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This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are university and non-profit art galleries. Virtual museums that cannot be visited physically are not included.

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Name Town/City County Region Type Summary
1719 Hans Herr House & Museum Willow Street Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Open air Mennonite history, colonial and Victorian era farm life
1852 Herr Family Homestead Landisville Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, depicts life on a 19th-century Lancaster County farm
AACA Museum Hershey Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Automotive website, also known as Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, vintage automobiles, buses, motorcycles and memorabilia
Abington Art Center Jenkintown Montgomery Delaware Valley Art Contemporary art museum and a sculpture park
Air Heritage Museum Beaver Falls Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Transportation - Aviation website, restored aircraft
Albany Township Historical Society Museum Trexler Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Allegheny-Kiski Heritage Museum Tarentum Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website, story of the home front during WWII, aluminum and glass collections from area companies
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Gallitzin Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Transportation - Railroad Park with engine house, historic tavern, mid 19th century Samuel Lemon House
Allentown Art Museum Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Art European and American paintings, textiles, prints and drawings
Allison-Antrim Museum Greencastle Franklin Cumberland Valley Local history web
America On Wheels Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Transportation - Automotive
American Military Edged Weaponry Museum Intercourse Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Military information, collection of US military knives used by the American servicemen, military artifacts
American Golf Hall of Fame Foxburg Clarion Northwest Region Sports Historic golf clubs and artifacts
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center West Chester Chester Delaware Valley Transportation - Aviation Over 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes
American Treasure Tour Oaks Montgomery Delaware Valley Multiple Expansive collection includes nickelodeons, band organs, classic cars, movie posters, Americana, circus art, dolls and dollhouses, open by reservation
Amish Experience Bird-in-Hand Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, depicts modern Amish life in an Amish homestead and one room school
Amish Farm and House Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Farm website, working farm, historical and modern customs of Lancaster County's Amish
Amy B. Yerkes Museum Hatboro Montgomery Delaware Valley Local history website, operated by the Millbrook Society
Andalusia (Nicholas Biddle Estate) Andalusia Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house
Antique Ice Tool Museum West Chester Chester Delaware Valley Industry website, private museum showcasing ice trade tools, vehicles, iceboxes, and other historical objects
Antoine Dutot Museum & Gallery Delaware Water Gap Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Multiple website, art gallery and museum of local history housed in an 1850 brick schoolhouse
Appalachian Trail Museum Gardners Cumberland Pennsylvania Dutch Country History Development of the Appalachian Trail
Art Association of Harrisburg Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Art website, galleries located in the historic Governor Findlay Mansion
Asa Packer Mansion Jim Thorpe Carbon Lehigh Valley Historic house 19th-century Victorian period mansion
Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum Northampton Northampton Lehigh Valley Industry information, information
Aughinbaugh Gallery Grantham Cumberland Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Messiah College Department of Visual Arts
Bachmann Publick House Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Historic house Under renovation, 18th-century colonial inn and tavern
Bahr's Mill Gabelsville Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Mill Late 19th-century woodworking and grist mill
Baker Mansion Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history Museum of the Blair County Historical Society
Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum Meadville Crawford Northwest Region Historic house Owned by the Crawford County Historical Society, reflects three centuries of owners; Dr. J. R. Mosier Office on site
Barns-Brinton House Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
Barton Street School Lock Haven Clinton Central PA Local history website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes memorabilia from local fire companies and military artifacts
Battles Museums of Rural Life Girard Erie Northwest Region Historic house website, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; Museum site consists of two historic homes, the R.S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabeth Battles Memorial Museum, on 50 acres (200,000 m2) of farm land and 80 acres (320,000 m2) of woods and hiking trails
Bayernhof Music Museum O'Hara Township Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Music Automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries
Beaver Area Heritage Museum Beaver Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website, operated by the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation
Beaver County Industrial Museum Darlington Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Industry - Steel website, part of the Darlington Museum complex
Beaver Falls Historical Society Museum Beaver Falls Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Housed in the Carnegie Free Library
Bell School Hamilton Township Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania School website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association; Stormsville is part of Hamilton Township
Bellefonte Art Museum Bellefonte Centre Central PA Art website, local art in all media
Berks County Heritage Center Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Open air website, includes Gruber Wagon Works, the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, memorials and gardens, operated by the County
Berks History Center Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history Operated by the Historical Society of Berks County
Berman Museum of Art Collegeville Montgomery Delaware Valley Art website, part of Ursinus College, houses over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative, and cultural objects
Bible History Exhibits Ronks Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious website, operated by the Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies, replica archaeological artifacts to illuminate the Bible
Bicycle Heaven Pittsburgh Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Transportation A free museum housing 30,000 vintage and movie bicycles including the one used in Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Big Mac Museum Restaurant North Huntingdon Westmoreland Pittsburgh Metro Area Food Tribute to the Big Mac and its creator
Bill's Old Bike Barn Bloomsburg Columbia Central PA Transportation - Automotive website, motorcycles, also Americana memorabilia from nautical, circus, Harley Davidson and other collections
Blooming Grove Museum Cogan Station Lycoming Central PA Local history Facebook site, operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
Boal Mansion Museum Boalsburg Centre Central PA Historic house Reflects original furnishings and single family ownership over 200 years
Boalsburg Heritage Museum Boalsburg Centre Central PA Local history website
Boyertown Area Historical Society Boyertown Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Boyertown Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Automotive website, includes motorized, horse-drawn and man-powered road transportation from wagons and trucks to bicycles and cars
Braddock's Battlefield History Center North Braddock Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Military History of the Braddock Expedition and the French and Indian War
Bradford County Farm Museum and The Heritage Village Troy Bradford Northern Tier Agriculture Facebook site, features rare farm implements, large and small farm machinery and tools, individual rooms showing a blacksmith shop, tin shop, winter workroom, general store, children’s games, Grange, game commission artifacts, farm kitchen, model tractors, Revolutionary war items
Bradford County Museum Towanda Bradford Northern Tier Local history Located in the Bradford County Jail
Brandywine Battlefield Park Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Open air Site of the Battle of Brandywine fought on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolution, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Art American art with primary emphasis on the art of the Brandywine region, American illustration and still life painting; three generations of N. C. Wyeth family art
Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum Robertsdale Huntingdon Central PA Industry - Coal Coal mining and railroad exhibits; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Brown's Mill School Greencastle Franklin Cumberland Valley Education Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, historic schoolhouse
Buhl House Zelienople Butler Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house website, operated by the Zelienople Historical Society
Burnside Plantation Bethlehem Northampton Lehigh Valley Open air Property includes restored 1748/1818 farmhouse, two 1840s bank barns, a high horse-power wheel, large kitchen garden and orchard, a corn crib and wagon shed
Burtner House Natrona Heights Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Early-19th-century farmhouse
Bushy Run Battlefield Penn Township Westmoreland Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Butler County Historical Society Butler Butler Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website, operates the 1828 Lowrie/Shaw House, the 1815 Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, and the 1838 Little Red School House
Calder House Museum Equinunk Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Equinunk Historical Society
Caleb Pusey House Upland Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, late-17th-century house
Cambria County Historical Society Library and Museum Ebensburg Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history
Carbondale Historical Society and Museum Carbondale Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history Located on the third floor of the historic Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse
Carpenter Log House Plum Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house website, operated by the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, located in Boyce Park
Castanea Railroad Station Castanea Clinton Central PA Transportation - Railroad website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes railroad artifacts and model train layout
Catlin House Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Lackawanna Historical Society, 1912 mansion
Centre County Library & Historical Museum Bellefonte Centre Central PA Local history Centre County documents, photographs, family memorabilia and other genealogical items
Centre Furnace Mansion State College Centre Central PA Historic house Home of the Centre County Historical Society, restored and furnished mid-19th-century ironmaster's home
Central Pennsylvania African American Museum Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country African American History of African Americans in Central Pennsylvania, located in a former AME church
Chadds Ford Historical Society Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Local history website, local history exhibits in the Barn Visitor Center, also operates tours of the Barns-Brinton House and the Chad House
Chambersburg Heritage Center Chambersburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Local history website
Chester County History Center West Chester Chester Delaware Valley Local history
The Children's Museum Bloomsburg Columbia Central PA Children's website
Christiana Underground Railroad Center at Historic Zercher’s Hotel Christiana Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country History website, site of Resistance at Christiana that led to the first nationally covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Clarion University Art Galleries Clarion Clarion Northwest Region Art website, University Art Gallery is located in the lower level of Carlson Library, Empty Set Gallery is a student run space housed in Marwick Boyd Fine Arts Building
Clearfield County Historical Society and Museum Clearfield Clearfield Central PA Local history website
The Clemente Museum Pittsburgh Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Sports A museum dedicated to the memorabilia and legacy of late baseball player Roberto Clemente.
