Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded nearly $2 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 158 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 58 Pennsylvania counties.
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 $44,945 and a minimum grant of $4,000. Allocated funding for the program remained level with $1,900,0000 in grant awards.
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The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
Adams County Historical Society - $4,000
Gettysburg Foundation - $4,000
Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation - $7,132
Allegheny
Carnegie Science Center - $44,945
Carnegie Museum of Natural History - $44,945
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $44,945
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (DBA Senator John Heinz History Center) - $44,945
Frick Art & Historical Center - $44,945
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $38,571
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum - $23,815
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh - $10,085
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society - $4,000
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation - $4,000
Bedford
Bedford County Historical Society - $4,000
Old Bedford Village Inc. - $4,000
Berks
Berks History Center - $8,902
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles - $8,132
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust - $20,702
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum - $19,159
General Carl Spaatz Regional USAAC Museum - $4,000
Blair
Blair County Historical Society - $4,000
Railroaders Memorial Museum - $5,750
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $4,000
Bucks
Bucks County Children's Museum - $5,638
Bucks County Historical Society - $38,502
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware - $4,000
Pearl S. Buck International - $10,938
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $8,266
Butler
Butler County Historical Society - $4,000
Historic Harmony Inc. - $4,000
Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society - $4,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association - $11,000
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society - $4,000
Centre
Centre County Historical Society - $4,000
Discovery Space of Central PA - $14,544
Chester
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center - $5,724
Chester County History Center - $20,305
Graystone Society Inc. - $7,358
Historic Yellow Springs - $14,471
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society - $4,000
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society - $4,000
Columbia
Berwick Historical Society - $4,000
The Children's Museum Inc. - $4,200
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society - $4,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society - $9,681
Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc. - $17,688
Hershey History Center - $4,000
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $4,000
The Hershey Story Museum - $23,904
The National Civil War Museum - $16,240
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - $44,440
Delaware
Delaware County Historical Society - $4,000
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $10,539
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation - $4,000
Elk
Elk County Historical Society - $4,000
Erie
Erie County Historical Society (DBA Hagen History Center) - $16,676
expERIEnce Children's Museum - $10,235
Fayette
Fallingwater/WPC - $44,945
Fayette County Historical Society - $4,000
Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny - $4,000
Conococheague Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage - $4,000
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society - $4,000
Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society - $4,000
Isett Acres Museum Foundation - $4,000
Indiana
Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County - $4,000
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society - $4,000
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center - $4,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $4,000
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Historical Society - $4,000
Lancaster
Lancaster Science Factory - $10,023
LancasterHistory - $25,456
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. - $22,019
North Museum of Nature and Science - $14,952
Rock Ford Foundation - $5,793
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society - $4,000
Lehigh
Lehigh County Historical Society Inc. - $6,909
Luzerne
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society (DBA Luzerne County Historical Society) - $4,000
Lycoming
Lycoming County Historical Society - $4,000
Little League Baseball and Softball - $4,000
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum - $4,000
McKean County Historical Society - $4,000
Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society - $4,000
Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society - $4,000
Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association - $4,000
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $4,000
Montgomery
Historic Trappe - $4,000
Historical Society of Montgomery County - $4,000
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania - $4,000
Morgan Log House Historical Society - $4,000
National Audubon Society (Audubon MidAtlantic) - $9,708
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - $6,228
Northampton
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor - $6,647
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites - $25,037
Moravian Historical Society - $4,000
National Museum of Industrial History - $11,538
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $7,962
Northumberland
Northumberland County Historical Society - $4,000
Perry
Historical Society of Perry County - $4,000
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society - $33,879
American Swedish Historical Museum - $6,828
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $4,000
Bartram Association - $33,879
Chestnut Hill Conservancy - $4,675
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $7,632
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. - $5,541
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc. - $33,979
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc. - $4,151
Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries - $4,151
Fund for Girard College - $4,482
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $12,069
Historic Fair Hill - $4,000
Historic Fallsington, Inc. - $4,000
Historic Germantown - $5,896
Historic Philadelphia Inc. - $30,646
Historic RittenhouseTown - $4,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - $25,533
Independence Seaport Museum - $33,879
Museum of the American Revolution - $33,879
National Constitution Center - $33,879
National Liberty Museum - $32,982
Penn Museum - $33,879
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation/Fireman's Hall Museum - $4,000
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $15,580
Please Touch Museum - $33,879
Rosenbach Museum and Library - $14,868
Science History Institute - $33,979
Stenton, NSCDA/PA - $8,671
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - $33,879
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia - $13,252
The Carpenters’ Company of the City & County of Philadelphia - $5,978
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $33,979
The Franklin Institute - $33,879
The Library Company of Philadelphia - $32,300
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History - $33,879
The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation - $4,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $8,989
Wyck Association - $4,000
Pike
Pike County Historical Society - $4,000
Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County - $4,000
Somerset
Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County Inc. - $4,000
Sullivan
Sullivan County Historical Society’s Museum - $4,000
Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society & Free Library Association - $4,000
Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society - $4,000
Union
Lewisburg Children's Museum - $4,000
Warren
Warren County Historical Society - $4,000
Washington
Bradford House Museum - $4,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (dba Senator John Heinz History Center) - $6,864
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc. - $9,413
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society - $4,000
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association - $17,772
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $4,000
Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society - $4,000
Westmoreland County Historical Society - 4,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society - $4,000
York
Steam Into History - $4,000
Susquehanna Heritage Corp. - $4,000
The Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society - $4,000
York County History Center - $22,932
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