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Academy of Natural Science, Philladelphia, PA
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American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Thirteen galleries and library focus on history of Swedes in America from the establishment of the New Sweden Colony in 1638 to contemporary Swedish technology, architecture, fine and decorative arts.
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Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
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Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA
Museum,research library, and archive. One of the largest reseach centers on US immigration, ethnicity, and multiculturalism. Many past exhibits and library card catalog (60,000+ items) available on-line.
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Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
Housed in a restored 19th century gristmill, the museum showcases an extensive collection of Wyeth family art, illustrations and other 19th and 20th century American art.
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Bruderhof Peace Barn, Farmington, PA
Two days after 9/11/2001, students of the Spring Valley School in Farmington, PA, decided to convert an old barn into a peace museum, art gallery, and a memorial for the victims of terrorism and war.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Through its explorations, collections, research, exhibitions, and educational programs, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History advances knowledge of the Earth, its life and cultures, and acts as a steward of our natural world.
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Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Hands-on exhibits, including a miniature railroad and village, Omnimax theater, interactive planetarium, World War II submarine.
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Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Hands-on exhibits, including a miniature railroad and village, Omnimax theater, interactive planetarium, World War II submarine.
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Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum, Boalsburg, PA
Centuries-old Christopher Columbus chapel imported from Spain by his Boal descendants in 1909. Boal Mansion (1789) contains original art, furnishings, weapons, tools of nine generations of this important Pennsylvania family. “A glorious example of old Eur European fine art from the 15th to 19th centuries. Weapons of six generations of the Boal family from Colonial days to World War I. Items belonging to Christopher Columbus, including his Admiral's Desk. original antique furnishings from the 18th and
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Compass Inn Museum, Laughlintown, PA
A small museum with an outstanding collection of artifacts. The (mostly) volunteer docents enjoy providing "history with a smile" by including etomology (word or phrase origins) in their presentations.
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Franklin and Marshall College's North Museum, Lancaster, PA
The North Museum of Natural History and Science houses an impressive array of natural history and science collections as well as a state-of-the-art Planetarium (third largest in Pennsylvania) and several specialty areas that make learning fun for all ages!.
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Franklin institute, Philadelphia, PA
Ben Franklin
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Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
The Frick Art & Historical Center features 3 musuems-a restored Victorian mansion, an art museum and an antique car museum on 5 1/2 acres of landscaped grounds.
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Frost Entomological Museum, State College, PA
Entomological museum with public display area and research collection (500,000 specimens) for eastern USA with additional overseas material.
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George Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, PA
The George Westinghouse Museum is a memorial to George Westinghouse, his achievements and contributions to society. The Museum preserves an important part of the nation's industrial history and provides a means to share this rich heritage with present and future generations.
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Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA
Glencairn Museum's mission is to educate visitors about the history of religion, using art and artifacts from a variety of cultures and time periods.
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Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County, Lancaster, PA
Collects, preserves and interprets Lancaster County decorative arts through annual exhibits, permanent collection and ongoing educational programs.
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Heritage Discovery Center, Johnstown, PA
New in 2001, an interactive museum that tells the story of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe to this area around the turn of the century.
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Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA
Hershey Museum explores the life of Milton Hershey, the model town, and chocolate empire he created. The Museum also contains Native American and PA German collections Milton Herhsey acquired.
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Historical Society of Berks County Pennsylvania, Reading, PA
A collection of items illustrating the rich cultural heritage of Berks County Pennsylvania.
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Home Textile Tool Museum, SR1036 Orwell, PA
1790 to 1840 Textiles, textile tools and related subjects. Located in Orwell, PA, a scenic mountain top village. 1811 Federal home, Threshing Barn, 2 display buildings, & gardens. Open 10-4 Sat. May thru August. Weekday workshops. Handicap Accessible Large collection of Spinning wheels, Weaving Looms, and related equipment. Wood working tools, Blacksmith shop, Gardens of Flax and Natural Dye plants used in our demonstrations. Adult & Children participation encouraged.
