$3 Million in Grants Awarded to 200 Museums, Historical Groups and Local Governments

$3 Million in Grants Awarded to 200 Museums, Historical Groups and Local
Governments

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of Governor
Edward G. Rendell's commitment to creating a first-rate public education
system, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission today announced the
award of more than $3 million in grants to more than 200 museums, historical
organizations and local governments statewide.

"In an era of increasingly visual and participatory learning, museums and
historical organizations offer experiences that will change the lives of the
next generation," said Barbara Franco, executive director of the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission. "Making sure that Pennsylvania's historical
and cultural institutions continue to be supported through public funding and
private philanthropy has never been more important."

PHMC, the official history agency of the commonwealth, was created in 1945 to
assist non-profit organizations and local governments with the collection,
conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's heritage. The grant awards
represent support for eligible organizations in the following areas:

1) General operating support for museums and county historical societies;

2) History and museum project grants in the following categories:

a. Archives and records management;
b. Collections management;
c. Educational, local, and public history;
d. Historic preservation; and
e. Organizational development.

In the "general operating support" category, $2.6 million in grants were
approved for 118 museums and historic organizations and 50 official county
historical societies. General operating support grants help eligible
organizations with basic costs associated with general operating expenses.

In the "history and museum project" category, $600,000 for 73 projects were
authorized, including 25 archives and records management grants; 20 education,
public and local history grants; 15 museum related grants for collections
management and organizational development; and 13 historic preservation
grants.

PHMC grants are a valuable tool to help museums, historical organizations and
local governments in their efforts to initiate, encourage and support the
preservation and public access to Pennsylvania's heritage.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is a list of recipients by county, grant amount and
type of grant.

History and Museum Project Grants

Allegheny
August Wilson Center for African American Culture, local history, $12,500
Mattress Factory, museum project, $12,500
Municipality of Mt. Lebanon, historic preservation, $7,500
Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, historic preservation, $11,500
Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, local history, $2,732

Berks
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, local history, $12,500

Blair
Blair County Commissioners, local history, $5,000
Juniata Valley Audubon Society, historic preservation, $12,000

Bradford
Bradford Co. Commissioners Veterans History Project, local history, $5,000

Bucks
Bucks County Historical Society, museum project, $12,500
Bucks County Register of Wills, archives and records management, $12,500
Children's Cultural Center of Bucks County, local history, $5,000

Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association, museum project, $12,500

Centre
Pennsylvania State University Center for American Heritage Studies, local
history, $5,000
PSU Library Cataloguing Services Office of Sponsored Programs, archives and
records management, $12,500
Rock Hill School at Linden Hall, historic preservation, $5,000

Chester
Chester County Historical Society, archives and records management, $6,712
Chester County Historical Society, archives and records management, $4,950
Green Valleys Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc., historic
preservation, $5,000
Lincoln University Langston Hughes Memorial Library, archives and records
management, $12,500

Clinton
Clinton County Commissioners GIS Department, archives and records management,
$5,000
Clinton County Historical Society, museum project, $3,516

Cumberland
Cumberland County Commissioners Information and Technology, archives and
records management, $4,586
Dickinson College Waidner-Spahr Library, archives and records management,
$4,993

Dauphin
Friends of Fort Hunter, historic preservation, $5,000
Historical Society of Dauphin County, museum project, $12,500

Erie
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, local history, $12,500
Erie County Historical Society, museum project, $4,692

Franklin
Franklin County Commissioners County Archives, archives and records
management, $12,500

Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society, archives and records management, $4,829
Huntingdon County Historical Society, local history, $5,000

Indiana
Saltsburg Area Historical Society, local history, $4,000

Lackawanna
Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art, historic preservation,
$12,500
Lackawanna Historical Society, local history, $12,500

Lancaster
Borough of Mount Joy, historic preservation, $5,000
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, museum project, $5,000
Lancaster County Commissioners Records Management Department, archives and
records management, $1,800
Lancaster County Historical Society, local history, $12,500
North Museum of Natural History and Science, museum project, $12,500

Lycoming
Lycoming County Historical Society, local history, $7,820

Monroe
Monroe County Assessment Office, archives and records management, $12,500
Middle Smithfield Township Supervisors, local history, $5,000

Montgomery
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, local history, $12,500
Township of Lower Merion, historic preservation, $5,783

Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Partnership Curatorial Department, local history, $2,500
Illick's Mill Partnership for Environmental Education, historic preservation,
$5,000

Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences, museum project, $12,500
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, archives and records management, $12,500
Christ Church Preservation Trust, archives and records management, $6,407
City of Philadelphia Department of Records, archives and records management,
$12,500
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, museum project, $12,500
Fairmount Park Commission, archives and records management, $12,500
Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, local history, $12,500
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden, museum project, $12,500
German Society of Pennsylvania, archives and records management, $4,575
Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library, archives and records
management, $4,915
Historic St. Peter's Church Preservation Corp., archives and records
management, $5,000
Historical Society of Frankford, archives and records management, $4,800
Independence Seaport Museum, museum project, $12,500
Library Company of Philadelphia, museum project, $12,500
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, local history, $12,500
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, museum project, $12,500
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System,
archives and records management, $5,000
Philadelphia Folklore Project, archives and records management, $12,500
Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, local history, $12,500
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, historic preservation, $12,500
Wagner Free Institute of Science, museum project, $12,500

Pike
Wallenpaupack Historical Society, archives and records management, $2,500

Somerset
Laurel Arts, local history, $4,949

Venango
Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism-Heritage Development,
historic preservation, $12,500

Warren
Warren County Historical Society, archives and records management, $4,999
Warren County Historical Society, historic preservation, $5,000

York
York Hospital, archives and records management, $1,160

General Operating Support Grants

Organization Name, Amount

Allegheny
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, $36,750
Frick Art & Historical Center, $36,750
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, $36,750
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc., $36,750
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, $21,640
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, $36,750
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum Trust Inc., $34,300
Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, $13,578

Bedford
Old Bedford Village, $12,383

Berks
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine, $5,250
Foundation for Reading Public Museum, $36,750
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, $24,378
Historical Society of Berks County, $14,500

Blair
Railroader's Heritage Corporation, $27,082

Bucks
Bucks County Audubon Society, $9,860
Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation, $5,250
Pearl S. Buck International House and Historic Site, $13,825
Trustees of the Mercer Fonthill Trust Fonthill Museum, $9,180

Cambria
Johnstown Area Heritage Association, $36,750

Chester
Chester County Historical Society, $36,750
Graystone Society Inc., $9,943
Green Valleys Association of Southeastern PA, $5,250
Historic Yellow Springs Inc., $25,916
Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust, $5,250
Wharton Esherick Museum, $6,800

Clinton
Piper Aviation Museum Foundation, $6,290

Columbia
Children's Museum Inc., $5,250

Cumberland
Cumberland County Historical Society, $18,995

Dauphin
AACA Museum Inc., $35,770
M.S. Hershey Foundation - Gardens, $33,297
M.S. Hershey Foundation - Museum, $29,007
National Civil War Museum, $29,400

Delaware
Chadds Ford Historical Society, $5,984
Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, $5,916
John J. Tyler Arboretum, $31,360
Nicholas Newlin Foundation Newlin Grist Mill, $13,891
Swarthmore College Scott Arboretum, $24,500

Erie
Erie County Historical Society, $13,551
Erie Zoological Society, $36,750
ExpERIEnce Children's Museum, $9,268
Goodell Gardens & Homestead, $6,120
Millcreek Township School District Asbury Woods Nature Center, $13,079

Fayette
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, $36,750

Franklin
Renfrew Committee Inc., $5,950

Huntingdon
Isett Acres Museum Foundation, $10,150

Lancaster
Demuth Foundation, $8,500.00
Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster, $20,891
Heritage Center of Lancaster County, $25,454
James Buchanan Foundation, $9,026
Lancaster County Historical Society, $30,221
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, $19,430
North Museum of Natural History and Science, $22,065
Rock Ford Foundation, $5,270

Lebanon
Historic Schaefferstown Inc., $5,250

Lehigh
County of Lehigh - Parks & Recreation, $36,750
Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, $32,526
Lehigh County Historical Society, $21,142
Lehigh Valley Zoological Society Development Department, $36,750

Lycoming
Little League Baseball and Softball Inc., $7,478

McKean
Eldred World War II Museums $9,180

Monroe
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, $10,150

Montgomery
Barnes Foundation, $36,750
Friends of Briar Bush Nature Center, $8,609
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, $10,440
National Audubon Society Inc, $11,310
Norristown Zoological Society, museums $36,750
Riverbend Environmental Education Center, $16,820
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, $11,002
Welsh Valley Preservation Society, $5,250

Northampton
Historic Bethlehem Partnership Museum and Educational Services, $32,190
Hugh Moore National Canal Museum, $36,750
Jacobsburg Historical Society, $6,528
Moravian Historical Society, $6,188

Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society Museum, $15,950
American Swedish Historical, $19,140
American Women's Heritage Society, $5,250
Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, $24,500
Awbury Arboretum Association, $7,250
Christ Church Preservation Trust, $12,963
Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia, $10,500
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc., $11,600
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc., $24,500
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, $5,250
Elfreth's Alley Association, $6,387
Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, $6,086
Friends of Historic RittenhouseTown Inc., $5,993
Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, $8,500
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden, $8,534
Germantown Historical Society, $5,250
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation, $5,763
Historic Philadelphia, Inc. American Flag House and Betsy Ross, $26,245
Independence Seaport Museum, $30,625
John Bartram Association Bartram's Garden, $21,750
Johnson House Historic Site Inc., $5,250
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, $10,290
National Constitution Center, $36,750
National Liberty Museum, $36,750
National Museum of American Jewish History, $36,750
National Society of Colonial Dames of America/PA, $7,166
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, $36,750
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation Fireman's Hall, $5,486
Philadelphia Folklore Project, $8,700
Philadelphia Sketch Club, $5,250
Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, $36,750
Please Touch Museum, $36,750
Rosenbach Museum and Library, $36,750
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, $27,935
Trustees of the University of PA Morris Arboretum, $36,750
Wagner Free Institute of Science, $25,196
Wood Turning Center, $9,425
Wyck Association, $5,250
Zoological Society of Philadelphia, $36,750

Union
Fetherston Foundation, $5,250

Washington
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc., $13,442

Westmoreland
Fort Ligonier Association, $31,725
Ligonier Valley Historical Society, $5,250
Westmoreland-Fayette Historical Society West Overton Museum, $5,250

York
York County Heritage Trust, $27,960

Official County Historical Society Grants
Organization Name Category Amount

Adams
Adams County Historical Society, $10,000

Armstrong
Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society, $4,000

Beaver
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation, $10,000

Bedford
Bedford County Historical Society GOS - Historical Societies $3,000

Blair
Blair County Historical Society, $2,500

Bradford
Bradford County Historical Society, $10,000

Bucks
Bucks County Historical Society, $10,000

Butler
Butler County Historical Society, $10,000

Cambria
Cambria County Historical Society, $10,000

Cameron
Cameron County Historical Society, $1,000

Centre
Centre County Historical Society, $6,000

Clearfield
Clearfield County Historical Society, $500

Clinton
Clinton County Historical Society, $10,000

Crawford
Crawford County Historical Society, $10,000

Dauphin
Historical Society of Dauphin County, $10,000

Delaware
Delaware County Historical Society, $10,000

Elk
Elk County Historical Society, $6,000

Forest
Forest County Historical Society, $1,500

Franklin
Franklin County Historical Society-Kittochtinny, $10,000

Greene
Greene County Historical Society, $10,000

Huntingdon
Huntingdon County Historical Society, $9,500

Indiana
Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County, $10,000

Jefferson
Jefferson County Historical Society Inc., $10,000

Juniata
Juniata County Historical Society, $3,000

Lackawanna
Lackawanna Historical Society, $10,000

Lawrence
Lawrence County Historical Society, $10,000

Lebanon
Lebanon County Historical Society, $10,000

Luzerne
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, $10,000

Lycoming
Lycoming County Historical Society, $10,000

McKean
McKean County Historical Society, $10,000

Mercer
Mercer County Historical Society, $10,000

Mifflin
Mifflin County Historical Society, $5,000

Monroe
Monroe County Historical Association, $10,000

Montgomery
Historical Society of Montgomery County, $10,000

Northampton
Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, GOS - $10,000

Northumberland
Northumberland County Historical Society Inc., $1,500

Philadelphia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, $10,000

Pike
Pike County Historical Society, $10,000

Schuylkill
Historical Society of Schuylkill County, $9,000

Somerset
Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County, $7,500

Sullivan
Sullivan County Historical Society, $8,000

Susquehanna
Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library, $10,000

Tioga
Tioga County Historical Society, $10,000

Union
Union County Historical Society, $10,000

Venango
Venango County Historical Society, $2,000

Warren
Warren County Historical Society, $10,000

Washington
Washington County Historical Society, $10,000

Wayne
Wayne County Historical Society, $10,000

Westmoreland
Westmoreland County Historical Society, $10,000

Wyoming
Wyoming County Historical Society $10,000

CONTACT:
Kirk Wilson
(717) 783-9882

SOURCE Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Kirk Wilson of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
+1-717-783-9882