List of museums in Pennsylvania


This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are university and non-profit art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace are not included.

Current museums

NameTown/CityCountyRegionTypeSummary
1719 Hans Herr House & MuseumWillow StreetLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen airMennonite history, colonial and Victorian era farm life
1803 HouseEmmausLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseAlso known as the Ehrenhardt House, lifestyle of the inhabitants of colonial Emmaus
1852 Herr Family HomesteadLandisvilleLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, depicts life on a 19th-century Lancaster County farm
AACA MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotive, also known as Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, vintage automobiles, buses, motorcycles and memorabilia
Abington Art CenterJenkintownMontgomeryDelaware ValleyArtContemporary art museum and a sculpture park
Adams County Historical Society MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, located on the grounds of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
Air Heritage MuseumBeaver FallsBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation - Aviation, restored aircraft
Albany Township Historical Society MuseumTrexlerBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Allegheny-Kiski Heritage MuseumTarentumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, story of the home front during WWII, aluminum and glass collections from area companies
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SiteGallitzinCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - RailroadPark with engine house, historic tavern, mid 19th century Samuel Lemon House
Allentown Art MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyArtEuropean and American paintings, textiles, prints and drawings
Allison-Antrim MuseumGreencastleFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal history
America On WheelsAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyTransportation - Automotive
American Military Edged Weaponry MuseumIntercourseLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitary, collection of US military knives used by the American servicemen, military artifacts
American Golf Hall of FameFoxburgClarionNorthwest RegionSportsHistoric golf clubs and artifacts
American Helicopter Museum & Education CenterWest ChesterChesterDelaware ValleyTransportaton - AviationOver 35 civilian and military helicopters, autogiros and convertaplanes
American Treasure TourOaksMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMultipleExpansive collection includes nickelodeons, band organs, classic cars, movie posters, Americana, circus art, dolls and dollhouses, open by reservation
Amish ExperienceBird-in-HandLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, depicts modern Amish life in an Amish homestead and one room school
Amish Farm and HouseLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryFarm, working farm, historical and modern customs of Lancaster County's Amish
Amy B. Yerkes MuseumHatboroMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal history, operated by the Millbrook Society
Andalusia AndalusiaBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric house
Antoine Dutot Museum & GalleryDelaware Water GapMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaMultiple, art gallery and museum of local history housed in an 1850 brick schoolhouse
Appalachian Trail MuseumGardnersCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoryDevelopment of the Appalachian Trail
Art Association of HarrisburgHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyArt, galleries located in the historic Governor Findlay Mansion
Asa Packer MansionJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyHistoric house19th-century Victorian period mansion
Atlas Cement Company Memorial MuseumNorthamptonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyIndustry,
Aughinbaugh GalleryGranthamCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of Messiah College Department of Visual Arts
Bachmann Publick HouseEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric houseUnder renovation, 18th-century colonial inn and tavern
Bahr's MillGabelsvilleBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryMillLate 19th-century woodworking and grist mill
Baker MansionAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyMuseum of the Blair County Historical Society
Baldwin-Reynolds House MuseumMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoric houseOwned by the Crawford County Historical Society, reflects three centuries of owners; Dr. J. R. Mosier Office on site
Barns-Brinton HouseChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
Barton Street SchoolLock HavenClintonCentral PALocal history, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes memorabilia from local fire companies and military artifacts
Battles Museums of Rural LifeGirardErieNorthwest RegionHistoric house, operated by the Erie County Historical Society; Museum site consists of two historic homes, the R.S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabeth Battles Memorial Museum, on of farm land and of woods and hiking trails
Bayernhof Music MuseumO'Hara TownshipAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaMusicAutomated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries
Beaver Area Heritage MuseumBeaverBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, operated by the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation
Beaver County Industrial MuseumDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - Steel, part of the Darlington Museum complex
Beaver Falls Historical Society MuseumBeaver FallsBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyHoused in the Carnegie Free Library
Bell SchoolHamilton TownshipMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaSchool, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association; Stormsville is part of Hamilton Township
Bellefonte Art MuseumBellefonteCentreCentral PAArt, local art in all media
Berks County Heritage CenterReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen air, includes Gruber Wagon Works, the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, memorials and gardens, operated by the County
Berks History CenterReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Berks County
Berman Museum of ArtCollegevilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyArt, part of Ursinus College, houses over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative, and cultural objects
