Mammal Hall (State Museum of Pennsylvania) Archives

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on May 5, 2020 in | Comments Off Topics in the Spring 2019 newsletter: PHF Partners with The State Museum for Art of the State Weddings Make History at PHMC Sites PHF at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Mary M. Hull Appointed Manager of PHF ...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on May 1, 2020 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2019 Newsletter: Mammal Hall Reopens at The State Museum of Pennsylvania You Can Help Preserve Pennsylvania’s History PHF Accepts Gift of Property Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ...
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From the Executive Director

Posted by Andrea Lowery on Dec 17, 2019 in | Comments Off 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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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Dec 11, 2019 in | Comments Off Topics in the Fall 2018 Newsletter: PHF Recognizes Past Executive Director Preserve Pennsylvania’s History PHF Welcomes New Board Members Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation pennsylvania-heritage-foundation-newsletter-fall-2018...
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Windows on Pennsylvania’s Natural Places: Restoring Mammal Hall at The State Museum

Posted by Elizabeth Hanson on Nov 5, 2019 in | Comments Off At The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the beavers are busier than ever repairing their dam. The mountain lion gazes more intently at its prey, advancing stealthily upon a slanted tree trunk. And you might imagine you feel a chill as you approach the freshly fallen snow in the bison’s nighttime scene. If you haven’t visited the museum’s third-floor Mammal Hall recently, you’ll now notice that the...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by Kyle Weaver on Nov 5, 2019 in | Comments Off Forty some years ago, when I was in elementary school, I took a field trip with my science class to The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg to see the dioramas of Pennsylvania’s wildlife in Mammal Hall. Walking around the dark, circular gallery, I peered through windows into the fascinating, realistic habitats of 13 mammals, from the common to the locally extinct, and was transported to...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Oct 25, 2019 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2018 Newsletter: Pollock Foundation Helps Fund Mammal Hall Restoration PHF Board Visioning Retreat PHF Welcomes New Board Member Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Dec 13, 2016 in | Comments Off Topics in the Winter 2017 Newsletter: PHF Enhances Membership with Members-Only Events The Giving Circle Brent D. Glass Presentation and Book Signing Night of the Great Pumpkin a Smashing Success Powell Donation Helps Fund Mammal Hall Restoration Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Sep 9, 2016 in | Comments Off Topics in the Fall 2016 Newsletter: Naturalist Scott Weidensaul and Working Together for Wildlife The Giving Circle Artist’s Conversation with Pennsylvania First Lady Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Day Historian Brent D. Glass to Speak at The State Museum Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Jun 19, 2015 in | Comments Off Topics in the Summer 2015 Newsletter: Support the Restoration of Mammal Hall The Giving Circle Trails of History Sites and Museums Pennsylvania Turnpike Exhibit Made Possible by Private Funding PHF Hosts First Giving Circle Dinner The 50th Anniversary Gala for The State Museum and Archives Complex Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation ...
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