Clifton House Fort Washington Montgomery Delaware Valley Local history Operated by the Historical Society of Fort Washington
Collen Brook Farm Upper Darby Township Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Upper Darby Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation Media Delaware Delaware Valley Living Located at Ridley Creek State Park
Columns Museum Milford Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Pike County Historical Society
Compass Inn Museum Laughlintown Westmoreland Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Historic house Restored inn with costumed docents that tell the story of transportation and everyday life in the early 19th century
Conestoga Area Historical Society Museum Conestoga Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, museum housed in a 19th-century tobacco barn
Conrad Weiser Homestead Womelsdorf Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house Colonial homestead of Conrad Weiser, a very important figure in the settlement of the colonial frontier; park around the home designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Coolspring Power Museum Coolspring Jefferson Central PA Technology website, over 250 historic internal combustion stationary gas engines
Cooper's Shed Museum Mount Joy Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Industry - Beer Part of Bube’s Brewery complex
Cornwall Iron Furnace Cornwall Lebanon Pennsylvania Dutch Country Industry - Iron National Historic Landmark iron furnaces, support buildings and surrounding community, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Corry Area Historical Museum Corry Erie Northwest Region Local history website, artifacts from pioneer life to the first modern oil refinery up to present-day manufacturing
Crayola Experience Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Children's Interactive creative stations, history of the Crayola company and its art products
Cresco Station Museum Cresco Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, operated by the Barrett Township Historical Society
Crossroads Heritage Museum Hamburg Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation website, includes horse-drawn coaches, sleighs, wagons, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, vintage quilts, 1840 original stage coach, and small items related to the 19th century
Cumberland County Historical Society Museum Carlisle Cumberland Cumberland Valley Local history website, folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
Dale/Engle/Walker House Lewisburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Daniel Boone Homestead Birdsboro Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Open air Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
David Mead Log Cabin Meadville Crawford Northwest Region Historic house information
David Bradford House Washington Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house 18th-century-period house, home of David Bradford, a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion
David Wills House Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country History website, 19th-century law office of David Wills where President Abraham Lincoln revised his Gettysburg Address, exhibits about the battle's effects on the town, operated by the Gettysburg Foundation
Da Vinci Science Center Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Science
DeBence Antique Music World Franklin Venango Northwest Region Music Antique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, calliopes, player pianos, and automated brass bands that date from the mid-19th century to the 1940s
Delaware County Historical Society Museum Chester Delaware Delaware Valley Local history website, also archives and library
Delaware County Institute of Science Media Delaware Delaware Valley Natural history website, natural history museum and natural science library, includes mounted birds and animals, an herbarium of Delaware County plants, fossils, shells, corals, animal skulls, bird nests and eggs, butterflies, spiders, insects
Demuth Museum Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art Museum of paintings by Charles Demuth
Depreciation Lands Museum Allison Park Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Living website, colonial village life
Donora Smog Museum Donora Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area History History of the Donora Smog of 1948, an air inversion of smog containing fluoride that killed 20 people
Dorflinger Glass Museum White Mills Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Glass Cut glass crystal made in White Mills from 1852 to 1921, located at the 600-acre Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
Doylestown Historical Society Doylestown Bucks Delaware Valley Local history website
Drake Well Museum Titusville Venango Northwest Region Industry - Oil Beginnings of the modern oil industry through videos, exhibits, operating oil field machinery, and historic buildings in a park setting, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Driebe Freight Station Art Gallery Stroudsburg Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Duncan & Miller Glass Museum Washington Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Glass website, exhibits of glass and tools of George Duncan & Sons and Duncan & Miller Glass Companies 1874 to 1955, and operated by The National Duncan Glass Society
Eagles Mere Museum Eagles Mere Sullivan Northern Tier Local history website, exhibits include the George Lewis Glassworks era 1804-1830, farming era 1830-1880, narrow gauge railroad 1892-1926, big hotels' era 1880-1960s
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery University Park Centre Central PA Natural history website, part of Pennsylvania State University, rocks, minerals, fossils, mining and scientific equipment, archaeological artifacts, paintings and sculpture depicting mining and related industries
East Broad Top Railroad Rockhill Furnace Huntingdon Central PA Transportation - Railroad National Historic heritage railroad
Eastern Museum of Motor Racing York Springs Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Automotive website, collection of vintage race cars and artifacts and research library
Eckley Miners' Village Weatherly Luzerne Lehigh Valley Industry - Mining Anthracite coal mining patch town, operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Edinboro Area Historical Society Edinboro Erie Northwest Region Local history website
Eisenhower National Historic Site Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Presidential home Home for the Eisenhowers after they left the White House in 1961
Eldred World War II Museum Eldred McKean Northern Tier Military Exhibits about World War II
Electric City Trolley Museum Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Elizabeth Township Historical Society Museum Boston Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Facebook site
Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum Sonestown Sullivan Northern Tier Military Facebook page, honors America's veterans from all wars
Ephrata Cloister Ephrata Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious One of America's earliest religious communities, founded in 1732, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Erie Art Museum Erie Erie Northwest Region Art
Erie Maritime Museum Erie Erie Northwest Region Maritime Homeport of the U.S. Brig Niagara, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Evans-Mumbower Mill Upper Gwynedd Township Montgomery Delaware Valley Mill Restored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Everhart Museum Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Multiple Art, natural history and ethnographic collections (Native American, Oceania, South American and Asian), ancient civilizations, local/regional history and decorative arts
expERIEnce Children's Museum Erie Erie Northwest Region Children's website
Explore & More Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Children's website
Fallingwater Bear Run Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Federal School Haverford Delaware Delaware Valley Education Operated by the Haverford Historical Society, one room schoolhouse
Finley House Wayne Montgomery Delaware Valley Local history website, headquarters of the Radnor Historical Society, features period kitchen and bedroom, doll and clothing display, collection of wagons, sleighs, carriages
Firefighters Historical Museum Erie Erie Northwest Region Firefighting website
F. Julius Lemoyne House Washington Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house National Historic Landmark of the underground railroad, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Flatiron Building Heritage Center Brownsville Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Also houses the Frank L. Melega Art Museum
Fleetwood Area Historical Society Museum Fleetwood Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Fonthill Doylestown Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house Poured concrete mansion with many Arts & Crafts decorative tiles
Forest County History Center Tionesta Forest Northwest Region Local history website
Fort Bedford Museum Bedford Bedford Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Military French and Indian War era British military fortification
Fort Hunter Mansion Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Historic house 19th-century-period house and 40 acre park
Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society Museum Waterford Erie Northwest Region Local history Located on the upper floors of the Eagle Hotel, also operates tours of the Judson House
Fort Ligonier Ligonier Westmoreland Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Military Museum and recreated mid-18th-century British fort from the French and Indian War
