From the Executive Director

Posted by on Dec 17, 2019 in | Comments Off on From the Executive Director One of the things I love best about being executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission is sharing our commonwealth’s history with other Pennsylvanians. Although this letter is appearing in the winter issue of Pennsylvania Heritage, I am writing it on one of the hottest days of 2018. Earlier today, I had just come out of a series of meetings related to agency work...
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Spitz Model A3P Star Projector

Posted by on Jun 19, 2015 in | Comments Off on Spitz Model A3P Star Projector   The Planetarium at The State Museum of Pennsylvania first opened to the public on July 14, 1965, and will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year on July 15-19. Early patrons and those who followed until 2004 will recall the tall, unconcealed mechanism emerging from the floor in the center of the theater, as much a part of the show as the stars and planets it projected onto the sky dome...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by on May 8, 2015 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter Topics in the Winter 2015 Newsletter: PHF and PHMC Identify Fundraising Priorities for 2015 The Giving Circle Trails of History Sites and Museums Winter Learning Opportunities PHF Elects New Officers Exploring the Records of the Fall Brook Coal Company and Fall Brook Railroad Coming Soon! Welcome New PHF Members Welcome New State Museum Affiliate Members Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation...
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2013 PHMC By the Numbers Infographic

Posted by on May 8, 2015 in | Comments Off on 2013 PHMC By the Numbers Infographic Each year the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, co-publisher of Pennsylvania Heritage magazine with the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation, produces an annual report detailing its activities. In order to highlight some of our most interesting achievements and to quantify our successes we’ve put together a snapshot of these activities in the form of this infographic. Infographics are...
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Executive Director’s Message

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Executive Director’s Message “The State Museum of Pennsylvania is one of the nation’s preeminent institutions of its kind.” So concluded a report prepared as part of the national museum accreditation program conducted by the American Association of Museums (AAM). The State Museum of Pennsylvania first received accreditation in 1987, and the recent study confirmed that “in virtually every area the...
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PHMC Highlights

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on PHMC Highlights If disaster strikes, what happens to the Commonwealth’s irreplaceable public records and historic documents is of critical importance. Last fall, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) staged a “mini-disaster” at the State Records Center in Harrisburg. Several staff members of the PHMC’s Bureau of Archives and History staff attended a two-day NARA disaster preparedness and...
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