Author Archives: Site Administrator

Calling all marching bands, historical societies, museums, and ethnic, military, reenactment and veterans groups! The Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade is scheduled for Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 1 pm, and they invite you to join them for a salute … Continue reading →

July 16-19, 2013 in Pittsburgh, PA Preservation Pennsylvania and the conference partners announced that the annual Statewide Conference on Heritage will be held at the historic William Penn Hotel in the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Conference attendees will be … Continue reading →

Pennsylvania’s past is important. Events that took place here have reverberated throughout the entire world. The story of Pennsylvania is preserved in the artifacts cared for in collections found in every region of the state—in our communities’ museums, libraries, archives, … Continue reading →

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Now Accepting Applications for  Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is now accepting applications for Keystone Historic Preservation Project and Construction Grants. Project grants are available to … Continue reading →

Not a single cannon was fired, nor a life lost in the conflict known as the Gauge War. It was a conflict of commercial advantage which involved the rights of local government and pitted the citizens of Erie County against … Continue reading →

Lake Shore Railway Museum Christmas at the Station (Download event poster as PDF)

According to the 2010 Census, there are over 5.2 million American Indian and Alaska Native people and 566 federally recognized tribal nations that exist as sovereign nations within 33 states of the United States. As Native American Heritage Month, November … Continue reading →

The Erie Maritime Museum welcomes author Gerard T. Altoff to speak on The Battle of Lake Erie on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. in the Hirt Auditorium.  Mr. Altoff’s presentation is open to the public, admission free. Altoff … Continue reading →

With Hurricane Sandy in the not-so-distant past, arts and cultural organizations located along the east coast have months of damage assessment and emergency collections care ahead of them. How could’ve they prepared and, now that the storm has hit, what … Continue reading →

The Erie Center for Design and Preservation (ECDP), a nonprofit organization focused on the preservation and adaptive reuse of greater Erie’s built environment, has launched an exciting new project called, “Name This Place That Matters” on its Facebook page which … Continue reading →