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Uniontown Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Fort Commemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War, includes reconstructed fort, visitor center and Mount Washington Tavern
Fort Roberdeau Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Open air Reconstructed Revolutionary War stockade surrounding six log cabins, 1858 barn containing exhibits, education center, trails
Frank L. Melega Art Museum Brownsville Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Coal country-related artworks of Frank L. Melega and changing exhibits of contemporary art
Freedman Gallery Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Albright College
French Azilum Towanda Bradford Northern Tier Historic site Site of planned settlement along the Susquehanna River for refugees fleeing the French Revolution
Friends of the East Broad Top Museum Robertsdale Huntingdon Central PA Transportation - Railroad History and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Friendship Hill National Historic Site Point Marion Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house 18th-century home of early American politician Albert Gallatin
Frost Entomological Museum University Park Centre Central PA Natural history Part of Penn State, insects
Fulton County Historical Society Museum McConnellsburg Fulton Central PA Local history Located in a restored late-18th-century tavern
Gallery at Penn College Williamsport Lycoming Central PA Art website, part of Pennsylvania College of Technology, located in Madigan Library
Gallitzin Tunnels Park & Museum Gallitzin Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history Focuses on community's railroad, industrial, social, and religious heritage, park exhibits a restored 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose, history of the Gallitzin Tunnel
Gen. Frederick Von Steuben Headquarters Valley Forge Chester Delaware Valley Historic house
General Lee's Headquarters Museum Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Military website, 1834 house used by General Robert E. Lee as his personal headquarters
George Taylor House Catasauqua Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house Home of George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Adams County Historical Society
Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Civil War Includes the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg Cyclorama, 6,000 acres (24.3 km²) of park lands, 30 miles (50 km) of roads, and over 1,400 monuments and markers
Gettysburg Railroad Station Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad Railroad station with exhibits about President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Glencairn Museum Bryn Athyn Montgomery Delaware Valley Religious Religious art and history from many religions
Golden Age Air Museum Bethel Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Aviation website, birth of the barnstormer, airmail, flying circuses and the first airlines, also automobiles
Goschenhoppen Folklife Museum Green Lane Montgomery Delaware Valley Ethnic website, operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, building also houses the Country Store Museum
Graeme Park Horsham Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Only surviving residence of a colonial-era Pennsylvania governor, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Grange Estate Havertown Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by Friends of the Grange, mid-19th-century mansion
Greater Hazleton Historical Society Museum Hazleton Luzerne Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history Facebook site, includes old-fashioned kitchen and school room displays
Greene County Historical Society Museum Waynesburg Greene Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Period rooms, exhibits of local businesses and industries, Monongahela culture
Greenville Area Historical Society Museum Greenville Mercer Northwest Region Local history website
Greersburg Academy Darlington Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Also includes Native American artifacts
Grey Towers National Historic Site Dingman Township Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house Ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania
Grove City Area Historical Society Museum Grove City Mercer Northwest Region Local history website
Gutelius House Museum Mifflinburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Haas Gallery of Art Bloomsburg Columbia Central PA Art website, part of Bloomsburg University
Hagen History Center Erie Erie Northwest Region Local history Operated by the Erie County Historical Society; two-building complex contains the Watson-Curtze Mansion and Cashier's House, an 1839 Greek Revival style townhouse museum with 19th-century furnishings and changing period exhibits
Haines Mill Cetronia Lehigh Lehigh Valley Mill Operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, working grist mill
Haines Shoe House Hallam York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house Shoe-shaped house
Hands-on House Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Children's website, also known as Children's Museum of Lancaster
Hanna's Town Hannastown Westmoreland Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Open air Reconstructed Hanna Tavern/Courthouse and three vintage late-18th-century log houses, a reconstructed Revolutionary era fort and blockhouse and wagon shed, administered by the Westmoreland County Historical Society
Hanover Area Historical Society Museum Hanover York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history Located in the 18th-century Neas House, also tours of the Warehime-Myers Mansion
Hanover Fire Museum Hanover York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Firefighting website, collection of fire memorabilia and apparatus
Hanover Junction Museum Hanover York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad
Harmony Museum Harmony Butler Pittsburgh Metro Area Religious Site of the first settlement established by the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society from 1805 to 1905
Harris Switch Tower Harrisburg Dauphin South Central Transportation - Railroad Former Pennsylvania Railroad interlocking tower
Harriton House Bryn Mawr Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century house
Hartwood Mansion Hampton Township Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house 1929 Tudor mansion with antiques, public gardens, cottage, stable complex, and a gate lodge (erected in 1927)
Heisey House Museum Lock Haven Clinton Central PA Historic house Operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, 19th-century Victorian house
Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill Whitehall Lehigh Lehigh Valley Mill Operated by the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society, early 19th century grist mill
Henry Antes House Upper Frederick Township Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, 18th-century Moravian settlement houses
Herbig Bakery Bradford McKean Northern Tier Local history website, headquarters of the Bradford Landmark Society
Heritage Discovery Center Johnstown Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history Immigrant experiences, also known as the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society Museum Hershey Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, located in the barn at the old Milton Hershey School home and farm
Hershey Story Hershey Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Food History and legacy of Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate candy confections he invented
Hershey's Chocolate World Hershey Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Food Chocolate making
The Highlands Fort Washington Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house 44-acre (180,000 m2) site with a late-18th-century Georgian mansion and formal gardens
Historic Fallsington Fallsington Bucks Delaware Valley Open air Tours of the village and interiors of Moon-Williamson Log House, Burges-Lippincott House and Stagecoach Tavern
Historic Langhorne Association Langhorne Bucks Delaware Valley Local history
Historic Schaefferstown Schaefferstown Lebanon Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, includes the Gemberling Rex House, Alexander Schaeffer Farm and the Brendle Museum with displays of folklore Pennsylvania German culture
Historic Wrightsville Museum Wrightsville York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Historic Yellow Springs Chester Springs Chester Delaware Valley Open air website, thirteen structures, 142 acres (0.57 km2), and a collection of art, artifacts, and archives
Historical Society of Berks County Museum Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history
Home Textile Tool Museum Orwell Bradford Northern Tier Textile website, spinning wheels, looms and tools of early America
Honesdale Fire Museum Honesdale Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Firefighting website
Hope Horn Gallery Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, part of the University of Scranton
Hope Lodge Fort Washington Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century mansion
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Elverson Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Industry - Iron Living history presentations in the summer
Hornby School Museum North East Erie Northwest Region Education Turn-of-the-20th-century-period schoolhouse
Horseshoe Curve Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Transportation - Railroad Visitor center with displays and views of the railroad horseshoe curve
Houdini Museum Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Biographical Historic house with exhibits about Harry Houdini, also offers magic shows
Hoyt Center for the Arts New Castle Lawrence Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, regional arts center and museum
