrams Garden) – $47,000
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia – $15,000
Museum of The American Revolution – $47,000
Naomi Wood Testamentary Trust (dba Naomi Wood Trust) – $15,000
National Constitution Center – $47,000
National Liberty Museum – $47,000
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation – $5,000
Philadelphia Society for The Preservation of Landmarks – $45,000
Please Touch Museum – $47,000
Rosenbach Museum & Library Rosenbach of The Free Library of Philadelphia – $45,000
Science History Institute – $47,000
The Carpenters Company of The City and Co of Philadelphia (dba Carpenters Hall) – $15,000
The Franklin Institute – $47,000
The Library Company of Philadelphia – $47,000
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Pa – $15,000
The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum – $47,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science – $35,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History – $47,000
Woodlands Trust For Historic Preservation – $30,000
Wyck Association – $10,000
Pike
Pike County Historical Society – $9,500
Schuylkill
Schuylkill County Historical Society – $9,500
Somerset
Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset Co – $9,500
Susquehanna
Susquehanna Co Historical Society and Free Library Association – $9,500
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society – $9,500
Union
Lewisburg Childrens Museum – $15,000
Union County Historical Society – $9,500
Venango
Oil Region Music Preservation Museum (dba Debence Antique Music World) – $6,000
Venango County Historical Society – $9,500
Warren
Warren County Historical Society – $9,500
Washington
Bradford House Historical Assn – $8,500
Historical Society of Western Pa Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life – $47,000
National Duncan Glass Society Inc (dba Duncan & Miller Museum) – $6,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc – $30,000
Washington County Historical Society – $9,500
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society – $9,500
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association – $30,000
Ligonier Valley Historical Society – $6,000
Westmoreland County Historical Society – $9,500
Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society (dba West Overton Village) – $15,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society – $9,500
York
Hanover Area Historical Society – $6,000
Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society – $6,000
Steam Into History Inc (dba Northern Central Railway) – $30,000
Susquehanna Heritage Corp (dba Susquehanna National Heritage Area) – $6,000
York County History Center – $40,000
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