Bible History ExhibitsRonksLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligious, operated by the Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies, replica archaeological artifacts to illuminate the Bible
Bicycle HeavenPittsburghAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportationA free museum housing 30,000 vintage and movie bicycles including the one used in Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Big Mac Museum RestaurantNorth HuntingdonWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaFoodTribute to the Big Mac and its creator
Bill's Old Bike BarnBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PATransportation - Automotive, motorcycles, also Americana memorabilia from nautical, circus, Harley Davidson and other collections
Blooming Grove MuseumCogan StationLycomingCentral PALocal history, operated by the Blooming Grove Historical Society
Boal Mansion MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PAHistoric houseReflects original furnishings and single family ownership over 200 years
Boalsburg Heritage MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PALocal history
Boyertown Area Historical SocietyBoyertownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Boyertown Museum of Historic VehiclesBoyertownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotive, includes motorized, horse-drawn and man-powered road transportation from wagons and trucks to bicycles and cars
Braddock's Battlefield History CenterNorth BraddockAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaMilitaryHistory of the Braddock Expedition and the French and Indian War
Bradford County Farm Museum and The Heritage VillageTroyBradfordNorthern TierAgriculture, features rare farm implements, large and small farm machinery and tools, individual rooms showing a blacksmith shop, tin shop, winter workroom, general store, children’s games, Grange, game commission artifacts, farm kitchen, model tractors, Revolutionary war items
Bradford County MuseumTowandaBradfordNorthern TierLocal historyLocated in the Bradford County Jail
Brandywine Battlefield ParkChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyOpen airSite of the Battle of Brandywine fought on September 11, 1777 during the American Revolution, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Brandywine River MuseumChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyArtAmerican art with primary emphasis on the art of the Brandywine region, American illustration and still life painting; three generations of N. C. Wyeth family art
Broad Top Area Coal Miners MuseumRobertsdaleHuntingdonCentral PAIndustry - CoalCoal mining and railroad exhibits; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Brown's Mill SchoolGreencastleFranklinCumberland ValleyEducationOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society, historic schoolhouse
Buhl HouseZelienopleButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house, operated by the Zelienople Historical Society
Burnside PlantationBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyOpen airProperty includes restored 1748/1818 farmhouse, two 1840s bank barns, a high horse-power wheel, large kitchen garden and orchard, a corn crib and wagon shed
Burtner HouseNatrona HeightsAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseEarly-19th-century farmhouse
Bushy Run BattlefieldPenn TownshipWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen airAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Butler County Historical SocietyButlerButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, operates the 1828 Lowrie/Shaw House, the 1815 Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, and the 1838 Little Red School House
Calder House MuseumEquinunkWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, operated by the Equinunk Historical Society
Caleb Pusey HouseUplandDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, late-17th-century house
Cambria County Historical Society Library and MuseumEbensburgCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal history
Carbondale Historical Society and MuseumCarbondaleLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyLocated on the third floor of the historic Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse
Carpenter Log HousePlumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house, operated by the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, located in Boyce Park
Castanea Railroad StationCastaneaClintonCentral PATransportation - Railroad, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society, includes railroad artifacts and model train layout
Catlin HouseScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, operated by the Lackawanna Historical Society, 1912 mansion
Centre County Library & Historical MuseumBellefonteCentreCentral PALocal historyCentre County documents, photographs, family memorabilia and other genealogical items
Centre Furnace MansionState CollegeCentreCentral PAHistoric houseHome of the Centre County Historical Society, restored and furnished mid-19th-century ironmaster's home
Central Pennsylvania African American MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryAfrican AmericanHistory of African Americans in Central Pennsylvania, located in a former AME church
Chadds Ford Historical SocietyChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal history, local history exhibits in the Barn Visitor Center, also operates tours of the Barns-Brinton House and the Chad House
Chambersburg Heritage CenterChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal history
Chester County Historical Society MuseumWest ChesterChesterDelaware ValleyLocal history
The Children's MuseumBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PAChildren's
Christiana Underground Railroad Center at Historic Zercher’s HotelChristianaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistory, site of Resistance at Christiana that led to the first nationally covered challenge to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Clarion University Art GalleriesClarionClarionNorthwest RegionArt, University Art Gallery is located in the lower level of Carlson Library, Empty Set Gallery is a student run space housed in Marwick Boyd Fine Arts Building
Clearfield County Historical Society and MuseumClearfieldClearfieldCentral PALocal history
The Clemente MuseumPittsburghAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaSportsA museum dedicated to the memorabilia and legacy of late baseball player Roberto Clemente.