HUB-Roberson Galleries University Park Centre Central PA Art website, part of Pennsylvania State University, located in the HUB-Robeson Center
Hummelstown Area Historical Society Museum Hummelstown Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 18th century and an extensive arrowhead collection
Hunter House Museum Sunbury Northumberland Central PA Military Headquarters of the Northumberland County Historical Society, includes historical and archaeological artifacts dealing with Fort Augusta
Hurry Hill Farm Maple Museum Edinboro Erie Northwest Region Agriculture website, process for collecting and making maple syrup
Indenhofen Farm Skippack Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Skippack Historical Society in Evansburg State Park, 18th-century house
Indian Steps Museum Airville York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Native American Large collection of Susquehannock Indian artifacts, WPA models and dioramas, Holtwood Dam and other local history exhibits
Isett Acres Museum Huntingdon Huntingdon Central PA American History website, antiques and collectibles, tools, glassware, kitchen, laundry, schoolroom, toys, firearms
James A. Michener Art Museum Doylestown Bucks Delaware Valley Art Art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
James A. Michener Art Museum New Hope Bucks Delaware Valley Art Satellite facility, art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
Jefferson County History Center Brookville Jefferson Central PA Local history website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Jennie Wade House Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, home of Jennie Wade, the only Gettysburg citizen killed during the Battle of Gettysburg
Jerry's Classic Cars and Collectibles Museum Pottsville Schuylkill Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Automotive website
The Jimmy Stewart Museum Indiana Indiana Pittsburgh Metro Area Biographical Memorabilia about actor James Stewart
Joanna Furnace Complex Robeson Township Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Industry - Iron 19th-century charcoal iron furnace, life in the iron-making community
John A. Hermann Jr. Memorial Art Museum Bellevue Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, works by area artists
John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) Chambersburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Historic house Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny, boarding house where abolitionist John Brown stayed
John Brown Farm, Tannery & Museum Richmond Township Crawford Northwest Region History Farm, tannery ruins and archaeological site, built by abolitionist John Brown in 1825
John Chads House Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Historic house Home of John Harris Jr., operated by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, 19th-century mansion
John Joseph Henry House Nazareth Northampton Lehigh Valley Historic house website, 1832 house, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
John McFadden Model Railroad Museum Mercersburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Transportation - Railroad website
John Sebastian Goundie House Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house website, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, 1810 brick residence with temporary exhibits of local history
Johannes Mueller House Lititz Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation, 1792 house with costumed docents
Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum Meadville Crawford Northwest Region Photography website, repository for Keystone View Company stereoscopic products, documents and memorabilia
Johnstown Children's Museum Johnstown Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Allegheniess Children's Located in the Heritage Discovery Center, interactive displays about Johnstown's geography, history, culture and industry
Johnstown Flood Museum Johnstown Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies History History of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood National Memorial South Fork Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies History Commemorates the approximately 2,200 people who died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889
Joseph Priestley House Northumberland Northumberland Central PA Historic house Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 18th & early 19th-century home of Joseph Priestley
Juniata College Museum of Art Huntingdon Huntingdon Central PA Art website, collection includes Hudson River School, American portrait miniatures, Old Master paintings and prints
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Decorative arts website, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, includes Bohemian glass, fine needlework, tall case clocks, dolls, cast-iron toys and landscape paintings
Kentuck Knob Stewart Township Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Kerr Memorial Museum Oakmont Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Depicts upper middle class life between 1890–1910
Kutztown Area Historical Society Museum Kutztown Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history Located in a late 19th-century school building
Lacawac Paupack Township Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house Tours of the former estate house, 545-acre nature preserve, trails, public programs
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry - Coal Adjacent to Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
Lake Shore Railway Museum North East Erie Northwest Region Transportation - Railroad website, operated by the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society; depots, locomotives, passenger cars
Lancaster County Historical Society Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, located at the Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum
Lancaster Marionette Theatre Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Puppet website, includes museum with puppets from around the world and exhibits about John Durang
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Museum Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious website, exhibits about Mennonite and Amish life
Lancaster Museum of Art Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website
Lancaster Science Factory Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Science website
Landis Valley Museum Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Living history Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940
Lawrence Cabin Havertown Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Haverford Township Historical Society, early-18th-century log cabin
Lawrence County Historical Society Museum New Castle Lawrence Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website
Leechburg Area Museum and Historical Society Leechburg Armstrong Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website
Leesport Lock House Leesport Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation 19th-century lock house, open for events
Lehigh University Art Galleries Bethlehem Northampton Lehigh Valley Art website, includes two art galleries at the Zoellner Arts Center, several other galleries and outdoor sculptures around the campus
Lehigh County Heritage Museum Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Local history Operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Lehigh County history from the earliest Native American inhabitants to the German settlers of the 18th century through the Industrial Revolution to mercantile and wartime accounts from the 20th century
Lemon House Cresson Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Historic house Part of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, restored 1840s period house and tavern
LeRoy Heritage Museum Canton Bradford Northern Tier Local history website
Liberty Bell Museum Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley History Exhibits relating to the Liberty Bell, liberty, freedom, patriotism and local history
Lincoln Highway Experience Latrobe Westmoreland Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Transportation website, operated by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, telling story of our nation's first coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Train Museum Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad website, model trains and dioramas illustrating the railroad’s role during the Civil War
Lititz Museum Lititz Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation
Little Buffalo State Park Newport Perry Central PA Historic house Includes the Blue Ball Tavern Museum and Shoaff's Mill
Little Beaver Museum Darlington Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Facebook site, operated by the Little Beaver Historical Society
Little Museum Sterling Run Cameron Central PA Local history website, operated by the Cameron County Historical Society
Livingood Museum Womelsdorf Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society
Lock Ridge Furnace Museum Alburtis Lehigh Lehigh Valley Industry Operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, ruins of coal-burning iron furnace with displays about the anthracite iron industry
Lore Degenstein Gallery Selinsgrove Snyder Central PA Art website, part of Susquehanna University
Lower Saucon Township Historical Society Lower Saucon Township Northampton Lehigh Valley Education Former one-room school
Luzerne County Museum Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history Operated by the Luzerne County Historical Society
Mack Trucks Museum Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Transportation - Automotive website, about Mack Trucks
Macungie Institute Macungie Lehigh Lehigh Valley Local history website, community center with headquarters and the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum of the Macungie Historical Society
Manheim Heritage Center Manheim Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Manheim Historical Society
