Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 173 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 59 Pennsylvania counties. This an increase over previous years by $2 million to better benefit Pennsylvania's historical resources.
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 $62,000 and a minimum grant of $4,000. Allocated funding for the program remained level with $3,800,000 in grant awards.
The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society - $20,200
Gettysburg Foundation - $36,200
Allegheny
Carnegie Science Center - $62,000
Carnegie Museum of Natural History - $62,000
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $62,000
Frick Art & Historical Center - $62,000
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh - $13,500
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (DBA Senator John Heinz History Center) - $62,000
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $62,000
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum - $58,500
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh - $13,500
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society - $8,000
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation - $8,000
Bedford
Old Bedford Village Inc. - $8,700
Berks
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles - $23,400
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust - $32,500
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum - $62,000
General Carl Spaatz Regional USAAC Museum - $4,000
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary - $62,000
Historical Society of Berks County - $12,600
Mid Atlantic Air Museum - $14,200
Blair
Blair County Historical Society - $8,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum - $19,600
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $8,000
Bucks
Bucks County Children's Museum - $10,800
Bucks County Historical Society (Mercer Museum) - $62,000
New Hope Historical Society - $5,200
Pearl S. Buck International - $33,400
The TileWorks of Bucks County - $20,000
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $10,000
Butler
Butler County Historical Society - $8,000
Historic Harmony Inc. - $5,100
Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society - $8,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association - $22,800
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society - $8,000
Centre
Centre County Historical Society - $8,000
Discovery Space of Central PA - $28,800
Chester
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center - $10,000
Chester County History Center - $28,400
Graystone Society Inc. - $13,100
Historic Sugartown Inc - $7,500
Historic Yellow Springs - $27,000
Oxford Area Historical Association - $4,000
Wharton Esherick Museum - $14,000
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society - $8,000
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society - $8,000
Columbia
Berwick Historical Society - $8,000
The Children's Museum Inc. - $4,500
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society - $8,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Association - $20,000
Shippensburg Historical Society, Inc - $4,000
Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc. - $37,000
Hershey History Center - $5,200
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $8,000
The Hershey Story Museum - $53,600
The National Civil War Museum - $26,500
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - $62,000
Delaware
Central Pennsylvania Farmstead - $8,000
Delaware County Historical Society - $8,000
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $22,000
Elk
Elk County Historical Society - $8,000
Erie
Erie County Historical Society dba Hagen History Center - $32,000
expERIEnce Children's Museum - $25,000
Presque Isle Light Station - $5,100
Fayette
Fallingwater/WPC - $62,000
Fayette County Historical Society - $8,000
Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny - $8,000
Renfrew Museum and Park - $8,000
The Conococheague Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage - $5,500
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society - $8,000
Greene
Greene County Historical Society - $8,000
Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society - $8,000
Isett Acres Museum Foundation - $7,500
Willam E. Swigart Jr. Automobile Museum - $4,000
Indiana
Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County - $8,000
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society - $8,000
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center - $4,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $8,000
Lackawanna
Everheart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art - $16,700
Lackawanna Historical Society - $8,000
Lancaster
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society dba Mennonite Life - $21,300
Lancaster Science Factory - $20,000
LancasterHistory dba LancasterHistory.org - $52,800
National Watch and Clock Museum - $40,600
North Museum of Nature and Science - $27,600
Rock Ford Foundation - $10,000
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society - $8,000
Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown, Inc - $8,000
Lehigh
Lehigh County Historical Society Inc. - $16,000
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc. - $62,000
Luzerne
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society (DBA Luzerne County Historical Society) - $8,000
Lycoming
Lycoming County Historical Society - $8,000
World of Little League Museum - Little League Baseball and Softball - $5,200
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum - $4,000
McKean County Historical Society - $8,000
Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society - $8,000
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society - $8,000
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association - $8,000
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $5,000
Montgomery
Historic Trappe - $9,400
Historical Society of Montgomery County - $8,000
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania - $8,500
Morgan Log House Historical Society - $4,000
National Audubon Society (Audubon Pennsylvania) - $21,200
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - $14,500
Northampton
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor - $12,300
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites - $45,700
Moravian Historical Society - $6,100
National Museum of Industrial History - $20,000
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $15,700
Northumberland
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $15,700
Northumberland County Historical Society - $8,000
Perry
Historical Society of Perry County - $8,000
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society - $53,100
American Swedish Historical Museum - $20,400
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $16,300
Carpenter’s Company of The City and County of Philadelphia - $9,800
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $14,700
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. - $20,400
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site - $53,100
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc. - $6,500
Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries - $53,100
Fund for Girard College - $8,100
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $53,100
Historic Fair Hill - $4,000
Historic Germantown - $6,500
Historic RittenhouseTown - $20,400
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - $53,100
Independence Seaport Museum - $53,100
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia - $37,700
John Bartram Association aka Bartram’s Garde - $53,100
Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia - $53,100
Museum of the American Revolution - $53,100
Naomi Wood Trust - $9,200
National Constitution Center - $53,100
National Liberty Museum - $53,100
Penn Museum - $53,100
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation/Fireman's Hall Museum - $4,000
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $53,100
Please Touch Museum - $53,100
Rosenbach Museum and Library - $53,100
Science History Institute - $53,100
Stenton, NSCDA/PA - $12,200
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - $53,100
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia - $39,200
The Carpenters’ Company of the City & County of Philadelphia - $9,800
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $53,100
The Franklin Institute - $53,100
The Library Company of Philadelphia - $53,100
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History - $53,100
The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation - $31,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $40,800
Wyck Association - $8,100
Pike
Pike County Historical Society and Museum - $8,000
Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County - $8,000
Somerset
Somerset Historical Center - $8,000
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society - $8,000
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society - $8,000
Union
Lewisburg Children's Museum - $6,700
Union County Historical Society - $8,000
Venango
Oil Region Music Preservation Museum - $4,000
Venango County Historical Society - $8,000
Warren
Warren County Historical Society - $8,000
Washington
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania dba Senator John Heinz History Center - $14,200
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - $26,800
The National Duncan Glass Society - $4,000
Washington County Historical Society, Inc - $8,000
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society - $8,000
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association - $36,000
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $7,200
West Overton Village and Museum - $11,400
Westmoreland County Historical Society - 8,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society - $8,000
York
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation - $4,000
The Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society - $4,000
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