Clifton HouseFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Fort Washington
Collen Brook FarmUpper Darby TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Upper Darby Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse
Colonial Pennsylvania PlantationMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyLivingLocated at Ridley Creek State Park
Columns MuseumMilfordPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, operated by the Pike County Historical Society
Compass Inn MuseumLaughlintownWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric houseRestored inn with costumed docents that tell the story of transportation and everyday life in the early 19th century
Conestoga Area Historical Society MuseumConestogaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, museum housed in a 19th-century tobacco barn
Conrad Weiser HomesteadWomelsdorfBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseColonial homestead of Conrad Weiser, a very important figure in the settlement of the colonial frontier; park around the home designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Coolspring Power MuseumCoolspringJeffersonCentral PATechnology, over 250 historic internal combustion stationary gas engines
Cooper's Shed MuseumMount JoyLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - BeerPart of
Cornwall Iron FurnaceCornwallLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - IronNational Historic Landmark iron furnaces, support buildings and surrounding community, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Corry Area Historical MuseumCorryErieNorthwest RegionLocal history, artifacts from pioneer life to the first modern oil refinery up to present-day manufacturing
Crayola ExperienceEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyChildren'sInteractive creative stations, history of the Crayola company and its art products
Cresco Station MuseumCrescoMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, operated by the Barrett Township Historical Society
Crossroads Heritage MuseumHamburgBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation, includes horse-drawn coaches, sleighs, wagons, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, vintage quilts, 1840 original stage coach, and small items related to the 19th century
Cumberland County Historical Society MuseumCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyLocal history, folk art, local pottery, Native American and local historic artifacts, fine art, furniture
Dale/Engle/Walker HouseLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Daniel Boone HomesteadBirdsboroBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryOpen airAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
David Mead Log CabinMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoric house
David Bradford HouseWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house18th-century-period house, home of David Bradford, a leader of the Whiskey Rebellion
David Wills HouseGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistory, 19th-century law office of David Wills where President Abraham Lincoln revised his Gettysburg Address, exhibits about the battle's effects on the town, operated by the Gettysburg Foundation
Da Vinci Science CenterAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyScience
DeBence Antique Music WorldFranklinVenangoNorthwest RegionMusicAntique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, calliopes, player pianos, and automated brass bands that date from the mid-19th century to the 1940s
Delaware County Historical Society MuseumChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal history, also archives and library
Delaware County Institute of ScienceMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyNatural history, natural history museum and natural science library, includes mounted birds and animals, an herbarium of Delaware County plants, fossils, shells, corals, animal skulls, bird nests and eggs, butterflies, spiders, insects
Demuth MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArtMuseum of paintings by Charles Demuth
Depreciation Lands MuseumAllison ParkAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLiving, colonial village life
Donora Smog MuseumDonoraWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoryHistory of the Donora Smog of 1948, an air inversion of smog containing fluoride that killed 20 people
Dorflinger Glass MuseumWhite MillsWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaGlassCut glass crystal made in White Mills from 1852 to 1921, located at the 600-acre Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary
Doylestown Historical SocietyDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyLocal history
Drake Well MuseumTitusvilleVenangoNorthwest RegionIndustry - OilBeginnings of the modern oil industry through videos, exhibits, operating oil field machinery, and historic buildings in a park setting, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Driebe Freight Station Art GalleryStroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaArt, operated by the Monroe County Historical Association
Duncan & Miller Glass MuseumWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaGlass, exhibits of glass and tools of George Duncan & Sons and Duncan & Miller Glass Companies 1874 to 1955, and operated by The National Duncan Glass Society
Eagles Mere MuseumEagles MereSullivanNorthern TierLocal history, exhibits include the George Lewis Glassworks era 1804-1830, farming era 1830-1880, narrow gauge railroad 1892-1926, big hotels' era 1880-1960s