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Houdini Museum, Scranton, PA
Worlds's only museum entirely devoted to Houdini. Largest collection on public view. Tours, magic shows, virtual and real museum.
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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, PA
A research division of Carnegie Mellon that specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science, its collections include approximately 28,000 books; 24,000 portraits; 30,000 watercolors, drawings and prints; and 2,000 autograph letters and manuscripts.
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James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Exquisitely renovated historic site with collection of 19th and 20th-century American art, Pennsylvania Impressionists and changing exhibitions. Beautiful gardens, Outdoor Sculpture, Museum Shop, Espresso Cafe. Group rates available. Motorcoach friendly. AAA & AARP discounts.
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Jimmy Stewart Museum, Indiana, PA
Based at the actor's birthplace. See virtual tour.
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Johnstown Flood Museum, Johnstown, PA
This museum tells the shocking story of the 1889 Johnstown flood, the worst man-made disaster in U.S. history.
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Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA
Permanent collection of Old Master through 19th-Century paintings, prints, drawings (particularly Hudson River School)and temporary exhibitions; housed in a historic Carnegie Libary (1906).
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La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
The La Salle University Art Museum is the only college or university museum in the Philadelphia area with a permanent exhibition of Western art from the Renaissance to present times.
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LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
The La Salle University Art Museum is the only college or university museum in the Philadelphia area with a permanent exhibition of Western art from the Renaissance to present times.
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Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life, Pennsylvania, PA
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MUSEE (Museums and Universities Supporting Educational Enrichment, Inc.), Philadelphia, PA
MUSEE's Web site links to over 2500 museums around the world and provides a DirectLink feature allowing visitors to go directly to Travel/Visitor Information, Visual Content, Researh Materials, Educational Materials and Museum Shops.
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Museum of Bus Transportation, Hershey, PA
Non-profit organization whose goal is the preservation of the American motorcoach; ever-changing slide show on website details history. The"real"museum will be built in 2002; this website benefits public interest in the project.
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Museum of Scientific Discovery, Harrisburg, PA
A participatory science center with over 100 exhibits and daily public programs. On our web page, you can get a sneak-peek of our museum and find out when special events are happening.
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Museum of Unnatural Mystery, Bensalem, PA
A slightly bizarre science museum with exhibits for the whole family. Looks at scientific explaination for UFOs, sea monsters, etc.
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Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
This is a pickled medical specimen museum with medical oddities, medical instruments, and other really weird and disgusting exhibits such as a lady that turned to soap.
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National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
The National Constitution Center, located at 525 Arch St. on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the ideas and values it represe
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National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, PA
A journey through time featuring over 12,000 timkeeping treasures from every corner of the globe.
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North Museum of Natural History and Science, Lancaster, PA
Natural history collections, exhibits, special events, lecture programs, live animals, and planetarium.
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Old Bedford Village, Bedford, PA
Living history museum consisting of over 40 historic and replica structures, interpreting life on the PA frontier, 1750-1850.
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Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Paley Design Center of the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science is dedicated to collection, care, and display of textiles. The current collection of over 1.5 million items is used by students, researchers and the textile community worldwide.
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Paley/Levy Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
The galleries at the only visual-arts college for women in the United States. The Goldie Paley Gallery organizes innovative exhibitions of art, design, architecture, and photography by national and international artists. The Levy Gallery provides a center for artistic exploration and experimentation for both established and emerging Philadelphia-area artists.
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Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State, University Park, PA
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America's first art museum and school of fine arts. The Museum features one of the most renowned collections of American art--spanning three centuries.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, is unique among American museums in its integrated presentation of a full range of fine and applied arts from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Spanning over 2,000 years, the collections include masterpieces of painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings displayed with a wide range of furniture, silver, glasswork, architectural elements, and entire furnished rooms from historic houses.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
This is a special exhibition website to accompany Philadelphia Museum of Art's exhibition Degas and the Danc.
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Philadelphia museums, a listing, PA
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Philadelphia museums, a listing, PA
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Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Three floors of hands-on fun that is great for the whole family.
