From Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 177 eligible museums and official county historical societies from 59 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 $50,000 and a minimum grant of $4,000.
The following is a list of Cultural and Historical Support Grant awards by county:
Adams
- Adams County Historical Society – $30,000
- Gettysburg Foundation – $47,000
Allegheny
- Braddocks Battlefield History Center – $6,200
- Carnegie Institute – Museum of Natural History – $50,000
- Carnegie Institute – Science Center – $50,000
- Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh – $45,000
- Frick Art & Historical Center – $50,000
- Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (DBA Senator John Heinz History Center) – $50,000
- Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation – $40,000
- Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust – $40,000
- The Tree of Life – Holocaust Center – $25,000
Armstrong
- Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society – $9,000
Beaver
- Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation – $9,000
Bedford
- Old Bedford Village Inc. – $8,000
- Pioneer Historical Society (DBA Bedford Co. Historical Society) – $9,000
Berks
- Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles – $30,000
- Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust – $40,000
- Foundation for the Reading Public Museum – $40,000
- General Carl Spaatz Regional USAAC Museum – $6,200
- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary – $40,000
- Historical Society of Berks County (DBA Berks History Center) – $25,000
Blair
- Blair County Historical Society – $9,000
- Railroaders Memorial Museum – $30,000
Bradford
- Bradford County Historical Society – $9,000
Bucks
- Andalusia Foundation – $20,000
- Bucks County Children’s Museum – $11,000
- Bucks County Historical Society – $50,000
- Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc. – $6,200
- Historical Fallsington Inc. – $6,200
- Newtown Historical Association – $6,200
- Pearl S. Buck International House & Historic Site – $30,000
- The Grundy Foundation – $7,500
- The Tileworks of Bucks County – $30,000
- Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Museum – $5,000
Butler
- Butler County Historical Society – $9,000
- Historic Harmony Inc. – $6,200
Cambria
- Cambria County Historical Society – $9,000
Cameron
- Cameron County Historical Society Inc. – $9,000
Centre
- Centre County Historical Society – $9,000
- Columbus Chapel & Boalsburg Estate Society – $6,200
- Discovery Space of Central PA – $30,000
Chester
- American Helicopter Museum & Education Center – $15,000
- Chester County History Center – $30,000
- Graystone Society Inc. – $25,000
- Historic Sugartown Inc. – $25,000
- Oxford Area Historical Association – $6,200
Clearfield
- Clearfield County Historical Society – $9,000
Clinton
- Clinton County Historical Society – $9,000
Columbia
- The Berwick Historical Society – $9,000
- The Children’s Museum Inc. – $5,500
- The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society – $9,000
Crawford
- Crawford County Historical Society – $9,000
Cumberland
- Cumberland County Historical Society – $20,000
Dauphin
- AACA Museum Inc. – $30,000
- Hershey Derry Township Historical Society – $6,200
- Historical Society of Dauphin County – $9,000
- The National Civil War Museum – $30,000
- The Ms. Hershey Foundation – $40,000
- Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts – $50,000
Delaware
- Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead – $6,200
- Delaware County Historical Society – $9,000
- Nicholas Newlin Foundation & Newlin Grist Mill – $25,000
Elk
- Elk County Historical Society – $9,000
Erie
- Erie County Historical Society – $30,000
- expERIEnce Children’s Museum – $25,000
- Presque Isle Light Station – $7,500
Fayette
- Fayette County Historical Society – $9,000
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy – $50,000
Franklin
- Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny – $9,000
- The Conococheague Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage – $6,200
Fulton
- Fulton County Historical Society – $9,000
Greene
- Greene County Historical Society – $6,200
Huntingdon
- Huntingdon County Historical Society – $9,000
- William E. Swigart Jr. Automobile Museum – $6,200
Indiana
- Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County – $9,000
- James M. Stewart Museum Foundation – $6,200
Jefferson
- Jefferson County Historical Society – $9,000
- Punxsutawney Weather Center Inc. (DBA Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center) – $6,200
Juniata
- Juniata County Historical Society – $9,000
Lackawanna
- Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art – $25,000
- Lackawanna Historical Society – $9,000
Lancaster
- Hands On House Children’s Museum of Lancaster – $30,000
- Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society – $30,000
- Lancaster Science Center (DBA Lancaster Science Factory) – $30,000
- Lancasterhistory.org LCHS & Wheatland (DBA Lancaster County Historical Society) – $40,000
- National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Inc. – $40,000