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Museum Bristol Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house website, late Victorian mansion
Martin Guitar Museum Nazareth Northampton Lehigh Valley Music Museum of the Martin Guitar Factory, factory tours
Marywood University Art Galleries Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website
Mascaro-Steiniger Turfgrass Museum University Park Centre Central PA Technology website, part of Penn State, open by appointment, lawn care equipment, located at the Landscape Management Research Center
Matson Museum of Anthropology University Park Centre Central PA Anthropology website, part of Pennsylvania State University, displays archaeological objects from around the world, including Mesopotamia, Mexico and Pennsylvania, and items used by contemporary cultures from Latin America to Afghanistan
Mauch Chunk Museum Jim Thorpe Carbon Lehigh Valley Local history website
McCarl Industrial & Agricultural Museum of Beaver County Darlington Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Industry Operated by the Little Beaver Historical Society, history and development of manufacturing in the County
McCoy House Museum Lewistown Mifflin Central PA Local history Operated by the Mifflin County Historical Society
McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center McKeesport Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history
McMurtrie House Museum Huntingdon Huntingdon Central PA Historic house website, operated by the Huntingdon County Historical Society
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life Avella Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Archaeological site, open air Operated by the Heinz History Center, Woodland, Archaic and Paleoindian remains, 16,000-year-old campsite alongside a village recreating rural life from the 19th century
Mechanicsburg Museum Mechanicsburg Cumberland Cumberland Valley Open air Includes Passenger Station and Stationmaster's House, Frankeberger Tavern, Freight Station, and the Washington Street Station
Mennonite Heritage Center Harleysville Montgomery Delaware Valley Religious Local Mennonite history and traditions
Mennonite Information Center Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Religious website, movie about the Amish, features full-sized Biblical Tabernacle reproduction in wax
Mercer County Historical Society Museum Mercer Mercer Northwest Region Local history website, located in the Anderson House, can also tour the Magoffin House with a guide
Mercer Museum Doylestown Bucks Delaware Valley History Collection of early American objects and artifacts
Merrick Art Gallery New Brighton Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Officially known as Merrick Free Art Gallery, Museum and Library, collection of French, German, English, and American paintings from the 18th and 19th century, including a collection of Hudson River School paintings
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Aviation Historic war planes, classic airliners, rare civilian and military aircraft
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum Mifflinburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation Original carriage workshop with carriages, wagons, and sleighs and tools to make them
Millersburg Museum Millersburg Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history Facebook site, operated by the Historical Society of Millersburg & Upper Paxton Township
Mill at Anselma Chester Springs Chester Delaware Valley Mill 18th-century grain mill
Mill Grove Audubon Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Home of John James Audubon, art museum and Audubon wildlife sanctuary
Minshall House Media Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house website
Misericordia University Art Galleries Dallas Luzerne Lehigh Valley Art Pauly Friedman Art Gallery and MacDonald Art Gallery in Insalaco Hall
Mixsell House Museum Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Historic house Operated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, open by appointment
Moland House Hartsville Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Warwick Township Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse used by George Washington as a headquarters in 1777
Montgomery House Museum Danville Montour Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history Operated by the Montour County Historical Society
Moravian Museum Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Open air Tells the stories of the Moravian founders, includes 1741 Gemeinhaus, a five-story log structure, the 1752 Apothecary and the 1758 Nain-Schober House, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
Moravian Historical Society Museum Nazareth Northampton Lehigh Valley Religious History of the Moravian Church and its contributions to American history and culture
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Doylestown Bucks Delaware Valley Industry "Working history" museum
Morgan Log House Lansdale Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Eartly 18th-century log house, operated by the Welsh Valley Preservation Society
Morton Morton House Norwood Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Norwood Historical Society, 18th-century house
Mount Joy Historical Society Museum Mount Joy Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History Muncy Lycoming Central PA Local history website, collection includes frakturs, a WPA-commissioned replica of Fort Muncy and military gallery, Native American artifacts, art, textiles
Munnell Run Farm Mercer Mercer Northwest Region Multiple website, 163-acre working farm, environmental education and local history programs, interactions of agriculture and ecology, mid-19th century Bigler House
Museum of Indian Culture Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Native American Highlights the early history and culture of the Lenape and other American Indian tribes.
The Museum of Mourning Art Drexel Hill Delaware Delaware Valley History Beliefs and rituals that surround the arts of dying and grieving
Nain-Schober House Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house website, 18th-century house, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
National Canal Museum Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Transportation History, science, and technology of canal construction and navigation, includes Emrick Technology Center with exhibits about the area's industrial history
National Centre for Padro Pio Barto Berks Delaware Valley Religious website, promotes life and teachings of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
National Civil War Museum Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Civil War
National Museum of the American Coverlet Bedford Bedford Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Textile website, woven coverlets
National Toy Train Museum Strasburg Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad Operated by the Train Collectors Association, interactive display of toy trains dating back to the early 1800s
National Watch and Clock Museum Columbia Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Horology
N. C. Wyeth House and Studio Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Art Tours operated by the Brandywine River Museum
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art Millersburg Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, also a nature center
Nemacolin Castle Brownsville Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Maintained by the Brownsville Historical Society, 19th-century mansion
New Berlin Heritage Museum New Berlin Union Central PA Local history Open on New Berlin Day or by appointment, also known as the Courthouse Museum
New Holland Band Museum New Holland Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Music website, band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment
Newlin Mill Complex Concord Township Delaware Delaware Valley Mill Two historic houses, barn, water-powered grist mill, visitor center in a park
Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead Wyomissing Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, 18th-century house under restoration
Nitre Hall Havertown Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Operated by the Haverford Historical Society
No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum Lansford Carbon Lehigh Valley Industry - Coal website
North East Museum North East Erie Northwest Region Local history website, operated by the North East Historical Society
North Museum of Nature and Science Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Natural history, Science website
Oakes Museum of Natural History Grantham Cumberland Pennsylvania Dutch Country Natural history website, part of Messiah College, dioramas of African and North American mammals, bird eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects & butterflies, fossils
Ohio Valley Lines Model Railroad, Library & Museum Ambridge Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Railroad 400 foot model operating railroad, depicts the late 1950s-1960s era from Ambridge/Pittsburgh local to Wheeling, West Virginia
Old Bedford Village Bedford Bedford Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Open air Includes buildings from the 18th to early 20th centuries, living history demonstrations
Old Caln Historical Society Museum Caln Township Chester Delaware Valley Local history Housed in part of a historic meeting house
Old Dry Road Farm Lower Heidelberg Township Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Farm 18th-century living history farm complex, open for school groups and special events
Old Eagle School Tredyffrin Chester Delaware Valley Education One room schoolhouse
