The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded $1,901,011 in grants to 130 eligible museums and official county historical societies in Pennsylvania that met the following criteria:
• Museums that are located in Pennsylvania with annual operating budgets exceeding $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services) and at least one full-time professional staff person.
• Official County Historical Societies designated as the official historical society for the county.
The goal of this 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.
Award amounts are determined using an equation based on a percentage of the eligible museum’s previous year’s operating budget. The maximum any museum could receive is $65,000. The maximum for historical societies is $4,000.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Grant Awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society – $4,000
Allegheny
Carnegie Institute – $65,000
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh – $65,000
Frick Art & Historical Center $ 65,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania – $65,000
Rivers of Steel – Steel Industry Heritage Corporation – $19,942
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum Trust, Inc. – $23,942
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation – $4,000
Bedford
Old Bedford Village – $5,108
Berks
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum – $38,611
Historical Society of Berks County Museum and Library – $14,448
Blair
Railroaders Heritage Corporation – $16,408
Blair County Historical Society – $2,500
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society – $4,000
Bucks
Bucks County Historical Society/Mercer Museum – $26,688
Pearl S. Buck International House and Historic Site – $12,016
Butler
Butler County Historical Society – $4,000
Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association – $35,752
Cambria County Historical Society – $4,000
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society – $2,500
Centre
Centre County Historical Society – $4,000
Chester
Graystone Society – $8,528
Green Valleys Association of Southeastern PA, Inc. – $3,000
Historic Yellow Springs, Inc. – $9,253
Historic Sugartown, Inc. – $3,957
Mill at Anselma Preservation and Education Trust – $3,000
Wharton Esherick Museum – $4,962
Chester County Historical Society – $21,726
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society – $3,000
Clinton
Piper Aviation Museum Foundation – $3,737
Clinton County Historical Society – $4,000
Columbia
Children’s Museum, Inc. – $3,000
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society – $4,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society – $13,280
Dauphin
AACA Museum, Inc. – $29,008
Hershey Derry Township Historical Society – $3,000
The M.S. Hershey Foundation/The Hershey Story – $31,773
The National Civil War Museum – $18,057
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts – $59,142
Historical Society of Dauphin County – $4,000
Delaware
American Helicopter Museum and Education Center – $9,528
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation – $3,121
Nicholas Newlin Foundation – $9,055
Elk
Elk County Historical Society – $2,500
Erie
ExpERIEnce Children’s Museum – $5,644
Erie County Historical Society – $7,595
Fayette
Fallingwater – $65,000
Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny – $4,000
Greene
Greene County Historical Society – $4,000
Huntingdon
Isett Acres Museum – $4,512
Huntingdon County Historical Society – $2,500
Indiana
Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County – $4,000
Jefferson
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center – $3,000
Jefferson County Historical Society, Inc. – $4,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society – $2,500
Lackawanna
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art – $13,124
Lackawanna Historical Society – $4,000
Lancaster
Hands-on House, Children’s Museum of Lancaster – $10,881
LancasterHistory.org: LCHS and Wheatland – $27,827
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors – $12,734
North Museum of National History and Science – $15,148
Rock Ford Foundation – $3,322
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society – $3,000
Lebanon
Lebanon County Historical Society – $4,000
Lehigh
Da Vinci Science Center – $33,716
Lehigh County Historical Society – $9,129
Luzerne
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society d.b.a. Luzerne County Historical Society – $4,000
Lycoming
Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum – $4,336
Lycoming County Historical Society – $4,000
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum – $3,000
Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society – $3,600
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society – $3,000
Monroe
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm – $5,296
Monroe County Historical Association – $4,000
Montgomery
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania – $6,682
National Audubon Society, Inc. – $8,841
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center – $6,257
Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Partnership – $20,407
National Canal Museum – $6,354
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – $7,242
Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences – $50,000
African American Museum of Philadelphia – $30,096
American Swedish Historical Museum – $9,632
Athenaeum of Philadelphia – $16,409
Christ Church Preservation Trust – $6,857
Cliveden of the National Trust – $7,761
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. – $50,000
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion – $3,000
Fireman’s Hall Museum – $3,000
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware – $4,146
Franklin Institute – $50,000
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden – $4,642
Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Inc. – $7,019
Germantown Historical Society – $4,302
Girard College Development Fund – $8,364
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation – $4,097
Historic Philadelphia, Inc. – $32,500
Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $50,000
Independence Seaport Museum – $46,472
John Bartram Association – $11,675
Museum at the Chemical Heritage Foundation – $19,500
Museum of the American Philosophical Society – $9,816
National Constitution Center – $50,000
National Liberty Museum – $32,396
National Museum of American Jewish History – $50,000
National Society of Colonial Dames of America/Stenton – $4,882
Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania – $50,000
Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent – $15,739
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks – $18,048
Please Touch Museum – $50,000
Rosenbach Museum and Library – $19,066
Wagner Free Institute of Science – $14,368
Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation – $5,103
Wyck Association – $6,491
Pike
Pike County Historical Society – $4,000
Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County – $2,500
Somerset
Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County – $3,000
Sullivan
Sullivan County Historical Society – $3,200
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society – $4,000
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society – $4,000
Union
Union County Historical Society – $4,000
Venango
Venango County Historical Society – $2,500
Warren
Warren County Historical Society – $2,500
Washington
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum – $8,890
Washington County Historical Society – $4,000
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society – $4,000
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association – $14,193
Westmoreland Historical Society – $4,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society – $4,000
York
York County Heritage Trust – $19,757
