From the Executive Director

Posted by on Mar 27, 2024 in | Comments Off on From the Executive Director   One of the many things we do at the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is support the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence at 2035 North Front Street in Harrisburg. We assist with exhibitions there, some of which feature selections from our art and decorative arts collections, others that highlight our historical objects. We also help facilitate loans from other institutions for...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter – Winter 2020

Posted by on Jun 8, 2020 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter – Winter 2020 Topics in the Winter 2020 Newsletter: Former State Senator Kury Named Director Emeritus of PHF Board PHF Partners with Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Preserve Pennsylvania’s History   pennsylvania-heritage-foundation-newsletter-winter-2020...
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From the Executive Director

Posted by on Mar 9, 2020 in | Comments Off on From the Executive Director The Year of the Woman. How many times have we heard that? 1975. 1992. 2018. Yet, this year is a momentous one for Pennsylvania women. June 24, 2019, marks the 100th anniversary of the commonwealth’s ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment, which would give women the right to vote, was adopted on August 18, 1920, making this a full year of celebration....
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“Keeping with the Dignity of the Commonwealth”: 50 Years of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence

Posted by on Dec 1, 2019 in | Comments Off on “Keeping with the Dignity of the Commonwealth”: 50 Years of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence The stately Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence overlooking the Susquehanna River at 2035 North Front Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, reaches its half-century mark in 2018, a milestone that is being observed with a variety of events and programs throughout the year. The Georgian Revival mansion was completed in 1968, during the term of Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, its...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by on Dec 1, 2019 in | Comments Off on Editor’s Letter In Pennsylvania Heritage, we often run stories related to current anniversaries. Anniversaries give us the opportunity to focus on moments that have remained significant from our shared past — in our case as a community of Pennsylvanians — to gain a better perspective on what came before us and how the achievements, challenges and even misfortunes of history can instruct us in the present. Three...
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