Old Economy Village Ambridge Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Religious Last of three settlements established by the Harmony Society, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Old Jail Museum Chambersburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Local history Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny
Old Jail Museum Jim Thorpe Carbon Lehigh Valley Jail Late-19th-century prison
Old Jail Museum Smethport McKean Northern Tier Prison information, Facebook site, operated by the McKean County Historical Society
Old Line Museum Delta York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Olin Art Gallery Washington Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Part of the Olin Fine Arts Center at Washington & Jefferson College
Oliver Miller Homestead South Park Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Frontier stone house and spring house, reconstructed log house, blacksmith forge, barn, demonstration shed and gardens
Packwood House Museum Lewisburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Decorative arts Glass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, and Oriental art
Palmer Museum of Art University Park Centre Central PA Art Part of Penn State University, collection includes American and European art, contemporary European and Japanese studio ceramics, Asian art, objects from ancient European, African, and Near Eastern cultures
Palmerton Area Heritage Center State College Centre Central PA Local history website, operated by the Palmerton Area Historical Society
Paper Mill House Museum Newtown Township Delaware Delaware Valley Local history Operated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, includes an 1850s era general store
Parry Mansion Museum New Hope Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house website, home of the New Hope Historical Society
Passavant House Zelienople Butler Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Operated by the Zelienople Historical Society, early 19th-century house reflecting over 150 years of family ownership
Pasto Agricultural Museum University Park Centre Central PA Agriculture website, part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, historic agriculture tools, machinery and equipment, open by appointment
Paul R. Stewart Museum Waynesburg Greene Pittsburgh Metro Area Multiple website, part of Waynesburg University, geology, Native American artifacts, local history, pottery and glassware
Payne Gallery Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Art website, part of Moravian College
Pearl S. Buck House Perkasie Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house Home of American author Pearl Buck, 68-acre (280,000 m2) estate, with 1825 stone farm house, gardens, greenhouses, cottage, milk house and renovated barn
Pennsbury Manor Morrisville Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house Home of William Penn, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Penn State All-Sports Museum University Park Centre Central PA Sports Pennsylvania State University sports history and memorabilia
Penns Valley Area Historical Museum Aaronsburg Centre Central PA Local history website
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry - Coal Anthracite coal mining and industrial heritage of northeastern Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center Kutztown Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Ethnic website, part of Kutztown University, 42-acre (170,000 m2) farm with buildings which show the life of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries
Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Historic house
Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum Nazareth Northampton Lehigh Valley Weaponry website, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Galeton Potter Northern Tier Industry - Lumber Documents the history and technology of the Commonwealth's forest industries, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military Museum Boalsburg Centre Central PA Military Recounts the story of Commonwealth citizen's who served our country in defense of the nation, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military College Museum Chester Delaware Delaware Valley Military website, Widener University's military history as the Pennsylvania Military Academy and Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Firefighting
Pennsylvania State Capitol Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley History
Pennsylvania State Police Museum Hershey Dauphin Pennsylvania Dutch Country Law enforcement website, proposed museum
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Washington Washington Pittsburgh Metro Area Transportation
Pennsylvania Veterans Museum Media Delaware Delaware Valley Military
Pennypacker Mills Schwenksville Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house National Historic site, 18th-century mansion and park
Peter Herdic Transportation Museum Williamsport Lycoming Central PA Transportation website, vehicles for river, rail and road
Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum South Williamsport Lycoming Central PA Sports
Peter Wentz Farmstead Worcester Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century Pennsylvania German farmstead
Phillips Museum of Art Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Franklin & Marshall College, collection includes decorative arts, Pennsylvania German material culture, ethnographic material
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train Ashland Schuylkill Pennsylvania Dutch Country Industry - Mining website, anthracite coal mine tour, narrow-gauge steam train ride, museum
Piper Aviation Museum Lock Haven Clinton Central PA Transportation - Aviation website
Pithole City Pithole Venango Northwest Region Industry Ghost town of former oil boomtown; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Drake Well Museum
Pocono Indian Museum Bushkill Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania Native American website, history of the Delaware Indian
Police Heritage Museum York York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Law enforcement website
Portage Station Museum Portage Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history website, operated by the Portage Area Historical Society, influences of coal mining, railroads, steel, forests, water, and recreation
Potter County Historical Society/Museum Coudersport Potter Northern Tier Local history Facebook site
Pottsgrove Manor Pottsgrove Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Mid 18th-century period mansion
Philip P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum Rome Bradford Northern Tier Biographical Home of 19th century gospel music composer Phillip Paul Bliss
Promised Land State Park Blooming Grove Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania History Includes the Masker Museum about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the park's natural history
Quaint Corner Children's Museum Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Children's website
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm Hamilton Township Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Open air Historic working farm with period interpreters reflecting farm family life from 1760 to 1913
Rachel Carson Homestead Springdale Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Biographical National Historic home of environmental author Rachel Carson
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Strasburg Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Randyland Pittsburgh Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Outsider Art Colorful houses and public art museum spanning by painter Randy Gilson.
Railroaders Memorial Museum Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Transportation - Railroad
Reading Area Fire-Fighters Museum Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Firefighting website Historic 1876 fire station, open to public Saturdays 10-2 other times by appointment
Reading Public Museum Reading Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Multiple Art, natural history, civilizations, planetarium, arboretum
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Hamburg Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Transportation - Railroad website, operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Renfrew Museum and Park Waynesboro Franklin Cumberland Valley Open air Restored early-19th-century farmstead and park
Richard Wall House Elkins Park Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house House dating back to the late 18th century, reflects two centuries of owners
Rivers of Steel Homestead Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Industry - Steel History of the area's steel, coal and related industries
Roadside America Shartlesville Berks Delaware Valley Transportation - Railroad Miniature village and railway
Robert Fulton Birthplace Quarryville Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Biographical
Rock Ford Plantation Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house 1794 Georgian mansion of General Edward Hand
Rockhill Trolley Museum Rockhill Furnace Huntingdon Central PA Transportation Trolleys
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association Kinzers Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Agriculture Open seasonally, traction engines, antique farm implements and machinery, steam engines and stationary gas engines
Rowley House Museum Williamsport Lycoming Central PA Historic house website, Victorian mansion operated by Preservation Williamsport
Saint Nicholas Chapel and Museum Beaver Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Religious website, Greek Catholic church with museum of Greek Catholic Union, Greek Catholic, and Carpatho-Rusin histories
Sanderson Museum Chadds Ford Delaware Delaware Valley Local history
Samek Art Museum Lewisburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Bucknell University, includes the Samek Gallery, the Downtown Gallery and locations around campus
