Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 177 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 59 Pennsylvania counties.
The goal of the Cultural and Historical Support Grant program is to strengthen Pennsylvania’s museum community by supporting the general operations of eligible museums and official county historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs. An eligible museum must have an annual operating budget exceeding $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services) and at least one full-time professional staff person (or approved equivalent).
Grants are awarded on a formula based on a percentage of the organization’s annual operating budget with a maximum grant of $50,000 and a minimum grant of $4,000.
The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society - $30,000
Gettysburg Foundation - $47,000
Allegheny
Braddocks Battlefield History Center - $6,200
Carnegie Institute - Museum of Natural History - $50,000
Carnegie Institute - Science Center - $50,000
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $45,000
Frick Art & Historical Center - $50,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (DBA Senator John Heinz History Center) - $50,000
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $40,000
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust - $40,000
The Tree of Life – Holocaust Center - $25,000
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society - $9,000
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation - $9,000
Bedford
Old Bedford Village Inc. - $8,000
Pioneer Historical Society (DBA Bedford Co. Historical Society) - $9,000
Berks
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles - $30,000
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust - $40,000
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum - $40,000
General Carl Spaatz Regional USAAC Museum - $6,200
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary - $40,000
Historical Society of Berks County (DBA Berks History Center) - $25,000
Blair
Blair County Historical Society - $9,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum - $30,000
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $9,000
Bucks
Andalusia Foundation - $20,000
Bucks County Children's Museum - $11,000
Bucks County Historical Society - $50,000
Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc. - $6,200
Historical Fallsington Inc. - $6,200
Newtown Historical Association - $6,200
Pearl S. Buck International House & Historic Site - $30,000
The Grundy Foundation - $7,500
The Tileworks of Bucks County - $30,000
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $5,000
Butler
Butler County Historical Society - $9,000
Historic Harmony Inc. - $6,200
Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society - $9,000
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society Inc. - $9,000
Centre
Centre County Historical Society - $9,000
Columbus Chapel & Boalsburg Estate Society - $6,200
Discovery Space of Central PA - $30,000
Chester
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center - $15,000
Chester County History Center - $30,000
Graystone Society Inc. - $25,000
Historic Sugartown Inc. - $25,000
Oxford Area Historical Association - $6,200
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society - $9,000
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society - $9,000
Columbia
The Berwick Historical Society - $9,000
The Children's Museum Inc. - $5,500
The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society - $9,000
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society - $9,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society - $20,000
Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc. - $30,000
Hershey Derry Township Historical Society - $6,200
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $9,000
The National Civil War Museum - $30,000
The Ms. Hershey Foundation - $40,000
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - $50,000
Delaware
Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead - $6,200
Delaware County Historical Society - $9,000
Nicholas Newlin Foundation & Newlin Grist Mill - $25,000
Elk
Elk County Historical Society - $9,000
Erie
Erie County Historical Society - $30,000
expERIEnce Children's Museum - $25,000
Presque Isle Light Station - $7,500
Fayette
Fayette County Historical Society - $9,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - $50,000
Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny - $9,000
The Conococheague Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage - $6,200
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society - $9,000
Greene
Greene County Historical Society - $6,200
Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society - $9,000
William E. Swigart Jr. Automobile Museum - $6,200
Indiana
Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County - $9,000
James M. Stewart Museum Foundation - $6,200
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society - $9,000
Punxsutawney Weather Center Inc. (DBA Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center) - $6,200
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $9,000
Lackawanna
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art - $25,000
Lackawanna Historical Society - $9,000
Lancaster
Hands On House Children’s Museum of Lancaster - $30,000
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society - $30,000
Lancaster Science Center (DBA Lancaster Science Factory) - $30,000
Lancasterhistory.org LCHS & Wheatland (DBA Lancaster County Historical Society) - $40,000
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) - $25,000
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society - $9,000
Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown, Inc. - $9,000
Lehigh
America On Wheels, Inc. - $7,500
Lehigh County Historical Society Inc. - $25,000
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc. - $50,000
Luzerne
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society - $9,000
Lycoming
Little League Baseball Incorporated - $6,200
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum - $6,200
McKean County Historical Society - $9,000
Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society - $9,000
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society - $9,000
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association - $9,000
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $9,000
Montgomery
Historic Trappe - $25,000
Historical Society of Montgomery County - $9,000
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania - $8,500
Morgan Log House Historical Society - $6,200
National Audubon Society Inc. - $30,000
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - $30,000
Northampton
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc. - $15,000
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Inc. - $40,000
Moravian Historical Society - $7,500
National Museum of Industrial History - $22,000
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $25,000
Northumberland
Northumberland County Historical Society - $9,000
Perry
Historical Society of Perry County - $9,000
Philadelphia
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - $50,000
American Philosophical Society - $50,000
American Swedish Historical Museum - $25,000
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $25,000
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - $30,000
Chestnut Hill Conservancy - $15,000
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $14,000
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. - $25,000
College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $50,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site - $50,000
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc. - $5,000
Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries - $25,000
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden - $30,000
Fund for Girard College - $15,000
Germantown Historical Society - $8,000
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $30,000
Historic Fair Hill Inc. - $4,000
Historical Philadelphia Inc. - $40,000
Historic Rittenhousetown Inc. - $17,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - $40,000
Independence Seaport Museum - $50,000
John Bartram Association aka Bartram’s Garden - $50,000
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia - $15,000
Museum of the American Revolution - $50,000
Naomi Wood Testamentary Trust (DBA Naomi Wood Trust) - $8,500
National Constitution Center - $50,000
National Liberty Museum - $50,000
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation - $4,500
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $40,000
Please Touch Museum - $50,000
Rosenbach Museum and Library - $40,000
Science History Institute - $50,000
The Carpenter’s Company of The City and County of Philadelphia - $12,000
The Franklin Institute - $50,000
The Library Company of Philadelphia - $50,000
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in PA - $15,000
The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum - $50,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $30,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History - $50,000
Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation - $25,000
Wyck Association - $10,000
Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County - $9,000
Somerset
Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County - $9,000
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association - $9,000
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society - $9,000
Union
Lewisburg Children's Museum - $8,000
Union County Historical Society - $9,000
Venango
Oil Region Music Preservation Museum (DBA Debence Antique Music World) - $6,200
Venango County Historical Society - $9,000
Warren
Warren County Historical Society - $9,000
Washington
Bradford House Historical Association - $7,500
Historical Society of Western PA Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life - $25,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - $30,000
Washington County Historical Society, Inc. - $9,000
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society - $9,000
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association - $30,000
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $7,500
Westmoreland County Historical Society (DBA West Overton Village) - $25,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society - $9,000
York
Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society - $4,000
Steam Into History Inc. (DBA Northern Central Railway) - $30,000
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation (DBA Susquehanna National Heritage Area) - $6,200
York County History Center - $40,000
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