Author Archives: Site Administrator

Advocate for Museums In Your Community Newspaper! Museums Advocacy Day 2012 is February 27 – 28 in Washington, DC. Even if you can not join AASLH, AAM, and hundreds more of your colleagues, you can still advocate for your museum … Continue reading →

Pennsylvania Statewide Historic Preservation Plan Draft for Review! The Bureau for Historic Preservation and T&B Planning are pleased to release a draft version of the 2012-2017 Pennsylvania Statewide Historic Preservation Plan for your review and comment. Work began on this … Continue reading →

On Thursday, March 1, 2012 (10am –3pm), the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations, in partnership with PHMC, is offering a very beneficial training session on the basics of non-profit administration and regulation requirements.   PANO will be providing valuable information that … Continue reading →

Through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions (PAG) program, small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions—such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities—can apply for up … Continue reading →

The Pennsylvania Humanities Council invites all non-profit groups to apply to host a Commonwealth Speaker presentation featuring an expert in the humanities. For more than twenty years, the Commonwealth Speakers program has contracted educators and scholars from around the state … Continue reading →

The application for Regional Asset Funding – Special Events Grant shall be submitted to the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority utilizing a grant application provided to the public through www.ecgra.org. Review the grant guidelines HERE. 1. All submissions must be … Continue reading →

The Accidental Slaveowner Presented by Dr. Mark Auslander Friday, February 10th At the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 312 Chestnut Street, Erie Reception and Book Signing at 5:00 p.m., Presentation at 6:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public Join … Continue reading →

Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organization’s annual statewide museum conference is on for 2012!  They will be convening at the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA.  It is their hope that this impressive, convenient location will entice … Continue reading →

On January 17th, Mindy Gulden Crawford, Executive Director of Preservation Pennsylvania, announced the 10 endangered resources on this year’s list at a gathering in the lobby of the Hanover Theater (Hanover, York County) one of the 2011 At Risk-listed sites. … Continue reading →

TNT and KOW Explosive Topics for Edinboro Area Historical Society’s Annual Dinner January 25th What is TNT?  How did KOW impact rural Edinboro during World War II?  Find out these and other interesting facts about nearby Geneva in southern Crawford … Continue reading →