Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded almost $2 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 161 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 56 Pennsylvania counties. In addition, PHMC awarded $200,000 in Historical and Archival Records Care (HARC) Grants to 37 organizations in 20 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).
Award amounts are determined using an equation based on a percentage of the eligible museum’s previous year’s operating budget. The maximum any museum can receive is $40,000. All official county historical societies receive a $4,000 minimum grant.
HARC Grants fund projects designed to improve the preservation and accessibility of historically significant records maintained by local governments, historical societies and academic institutions.
HARC grants are administered by the Pennsylvania State Archives, a bureau within PHMC. Funding for the awards spans two years. The maximum award one institution can receive is $5,000. Collaborative grants were eligible for $5,000 per institution for a maximum of $15,000.
The grants were based on a competitive review of the applications by a subcommittee of the Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB).
SHRAB operates under federal regulations governing the National Historical Publications & Records Commission and serves as the central advisory body for historical records planning in the state
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The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
Gettysburg Foundation - $15,293
Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation - $6,482
Adams County Historical Society - $4,000
Allegheny
Carnegie Science Center - $40,000
Carnegie Museum of Natural History - $40,000
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh - $40,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (DBA Senator John Heinz History Center) - $40,000
Frick Art & Historical Center - $40,000
Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation - $28,703
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum - $17,572
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh - $9,317
Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society - $4,000
Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation - $4,000
Bedford
Old Bedford Village Inc. - $4,000
Berks
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association - $28,024
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum - $23,089
Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust - $17,000
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles - $8,707
Berks History Center - $7,212
Blair
Railroaders Memorial Museum - $5,000
Blair County Historical Society - $4,000
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $4,000
Bucks
Bucks County Historical Society - $31,260
Pearl S. Buck International - $8,535
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum - $6,581
Bucks County Children's Museum - $4,180
The Grundy Foundation - $4,000
Butler
The Maridon Museum - $4,000
Historic Harmony Inc. - $4,000
Butler County Historical Society - $4,000
Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association - $15,708
Cambria County Historical Society - $4,000
Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society - $4,000
Centre
Discovery Space of Central PA - $10,551
Centre County Historical Society - $4,000
Chester
Chester County Historical Society - $16,956
Historic Yellow Springs - $10,454
Wharton Esherick Museum - $7,789
Graystone Society Inc. - $6,231
Historic Sugartown Inc. - $4,000
Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society - $4,000
Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society - $4,000
Columbia
The Children's Museum Inc. - $4,000
Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society - $4,000
Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society - $15,168
Dauphin
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - $40,000
The Hershey Story Museum - $18,220
AACA Museum Inc. - $13,136
The National Civil War Museum - $11,902
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $4,000
Hershey History Center - $4,000
Delaware
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $9,060
American Helicopter Museum & Education Center - $5,000
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation - $4,000
Delaware County Historical Society - $4,000
Elk
Elk County Historical Society - $4,000
Erie
Erie County Historical Society (DBA Hagen History Center) - $14,500
expERIEnce Children's Museum - $5,039
Fayette
Fallingwater/WPC - $40,000
Fayette County Historical Society - $4,000
Franklin
Renfrew Committee Inc. - $4,000
Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny - $4,000
Conococheague Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage - $4,000
Fulton
Fulton County Historical Society - $4,000
Greene
Greene County Historical Society - $4,000
Huntingdon
Isett Acres Museum Foundation - $4,000
William E. Swigart Jr. Automobile Museum - $4,000
Huntingdon County Historical Society - $4,000
Indiana
James M. Stewart Museum Foundation - $4,000
Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County - $4,000
Jefferson
Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center - $4,000
Jefferson County Historical Society - $4,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $4,000
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Historical Society - $4,000
Lancaster
LancasterHistory - $18,019
North Museum of Nature and Science - $13,000
Lancaster Science Factory - $7,734
Rock Ford Foundation - $4,000
Children’s Museum of Lancaster - $4,000
Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society - $4,000
Lehigh
Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc. - $32,170
Lehigh County Historical Society Inc. - $5,575
Luzerne
Luzerne County Historical Society - $4,000
Lycoming
Lycoming County Historical Society - $4,000
