Pennsylvania – Page 3 – ARCHIVES of Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania reminds visitors to its website that it is not the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum; the museum […]

While many historical sites and museums are currently closed, you can still check out collections and exhibits online. The Historical […]

Across Pennsylvania, nearly 2,300 blue and gold signs tell the stories of prominent people and events in the state’s history. […]

In December 1763, a group of white settlers in Pennsylvania traveled to Conestoga Indian Town, a Native American village made […]

2019 was a difficult year for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In April, HSP laid off thirty percent of its […]

In 1952, jazz pioneer John Coltrane purchased a rowhome in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The six years that Coltrane lived […]

In 1962, Ashley Bryan became the first African American to publish a children’s book as both the author and illustrator. […]

The Chester County Historical Society holds an impressive collection of memorabilia related to women’s suffrage in Pennsylvania, but perhaps the […]

Visitors to Doylestown’s Mercer Museum have experienced the institution’s collection in the same way since Henry Mercer founded the museum […]

Just over 100 years ago, the flu swept through Philadelphia killing more than 20,000 people. The city suffered from the […]