- North Museum Corporation (DBA North Museum of Nature & Science) – $30,000
- Rock Ford Foundation (DBA Historic Rock Ford) – $25,000
Lawrence
- Lawrence County Historical Society – $9,000
Lebanon
- Historic Schaefferstown Inc. – $9,000
Lehigh
- America On Wheels Inc. – $7,500
- Lehigh County Historical Society Inc. – $25,000
- The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc. – $50,000
Luzerne
- Wyoming Historical & Geological Society – $9,000
Lycoming
- Little League Baseball Incorporated – $6,200
McKean
- Eldred World War II Museum – $6,200
- McKean County Historical Society – $9,000
Mercer
- Mercer County Historical Society – $9,000
Mifflin
- Mifflin County Historical Society – $9,000
Monroe
- Monroe County Historical Association – $9,000
- Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm – $9,000
Montgomery
- Historic Trappe – $25,000
- Historical Society of Montgomery County – $9,000
- Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania – $8,500
- Morgan Log House Historical Society – $6,200
- National Audubon Society Inc. – $30,000
- Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – $30,000
Northampton
- Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc. – $15,000
- Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Inc. – $40,000
- Moravian Historical Society – $7,500
- National Museum of Industrial History – $22,000
- Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society – $25,000
Northumberland
- Northumberland County Historical Society – $9,000
Perry
- Historical Society of Perry County – $9,000
Philadelphia
- The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – $50,000
- American Philosophical Society – $50,000
- American Swedish Historical Museum – $25,000
- Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust – $25,000
- Athenaeum of Philadelphia – $30,000
- Chestnut Hill Conservancy – $15,000
- Christ Church Preservation Trust – $14,000
- Cliveden of the National Trust Inc. – $25,000
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia – $50,000
- Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site – $50,000
- Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc. – $5,000
- Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries – $25,000
- Friends of the Japanese House and Garden – $30,000
- Fund for Girard College – $15,000
- Germantown Historical Society – $8,000
- Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation – $30,000
- Historic Fair Hill Inc. – $4,000
- Historical Philadelphia Inc. – $40,000
- Historic Rittenhousetown Inc. – $17,000
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $40,000
- Independence Seaport Museum – $50,000
- John Bartram Association a.k.a. Bartram’s Garden – $50,000
- Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia – $15,000
- Museum of the American Revolution – $50,000
- Naomi Wood Testamentary Trust (DBA Naomi Wood Trust) – $8,500
- National Constitution Center – $50,000
- National Liberty Museum – $50,000
- Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation – $4,500
- Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks – $40,000
- Please Touch Museum – $50,000
- Rosenbach Museum and Library – $40,000
- Science History Institute – $50,000
- The Carpenter’s Company of The City and County of Philadelphia – $12,000
- The Franklin Institute – $50,000
- The Library Company of Philadelphia – $50,000
- The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in PA – $15,000
- The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum – $50,000
- Wagner Free Institute of Science – $30,000
- Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History – $50,000
- Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation – $25,000
- Wyck Association – $10,000
Schuylkill
- Historical Society of Schuylkill County – $9,000
Somerset
- Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County – $9,000
Susquehanna
- Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association – $9,000
Tioga
- Tioga County Historical Society – $9,000
Union
- Lewisburg Children’s Museum – $8,000
- Union County Historical Society – $9,000
Venango
- Oil Region Music Preservation Museum (DBA Debence Antique Music World) – $6,200
- Venango County Historical Society – $9,000
Warren
- Warren County Historical Society – $9,000
Washington
- Bradford House Historical Association – $7,500
- Historical Society of Western PA Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life – $25,000
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum – $30,000
- Washington County Historical Society Inc. – $9,000
Wayne
- Wayne County Historical Society – $9,000
Westmoreland
- Fort Ligonier Association – $30,000
- Ligonier Valley Historical Society – $7,500
- Westmoreland County Historical Society (DBA West Overton Village) – $25,000
Wyoming
- Wyoming County Historical Society – $9,000
York
- Spring Grove Area Historical Preservation Society – $4,000
- Steam Into History Inc. (DBA Northern Central Railway) – $30,000
- Susquehanna Heritage Corporation (DBA Susquehanna National Heritage Area) – $6,200
- York County History Center – $40,000
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