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art GalleryUniversity ParkCentreCentral PANatural history, part of Pennsylvania State University, rocks, minerals, fossils, mining and scientific equipment, archaeological artifacts, paintings and sculpture depicting mining and related industries
East Broad Top RailroadRockhill FurnaceHuntingdonCentral PATransportation - RailroadNational Historic heritage railroad
Eastern Museum of Motor RacingYork SpringsAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotive, collection of vintage race cars and artifacts and research library
Eckley Miners' VillageWeatherlyLuzerneLehigh ValleyIndustry - MiningAnthracite coal mining patch town, operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Eddie's Toy Museum & StoreSciotaMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaToy, toys and NASCAR collectibles, toy tractors, motorcycles, Christmas rooms, Pez dispensers, carnival toys, toy trucks, cars, airplanes, pedal cars, dolls
Edinboro Area Historical SocietyEdinboroErieNorthwest RegionLocal history
Eisenhower National Historic SiteGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryPresidential homeHome for the Eisenhowers after they left the White House in 1961
Eldred World War II MuseumEldredMcKeanNorthern TierMilitaryExhibits about World War II
Electric City Trolley MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaTransportation
Elizabeth Township Historical Society MuseumBostonAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
Endless Mountains War Memorial MuseumSonestownSullivanNorthern TierMilitary, honors America's veterans from all wars
Ephrata CloisterEphrataLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligiousOne of America's earliest religious communities, founded in 1732, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Erie Art MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionArt
Erie Maritime MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionMaritimeHomeport of the U.S. Brig Niagara, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Evans-Mumbower MillUpper Gwynedd TownshipMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMillRestored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Everhart MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaMultipleArt, natural history and ethnographic collections, ancient civilizations, local/regional history and decorative arts
expERIEnce Children's MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionChildren's
Explore & MoreGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryChildren's
FallingwaterBear RunFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright
Federal SchoolHaverfordDelawareDelaware ValleyEducationOperated by the Haverford Historical Society, one room schoolhouse
Finley HouseWayneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal history, headquarters of the Radnor Historical Society, features period kitchen and bedroom, doll and clothing display, collection of wagons, sleighs, carriages
Firefighters Historical MuseumErieErieNorthwest RegionFirefighting
F. Julius Lemoyne HouseWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseNational Historic Landmark of the underground railroad, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Flatiron Building Heritage CenterBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyAlso houses the Frank L. Melega Art Museum
Fleetwood Area Historical Society MuseumFleetwoodBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
FonthillDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric housePoured concrete mansion with many Arts & Crafts decorative tiles
Forest County History CenterTionestaForestNorthwest RegionLocal history
Fort Bedford MuseumBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesMilitaryFrench and Indian War era British military fortification
Fort Hunter MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric house19th-century-period house and 40 acre park
Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society MuseumWaterfordErieNorthwest RegionLocal historyLocated on the upper floors of the Eagle Hotel, also operates tours of the Judson House
Fort LigonierLigonierWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesMilitaryMuseum and recreated mid-18th-century British fort from the French and Indian War
Fort Necessity National BattlefieldUniontownFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaFortCommemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War, includes reconstructed fort, visitor center and Mount Washington Tavern
Fort RoberdeauAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airReconstructed Revolutionary War stockade surrounding six log cabins, 1858 barn containing exhibits, education center, trails
Frank L. Melega Art MuseumBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaArtCoal country-related artworks of Frank L. Melega and changing exhibits of contemporary art
Freedman GalleryReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of Albright College
French AzilumTowandaBradfordNorthern TierHistoric siteSite of planned settlement along the Susquehanna River for refugees fleeing the French Revolution
Friends of the East Broad Top MuseumRobertsdaleHuntingdonCentral PATransportation - RailroadHistory and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township
Friendship Hill National Historic SitePoint MarionFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house18th-century home of early American politician Albert Gallatin
Frost Entomological MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PANatural historyPart of Penn State, insects
Fulton County Historical Society MuseumMcConnellsburgFultonCentral PALocal historyLocated in a restored late-18th-century tavern