Saylor Park Cement Industry Museum Coplay Lehigh Lehigh Valley Industry Nine vertical cement kilns and exhibits about the American Portland Cement Industry, operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society
Sayre Historical Society Museum Sayre Bradford Northern Tier Local history website
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn Planetarium East Stroudsburg Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Natural history Part of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Pennsburg Montgomery Delaware Valley Religious Museum collections include Schwenkfelder history and decorative arts including fraktur
Schuylkill County Historical Society Museum Pottsville Schuylkill Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website
Scranton Iron Furnaces Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry Heritage of iron making in Pennsylvania
Sculpted Ice Works Factory Tour & Ice Harvest Museum Lakeville Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Industry website, ice harvesting and modern ice making and carving
Seminary Ridge Museum Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Military Focus is the pivotal first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on Seminary Ridge, the hospital use of the building, and cultural debates of the Civil War era
Sewickley Heights History Center Sewickley Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website
Shippensburg Historical Society Shippensburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Local history website, includes Central Pennsylvania Indian arrowheads and tools, WPA educational aids made in Shippensburg, medical collections and Shippensburg area pottery
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum Shippensburg Franklin Cumberland Valley Fashion website
Shriver House Museum Gettysburg Adams Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website, 1860s period home of George Washington Shriver, experience of civilians during the Battle of Gettysburg
Sigal Museum Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Local history website, operated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, county history and culture
Simpler Times Museum Tidioute Warren Northwest Region Ephemera information, oil and gas production equipment, gasoline pumps, signs and globes, tractors and farm equipment and engines, antique cars and turn-of-the-20th-century exhibits, open by appointment
Sinking Spring Historical Society & Heritage Park Sinking Spring Berks Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history information
Slate Belt Heritage Center Bangor Northampton Lehigh Valley Local history website, exhibits include a fire museum, town clock, council room, period rooms reflecting local ethnic and industrial heritage
Slate Belt Museum Mt. Bethel Northampton Lehigh Valley Local history website
Slifer House Museum Lewisburg Union Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house Mid 19th-century Victorian period mansion
Smock Heritage Museum Smock Fayette Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website, operated by the Smock Historical Society
Somerset Historical Center Somerset Somerset Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air Rural heritage center, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Sordoni Art Gallery Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Northeastern Pennsylvania Art website, part of Wilkes University
South Side Historical Village Hookstown Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air website, includes a restored 1874 Mercer one-room school house, blacksmith shop, 1800s log cabin showing rural home life, a brick bread oven, a general store, a barn with antique agriculture equipment and a doctor’s office
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Altoona Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Art Quarterly art exhibitions and a collection of railroad photographic prints
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Loretto Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Art Headquarters to the complex of four museum facilities, permanent collection of works of American art, located on the campus of Saint Francis University
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Ligonier Westmoreland Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Art Includes permanent paperweight collection
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Johnstown Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Art Housed in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Speaker's House Trappe Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century home of Frederick August Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Springfield Heritage Museum Springfield Delaware Delaware Valley Local history information, located in the McLaughlin Education Center at Springfield High School
Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum Complex Royersford Montgomery Delaware Valley Local history website, includes William Lewin Plantation House and Barn Museum
Springfield Mills Erdenheim Montgomery Delaware Valley Mill Restored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Morris Arboretum
Springs Museum Springs Somerset Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history website, operated by the Springs Historical Society
Square Tavern Newtown Township Delaware Delaware Valley History Operated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, 18th-century-period tavern
State Museum of Pennsylvania Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Multiple Archaeological artifacts, minerals, paintings, decorative arts, animal dioramas, industrial and technological innovations and military objects; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton Lackawanna Northeastern Pennsylvania Transportation - Railroad Interprets the story of main line steam railroading between 1850 and 1950
The Stoogeum Ambler Montgomery Delaware Valley Biographical website, dedicated entirely to The Three Stooges
Stover Mill Gallery Erwinna Bucks Delaware Valley Art Regional art gallery located in a 19th-century gristmill, operated by the Tinicum Civic Association
Stoy Museum Lebanon Lebanon Pennsylvania Dutch Country Local history website, operated by the Lebanon County Historical Society, recreated rooms of doctor's office, barber shop, school room, parlor, beauty salon, kitchen, general store, Cold Spring Train Station, wood shop
Stroud Mansion Stroudsburg Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania History Operated by the Monroe County Historical Association, social, cultural, political and economic life of Monroe County
Sturgeon House Fairview Erie Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history Operated by the Fairview Area Historical Society
Sullivan County Historical Society Museum Laporte Sullivan Northern Tier Local history website, also the Baldwin House, a historic house museum, is next door
Summerseat Morrisville Bucks Delaware Valley Historic house Late-18th-century house used as a headquarters by George Washington
Sun Inn, Pennsylvania Bethlehem Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic inn website
Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Art Contemporary art
Susquehanna County Historical Society Museum Montrose Susquehanna Northern Tier Local history website
Susquehanna Depot Area Historical Society Museum Susquehanna Depot Susquehanna Northern Tier Local history information
Sutton-Ditz House Clarion Clarion Northwest Region Historic house Operated by the Clarion County Historical Society, late 19th-century mansion
Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery Annville Lebanon Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of Lebanon Valley College
Swedish Log Cabin Drexel Hill Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century log cabin
Swetland Homestead Wyoming Luzerne Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house 19th-century period house, open by appointment with the Luzerne County Historical Society
Taylor Memorial Museum Brockway Jefferson Central PA Local history website, operated by the Brockway Area Historical Society, features glass from local industry, artifacts from the lumbering, mining, and farming communities
Temple Judea Museum Elkins Park Montgomery Delaware Valley Ethnic website, Judaica from around the world, located at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
The 1803 House Emmaus Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house Also known as the Ehrenhardt House, lifestyle of the inhabitants of colonial Emmaus
Thomas Leiper Estate Nether Providence Township Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century house
Thomas Massey House Broomall Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century house with 17th- and 18th-century furnishings
Thomas T. Taber Museum Williamsport Lycoming Central PA Local history website, operated by the Lycoming County Historical Society, features Native American and fine and decorative arts galleries, 19th-century-period rooms, and over 300 toy trains
Tioga Point Museum Athens Bradford Northern Tier Multiple Includes Native American, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, European and Middle Eastern art and cultural objects, local historical items
Tom Ridge Environmental Center Erie Erie Northwest Region Natural history Located in Presque Isle State Park, local plants, animals, human and cultural history
Tour-Ed Mine and Museum Tarentum Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Industry - Coal website, coal mine and recreated home of a typical coal miner in the 1850s, general store items, tools and antiques
Toy Soldier Museum Cresco Monroe Northeastern Pennsylvania Toy website, toy soldier displays, battle dioramas, civilian scenes, regimental militaria and uniforms
Trout Gallery Carlisle Cumberland Cumberland Valley Art website, part of Dickinson College, in the Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts