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Pocono Indian Museum, Bushkill, PA
The Pocono Indian Museum recreates the life and time of the Delaware Indian tribe.
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Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center, Punxsutawney, PA
The Weather Discovery Center is located in Punxsutawney, PA, Weather Capital of the World and home of Phil's Groundhog Day, in a restored 1914 Federal Building & Post Office. Our mission is to present the science and technology of weather prediction in an The exhibits at the Weather Center include a hot air balloon, Van de Graf generator, Water Cycle exhibit, tornado, Weather Vision Studio, Winds Exhibit and the Allstate Catastrophic Weather Theater. We are still growing and adding new exhibits.
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Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, PA
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Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, Homestead, PA
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 3,000 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 ...
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Romanian Museum, Philadelphia, PA
A 25 ys old non-profit organziation est. in Chicago in 1983.Now in the heart of Philadelphia, including a gallery shop. Also a branch in Princeton NJ. The largest Romanian ethnographic, folk art collection outside Romania. Costumes, txtiles, pottery, wooden items, covering almost all regions of Romania; also Transylvanian Country furniture and a 1000 Easter Eggs Collection. A Resource Center on Romanian Immigration and on Romania. Also programs/ activites in Romania-Brasov.
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Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, PA
Housed in an 1865 townhouse off Rittenhouse Square, this museum contains over 330,000 rare books and maunscripts collected by the world renowned rare book dealer, Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach. Among the museum's treasures are the manuscript of James Joyce's"Ulysses", the first book published by in North America, and Modernist poet Marianne Moore's living room.
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Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA
Collects, preserves and interprets books, manuscripts and artifacts of the Schwenkfelders, the people of SE Pennsylvania and specifically the Perkiomen Valley. Also provides a geneological and theological library open to the public. Comprehensive collection of fraktur, imprints, and textiles of the SE PA region. Also contains a small herbarium collection, and a collection of folk art drawings and paintings.
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The Condiment Packet Gallery, West Chester, PA
This is a museum for condiment packets. The website shows a huge collection of very well organized condiment packets with high resolution close-up images.
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The Roth Living Farm Museum of Delaware Valley College, North Wales, PA
The Roth Living Farm Museum is dedicated to presenting hands-on programming focused on educating visitors about 19th century farm life.
Our historic facility resides on a twenty-acre farm that includes woodlands, wetlands, grain fields, and livestock Our collection includes Victorian-style household furnishings, an extensive array of farming tools and equipment, as well as cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthroplogy, Philadelphia, PA
Has sponsored over 300 expeditions around the world and have artifacts from every inhabited continent.
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Valley Forge Historical Society Museum, Valley Forge, PA
See George Washington at Valley Forge.
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Vatican Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Art masterpieces from the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
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Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania, New Alexandria, PA
The coal mines and coal patches of western Pennsylvania, with miners names for some patches.
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Watch and Clock Museum of the NAWCC, Columbia, PA
A museum detailing the history and technology of timekeeping.
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Wilderness Wildlife Museum, Rector, PA
Museum holds a large collection of wild game specimens. Visitors can experience a variety of animals, and records of their habits. The museum library contains a variety of books, articles, photographs and video. Many North American game animals various species of: fish, birds, deer, bear, fox, wolves, coyotes, moose, caribou, cats & sheep. All Adventures cataloged. Research big game trophies w/Boone And Crocket volumes.
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William E. Swigart, Jr. Automobile Museum, Huntingdon, PA
The William E. Swigart Automobile Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit museum dedicated to preserving the history of the American automobile. Our remarkable collections have existed for more than 85 years, beginning as a private passion of our founder W. Emme The William E. Swigart, Jr. collection, believed to be the oldest in the United States, represents over a century of automotive history. Recognizing that old cars were often dismantled so that their parts could be used to create or repair some other machi
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York County Heritage Trust, York, PA
Consists of the Historical Society Museum and Archives, the Agricultural and Industrial Museum, Bonham House(Victorial home of Horace Bonham), and Colonial Complex (Gates House, Plow Tavern, Bobb Log House and Colonial Courthouse).
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