Little League Baseball Inc. - $4,000
McKean
Eldred World War II Museum - $4,000
McKean County Historical Society - $4,000
Monroe
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - $4,000
Monroe County Historical Association - $4,000
Montgomery
National Audubon Society (Audubon MidAtlantic) - $9,070
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - $5,148
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania - $4,000
Historical Society of Montgomery County - $4,000
Historic Trappe - $4,000
Pottsgrove Manor - $4,000
Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Partnership - $16,336
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor - $14,356
National Museum of Industrial History - $11,148
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society - $5,819
Moravian Historical Society - $4,000
Northumberland
Northumberland County Historical Society - $4,000
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society - $40,000
American Swedish Historical Museum - $7,673
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $4,917
Carpenter's Company - $7,109
Chestnut Hill Conservancy - $4,000
Christ Church Preservation Trust - $7,670
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. - $5,210
College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $40,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc. - $40,000
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc. - $4,000
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware - $4,000
Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries - $6,412
Germantown Historical Society - $4,000
Girard College Foundation - $5,233
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation - $7,832
Historic Fair Hill - $4,019
Historic Philadelphia Inc. - $28,306
Historic RittenhouseTown - $4,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - $31,779
Independence Seaport Museum - $40,000
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia - $9,000
John Bartram Association - $34,015
Museum of the American Revolution - $40,000
Naomi Wood Trust - $4,000
National Constitution Center - $40,000
National Liberty Museum - $40,000
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation/Fireman's Hall Museum - $4,000
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks - $18,088
Please Touch Museum - $40,000
Science History Institute - $40,000
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - $40,000
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia - $15,907
The Franklin Institute - $40,000
The Rosenbach - $17,159
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History - $40,000
The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation - $4,395
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - $40,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science - $10,935
Wyck Association - $4,000
Pike
Pike County Historical Society - $4,000
Schuylkill
Schuylkill County Historical Society - $4,000
Somerset
Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County Inc. - $4,000
Sullivan
Sullivan County Historical Society - $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
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc. - $6,028
Bradford House Historical Association - $4,000
Washington County Historical Society - $4,000
Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society - $4,000
Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association - $14,271
Westmoreland Fayette Historical Society (West Overton Village) - $4,500
Westmoreland County Historical Society - 4,000
Ligonier Valley Historical Society - $4,000
Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society - $4,000
York
York County History Center - $18,498
Susquehanna Heritage - $4,000
Hanover Area Historical Society - $4,000
Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society - $4,000
The following is a list of Historical and Archival Records Care (HARC) Grant awards by county. Descriptions of individual projects funded by HARC Grants are available online.
Allegheny
Carnegie Library of Homestead - $7,671.66
Historical Society of Carnegie - $5,000
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania - $4,980
Sewickley Public Library Inc - $5,000
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum - $5,000
Berks
Boyertown Area Historical Society - $5,000
Blair
County of Blair - $5,000
Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society - $4,863
Bucks
Historic Fallsington Inc. - $4,904
Nakashima Foundation for Peace - $4,997.53
Sellersville Historical & Achievement Authority - $15,000
Chester
Chester County Archives & Records Services - $5,000
Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance - $4,640.78
Crawford
Cambridge Springs Heritage Society and Museum - $668.11
Dauphin
Hershey History Center - $3,939
Historical Society of Dauphin County - $5,000
Delaware
County of Delaware - $10,000
Nicholas Newlin Foundation - $9,999.50
Indiana
Indiana County Prothonotary & Clerk of Courts - $5,000
Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society - $10,000
Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society - $4,999.98
Lancaster
Lancaster County Archives - $4,827.50
Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds - $5,000
Lebanon
Lebanon County Historical Society - $5,000
Monroe
Monroe County Commissioners - $5,000
Montgomery
Lansdale Historical Society - $5,000
Wissahickon Valley Historical Society - $502.30
Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites - $5,000
Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity - $4,142.64
Moravian Historical Society - $5,000
Philadelphia
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust - $4,749
German Society of Pennsylvania - $5,000
Historic Society of Pennsylvania - $5,000
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia - $4,505
Westmoreland
Seton Hill University - $5,000
York
York County Archives - $4,610
York County History Center - $5,000