Author Archives: Site Administrator

Congratulations Erie Insurance and Tom Hagen for being recipients of a 2014 Leadership in History Award for the publication The Historic Tibbals House – 1842! The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announces the winners of the 69th … Continue reading →

The Union City Area Historical Society announces their new Union City Youth History Club, a program designed to celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary. Youth grades 4th – 7th are invited to meet for crafts, games, storytelling and snacks. May 31 … Continue reading →

The Lake Shore Railway Museum’s annual Night at the Museum is June 20 & 21. The Museum, at 31 Wall Street in North East, opens at noon on Saturday and will remain open until 4pm on Sunday. “What’s going on,” … Continue reading →

Hornby School Museum’s annual Civil War and Living History Day is Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit with costumed interpreters, watch infantry drills and cannon firings; experience firsthand what life was like during the Civil … Continue reading →

Erie Yesterday – a consortium of Erie County museums and historical societies – is pleased to announce the return of the DiscovERIE Passport. The DiscovERIE Passport is a 4 ¼” x 6” booklet which is redeemable for (1) FREE student … Continue reading →

The Erie Maritime Museum (EMM) is looking for individuals to become museum guides or “docents”. Volunteers with an interest in maritime or military history and those who have a passion for Lake Erie, we want YOU! As a volunteer docent, … Continue reading →

Mercyhurst University’s Cummings Art Gallery welcomes Between the States: Photographs of the American Civil War, a traveling exhibit from the George Eastman House commemorating the 150th anniversary of “Mr. Lincoln’s War.” The exhibit presents a selection of facsimile photographs of … Continue reading →

FORUM 2014, scheduled for July 16-20, 2014 in Philadelphia, will bring together the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions’ biennial training program for local preservation boards and commissions with the Statewide Conference on Heritage/Byways to the Past, presented annually by Preservation … Continue reading →

Four re-enactors from the American Historical Theatre will visit the Jefferson Educational Society for programs that will literally bring history to life. Sixteenth President of the United States Abraham Lincoln will speak first at a luncheon on Thursday, May 22. … Continue reading →

The Drake Well Museum in Titusville is hosting the ever-popular Archives Without Tears workshop Tuesday, June 10–Wednesday, June 11. The two-day workshop cost $25 and is for those who work or volunteer in organizations that deal with the past–whether it’s … Continue reading →