The Society has its headquarters in the Center, which preserves the history of life in rural southwestern Pennsylvania from the times of the region's first farmers to the present day through exhibits, workshops, and educational programs.
The center offers exhibits, tours, workshops, and educational and recreational events.
The Highlands Mansion and Gardens is a 44-acre historic site with a late-18th-century Georgian mansion and two-acre formal garden. Surrounded by massive stone walls, the gardens offer an example of early-20th-century estate gardening with an unusual blend of horticulture and architecture. The site features nine outbuildings, including a bank barn, springhouse, greenhouse, smokehouse, and Gothic Revival gardener's cottage.
The mansion offers tours and educational and recreational programs.
The Society's museum is housed in the 1773 home of Dr. William Henry Stoy, a local minister and prominent Revolutionary War doctor. Throughout the museum, visitors will find examples of Pennsylvania German craftsmanship in such items as furniture, quilting and weaving, fraktur, and redware. Exhibits include recreations of several early shops and offices and explorations of community industries such as blacksmithing, farming and milling, carpentry, weaving, printing, shoemaking, and mining.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, and research library access; the society offers educational and recreational programs.
Created by Congress in 1996, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area is committed to preserving, interpreting, and managing the historic, cultural, and natural resources related to Big Steel and its related industries. Encompassing over 5,000 square miles in the seven counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette, and Washington, Rivers of Steel is building on this area's remarkable transition from heavy industry to high technology and diversified services as well as bolstering the new regional economy by promoting tourism and economic development based on this region's historic industrial saga.
A multifaceted program, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area's mission includes: historic preservation, cultural conservation, education, recreation, and resource development. Currently, the Heritage Area has bills in Congress to create the Homestead Works National Park. The proposed park would be located on 38 acres surrounding the Carrie Furnaces, the last of the giant blast furnaces from the Homestead Works, and the Pump House, site of the bloody 1892 Homestead Steel Strike.
River of Steel also maintains the Bost Building, an 1892 hotel, in which it presents exhibits.
The Bost Building offers exhibits and educational programs.
Located in the LeMoyne House in Washington, Pennsylvania, the WCHS provides many programs, activities, and services to individuals and groups in the tri-state area. The LeMoyne House is Pennsylvania's first National Historic Landmark of the Underground Railroad. Built in 1812 by John Julius LeMoyne, the house became part of the Underground Railroad under his son, Francis Julius LeMoyne. The society also oversees the LeMoyne Crematory, the first crematory in the United States.
The house offers tours, exhibits, and access to a research library; the crematory offers tours; and the society offers lectures, workshops, conferences, and other educational programs.
The old cracked Bell still proclaims Liberty and Independence Hall echoes the words, "We the People." Explore Franklin's Philadelphia and learn about the past and America's continuing struggle to fulfill the Founders' Declaration that "all men are created equal."
Education is a primary mission of the park. The park offers resources for your classroom, for a field trip, and for professional development. The park’s education center, the Independence Park Institute (IPI), offers education programs that connect participants of all ages to the resources and stories of Independence National Historical Park.
The Trust maintains the historic Sehner-Ellicott-von Hess House. This was the very building where Captain Meriwether Lewis trained with nationally renowned surveyor, Andrew Ellicott, on those navigational skills vital to the success of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition and now serves as the headquarters of the Trust. Visitors are welcome to tour this finely restored example of Georgian architecture and its exhibits outlining the story of its restoration and most famous inhabitant, Andrew Ellicott.
The house offers exhibits and tours.
"The Waynesboro Historical Society is headquartered in the historic Oller House, 138 W. Main St., Waynesboro. This house was built in 1892 and is very much a part of the rich history in Waynesboro. The society offers a wealth of information for research through its library and archives including a computer database and microfilm library. The society works for the preservation of landmarks and structures in the Waynesboro area."
The Youngwood Historical and Railroad Museum is a railway history museum housed within a restored Pennsylvania Railroad station. Sights include a working model train system.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society has moved to a modern new facility located at 342 Northampton Street. Easton PA 18042. Members receive access and admission to the Lehigh Valley’s newest premier attraction, the Sigal Museum, the Genealogical Research Library, First Friday lectures and invitations to special social and education gatherings sponsored by the Society.
Some of the exhibits include: A life-size tree stretching through three floors, an interactive map that responds to touch. A first time exhibit showcasing the history of the Lenape Nation, the tribe that lived in what later became Northampton County, a music exhibit sponsored by guitar-maker C.F. Martin & Company, featuring locally made instruments and recordings of local music, an exhibit on industrial history, sponsored by Just Born featuring artifacts from the company’s history. The Sigal Museum also offers rental requests for meetings and gatherings.
Hours of operation are Tues. thru Saturday 9:30 to 3pm/Sunday from 12 to 4pm. Admission price is $7.00 per person, child $5.00 from ages 3-12, under 3 is free. Closed Mondays. Library hours are Tues. thru Sat. 9:30 am to 3pm. $7.00 admission price for one hour/$10 for two hour research. A conducted 2 hour staff research request on a single surname cost is $40. Suggest to call ahead for an appointment with the librarian, Jane S. Moyer. Members do get discounts on research services and admissions.