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Museum of Erie GE History, Erie [23] [24] National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, opened in 1948, closed in 1959; Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display, Jim Thorpe, closed in 2012 [25] Pennsylvania Fishing Museum at Pecks Pond, Dingmans Ferry [26] People's Place Quilt Museum, Intercourse, closed in 2013 [27]
The 130-acre (53 ha) estate is now maintained as a museum and wildlife sanctuary by Montgomery County, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. [3] The house serves as the educational center of the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Audubon Society , and is known as John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove .
He continued with field work on Pennsylvania, and later in north-eastern Canada, and would later produce two major works, Birds of Western Pennsylvania (1940) and Birds of the Labrador peninsula and adjacent areas (1963); along with many descriptions of new taxa and systematic studies based on the museum's growing collection of neotropical birds.
Rural history museums in Pennsylvania (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "History museums in Pennsylvania" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total.
This list of museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions, including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses, that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
Gilliard was born in York, Pennsylvania. He began a lifelong association with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York in 1932 by working there as a volunteer. In 1933 he was employed there as an assistant and subsequently passed through the full range of promotions to become Curator of Birds in 1963, unexpectedly dying in ...
This list of museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
The museum's central hall features a large statue of William Penn, who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 during the British colonial era. [4] The museum includes a multi-media planetarium, as well as four floors of exhibits and displays covering Pennsylvania history from prehistoric times through current events. Visitation averages ...