Trout Hall Allentown Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house Operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, late-18th-century Colonial mansion
Troxell-Steckel House Egypt Lehigh Lehigh Valley Historic house Operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, 1756 Pennsylvania-German farm house
Tyrone History Museum Tyrone Blair Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Local history website, operated by the Tyrone Area Historical Society
Union City Historical Society Museum Union City Erie Northwest Region Local history website, unusual items of everyday use from the 18th- and 19th-century rural and urban life
University Museum of Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana Indiana Pittsburgh Metro Area Art website, located in John Sutton Hall, also Kipp Gallery
Upper Mill Milford Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania Mill Restored 19th-century grist mill
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Carlisle Cumberland Cumberland Valley Military Includes Army Heritage Museum and Army Heritage Trail
Valley Forge National Historical Park Valley Forge Chester Delaware Valley History Includes Welcome Center with exhibits, Washington's Headquarters (Valley Forge), Washington Memorial Chapel, reconstructed works and buildings
Valley School Museum Albion Erie Northwest Region School information
Venango County Historical Society Museum Franklin Venango Northwest Region Historic house website, known as the Hoge-Osmer House
Vicary Mansion Freedom Beaver Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Operated by the Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation, early-19th-century mansion under restoration
Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical Society Vandergrift Westmoreland Pittsburgh Metro Area Local history information
Vocal Group Hall of Fame Sharon Mercer Northwest Region Music
Wagner–Ritter House & Garden Johnstown Cambria Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies Historic house 19th-century working-class family home
Wallace-Cross Mill East Hopewell Township York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Mill Restored 19th-century grist mill
Walnutport Canal & Locktenders House Walnutport Northampton Lehigh Valley Historic house information, information, restored early 19th-century locktender's house, part of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing Bucks Delaware Valley Open air 13 historic buildings that mark the location where George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Wattsburg Historical Society Museum Wattsburg Erie Northwest Region Local history information
Wayne County Historical Society Museums Honesdale Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Local history website, includes main museum, J.B. Park Farm Museum, Bethel School, Old Stone Jail
Waynesborough Paoli Chester Delaware Valley Historic house 18th-century home of Gen. Anthony Wayne, operated by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
Weather Discovery Center Punxsutawney Jefferson Central PA Science website, weather lore stories, exhibits and demonstrations
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum Gibsonia Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Transportation - Railroad History of railroads in western Pennsylvania through model railroading
Westmoreland Museum of American Art Greensburg Westmoreland Pittsburgh Metro Area Art Works by significant American artists, including Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer
West Overton Museums Scottdale Westmoreland Pittsburgh Metro Area Open air 19th-century rural industrial village
Wharton Esherick Museum Malvern Chester Delaware Valley Art Studio of wood sculptor Wharton Esherick
Wheatland Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Presidential Home Home of President James Buchanan
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Harrisburg Dauphin Cumberland Valley Science Complex includes Harsco Science Center, Sunoco Performance Theater and an IMAX theater
Widener University Art Gallery Chester Delaware Delaware Valley Art website, collection includes 19th and 20th-century American paintings, 19th-century European paintings, 18th and 19th-century Asian art
Wilbur Chocolate Factory & Candy Americana Museum Lititz Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Food History of chocolate and the Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilder Museum Irvine Warren Northwest Region Local history website, operated by the Warren County Historical Society
William Brinton 1704 House West Chester Delaware Delaware Valley Historic house Stone Quaker home, National Historic Landmark
William E. Swigart Jr. Antique Automobile Museum Huntingdon Huntingdon Central PA Transportation - Automotive Features antique automobiles, artwork, bicycles, toys and automobile memorabilia
Williams Center Art Gallery Easton Northampton Lehigh Valley Art website, part of Lafayette College
Williams House Paupack Wayne Northeastern Pennsylvania Historic house website, operated by the Wallenpaupack Historical Society
Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum Willow Grove Montgomery Delaware Valley Transportation - Aviation
Winters Heritage House Museum Elizabethtown Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house website
Wolf Museum of Music and Art Lancaster Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Music, Art website, features 19th and early 20th century furniture, paintings by the Philadelphia Ten, recitals on two 1915 Knabe concert grand pianos
Woodmont Gladwyne Montgomery Delaware Valley Historic house Late-19th-century mansion and estate, history of International Peace Mission movement and Father Divine
Woodville Plantation Bridgeville Allegheny Pittsburgh Metro Area Historic house Late-18th-century plantation house, depicts life from 1780 to 1820
World of Scouting Museum Valley Forge Chester Delaware Valley Scouting website, Girl & Boy Scout memorabilia, open by appointment
Wright's Ferry Mansion Columbia Lancaster Pennsylvania Dutch Country Historic house Restored 1750s period Quaker home with Philadelphia furniture, English ceramics, needlework, metals and glass
Wyalusing Valley Museum Wyalusing Bradford Northern Tier Local history website, operated by the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association
Wyoming County Historical Museum Tunkhannock Wyoming Northern Tier Local history website, operated by the Wyoming County Historical Society
York College Art Galleries York York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Art website, part of York College of Pennsylvania
York County History Center York York Pennsylvania Dutch Country Multiple website, includes the Historical Society Museum and Library, Agricultural and Industrial Museum, Bonham House, Fire Museum, General Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern, Barnett Bobb House
Zane Grey Museum Lackawaxen Pike Northeastern Pennsylvania Biographical Home and works of author Zane Grey
Zeigler House Dalmatia Northumberland Central PA Local history website, library and museum of the Mahanoy & Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, open by appointment
Zoellner Arts Center Bethlehem Northampton Lehigh Valley Art Arts center for Lehigh University, includes an art gallery
Zoller Gallery University Park Centre Central PA Art website, part of Penn State in the Visual Arts Building

Defunct museums

  • American Civil War Wax Museum, Gettysburg, collections now at the Gettysburg Heritage Center
  • American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, Birdsboro, closed in 2010, collections donated to the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Americana Museum of Bird-in-Hand, Bird-in-Hand, closed in 206, small town America at the dawn of the 20th century, included a barber shop, woodworking shop, tea parlor, print shop, millinery, toy store, blacksmith shop, tobacco shop, apothecary, wheelwright shop, and a country general store
  • Baker-Dungan Museum, Beaver
  • Easton Museum of Pez Dispensers, Easton,
  • Eddie's Toy Museum & Store, Monroe
  • George Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, closed in 2007, collection now part of the Heinz History Center
  • Hall of Presidents Exhibit, Gettysburg, closed in 2016, contents auctioned
  • Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum, Girard, operated by the West County Historical Association
  • Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster, closed in 2011
  • JEM Classic Car Museum, Andreas, collection sold in 2003
  • Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania, Pottsville, closed in 2014
  • Kready's Country Store Museum, Lititz
  • Lancaster County Quilts and Textile Museum, closed in 2011
  • Marx Toy Museum, Erie, closed April 2008, now online only
  • Mary Stolz Doll Museum, Bushkill, closed in 2005
  • Mary Merritt Doll and Early Childhood Museum, Douglassville, closed in December 2005.
  • Museum of Erie GE History, Erie
  • National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, opened in 1948, closed in 1959
  • Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display, Jim Thorpe, closed in 2012
  • Pennsylvania Fishing Museum at Pecks Pond, Dingmans Ferry
  • People's Place Quilt Museum, Intercourse, closed in 2013
  • Round Top Museum, Gettysburg, collections now part of the Gettysburg Heritage Center
  • Soldiers National Museum, Gettysburg, closed in 2014 and contents auctioned
  • Sones Farm & Home Museum, Muncy, closed in 2017
  • Toy Robot Museum, Adamstown
  • Windber Coal Heritage Center, Windber, operated by the Eureka Coal Heritage Foundation, closed in 2014

See also

  • Nature Centers in Pennsylvania

Resources

  • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
  • Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations
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