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2008-09-08 00:13:38
	Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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
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