Probably one of the most extensive historical sites in northwest Pennsylvania, the Drake Well Museum in Titusville is located on the site of the birthplace of the modern oil industry. In 1859, Edwin Drake struck oil here, which has become one of our most valued resources.
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Allow aircraft from the past to guide you through the rich history of flight. It’s an aircraft restoration and working museum specializing in WWII and Vietnam-era aircraft and artifacts.
The 150-year-old furnaces built of stone are located along State Highway Route 68 about one mile upstream from the point where Sugar Creek empties into the Allegheny River on the north side of the river bridge at East Brady.
When Altoona lost the bid for the Commonwealth of Altoona Pennsylvania’s Railroad Museum in 1965, that didn’t stop local people from pursuing a Railroad Museum for Altoona.
Coolspring Power Museum's origins go back to the early 1950s and the efforts of two collectors: John Wilcox and Paul Harvey. As their collections grew, significant pieces were gathered in a series of buildings in Coolspring, Pennsylvania.
A Brief History of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum As automobiles and buses replaced streetcars more than a half century ago, a small group of people with a dream came together to form an organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the the trolley e
Visit Tour-Ed Mine to learn about the history of mining coal. Take a trip through this educational coal mine and see how coal was dug by hand in 1850 and how modern hydraulic monsters mine coal today.
Simpler Times Museum is a group of five buildings full of priceless history. It is a hidden treasure at 111 Simpler Times Lane, Tidioute (four miles north of Tidioute on Route 62).
The first phase of the Duncan and Miller Glass Museum history began in 1975 when two rooms in the Washington County Historical Society building, LeMoyne House, became home for the young museum.
Harlansburg Station is located in a replica train station with four Pennsylvania passenger cars at the intersection of Route 19 and Route 108, just east of New Castle in Harlansburg, PA.
The Museum's motto stands as a reminder to us all:"...that the old will remember, and the young shall know."Engine 604ENGINE 604 - the last of its kind - was the largest switch engine ever built...
The Erie Extension Canal was a significant means of travel from Pittsburgh to the Great Lakes from 1854 to 1871. This canal system was vital to western Pennsylvania's iron industry before the introduction of the railroads.
The Bridge in Rockdale Township, Crawford was built in1887 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. It is one representative examples of this type of truss included in this nomination.
The gallery provides Art Consultation and Fine Art Appraisal services for private, corporate, or public projects.
The 3500-square-foot Blair Museum holds a collection of items as old as the company itself: one-hundred-year-old letters, seventy-year-old products, and machines from the 1940s through today's computers.
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is located in Gibsonia, Richland Township, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Rt. 910 and Hardt Rd. It promotes model railroading and aims to preserve western Pennsylvania's railroad history.
Meadville Railroad Depot Museum was established thanks to the collaboration of the French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society, the NWPA Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association, the Crawford County Historical Society, and the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The Ligonier Valley Rail Road Museum is located in a restored station, focusing on the history of the LVRR. Includes authentic bobber caboose.The museum, maintained by Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association, is a non-profit corporation that was organized to:
The Connellsville Canteen is a recreated "Business and Occupation". A train Station that commemorates the women who served the troops on trains passing through during World War II.
McCarl Industrial & Agricultural Museum of Beaver County offers displays that demonstrate the history and development of manufacturing in the County. A forge demonstrates some of the basics of manufacturing.