Gallery at Penn CollegeWilliamsportLycomingCentral PAArt, part of Pennsylvania College of Technology, located in Madigan Library
Gallitzin Tunnels Park & MuseumGallitzinCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyFocuses on community's railroad, industrial, social, and religious heritage, park exhibits a restored 1942 Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose, history of the Gallitzin Tunnel
Gen. Frederick Von Steuben HeadquartersValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyHistoric house
General Lee's Headquarters MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitary, 1834 house used by General Robert E. Lee as his personal headquarters
George Taylor HouseCatasauquaLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseHome of George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, operated by the Lehigh Valley Historical Society
Gettysburg National Military ParkGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryCivil WarIncludes the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg Cyclorama, 6,000 acres of park lands, 30 miles of roads, and over 1,400 monuments and markers
Gettysburg Railroad StationGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadRailroad station with exhibits about President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Glencairn MuseumBryn AthynMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousReligious art and history from many religions
Golden Age Air MuseumBethelBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Aviation, birth of the barnstormer, airmail, flying circuses and the first airlines, also automobiles
Goschenhoppen Folklife MuseumGreen LaneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyEthnic, operated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, building also houses the Country Store Museum
Graeme ParkHorshamMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOnly surviving residence of a colonial-era Pennsylvania governor, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Grange EstateHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by Friends of the Grange, mid-19th-century mansion
Greater Hazleton Historical Society MuseumHazleton LuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, includes old-fashioned kitchen and school room displays
Greene County Historical Society MuseumWaynesburgGreenePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyPeriod rooms, exhibits of local businesses and industries, Monongahela culture
Greenville Area Historical Society MuseumGreenvilleMercerNorthwest RegionLocal history
Greersburg AcademyDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyAlso includes Native American artifacts
Grey Towers National Historic SiteDingman TownshipPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric houseAncestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania
Grove City Area Historical Society MuseumGrove CityMercerNorthwest RegionLocal history
Gutelius House MuseumMifflinburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Haas Gallery of ArtBloomsburgColumbiaCentral PAArt, part of Bloomsburg University
Hagen History CenterErieErieNorthwest RegionLocal historyOperated by the Erie County Historical Society; two-building complex contains the Watson-Curtze Mansion and Cashier's House, an 1839 Greek Revival style townhouse museum with 19th-century furnishings and changing period exhibits
Haines MillCetroniaLehighLehigh ValleyMillOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, working grist mill
Haines Shoe HouseHallamYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseShoe-shaped house
Hands-on HouseLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryChildren's, also known as Children's Museum of Lancaster
Hanna's TownHannastownWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airReconstructed Hanna Tavern/Courthouse and three vintage late-18th-century log houses, a reconstructed Revolutionary era fort and blockhouse and wagon shed, administered by the Westmoreland County Historical Society
Hanover Area Historical Society MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyLocated in the 18th-century Neas House, also tours of the Warehime-Myers Mansion
Hanover Fire MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryFirefighting, collection of fire memorabilia and apparatus
Hanover Junction MuseumHanoverYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroad
Harmony MuseumHarmonyButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaReligiousSite of the first settlement established by the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society from 1805 to 1905
Harris Switch TowerHarrisburgDauphinSouth CentralTransportation - RailroadFormer Pennsylvania Railroad interlocking tower
Harriton HouseBryn MawrMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house
Hartwood MansionHampton TownshipAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric house1929 Tudor mansion with antiques, public gardens, cottage, stable complex, and a gate lodge
Heisey House MuseumLock HavenClintonCentral PAHistoric houseOperated by the Clinton County Historical Society, 19th-century Victorian house
Helfrich's Springs Grist MillWhitehallLehighLehigh ValleyMillOperated by the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society, early 19th century grist mill
Henry Antes HouseUpper Frederick TownshipMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Goschenhoppen Historians, 18th-century Moravian settlement houses
Herbig BakeryBradfordMcKeanNorthern TierLocal history, headquarters of the Bradford Landmark Society
Heritage Discovery CenterJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal historyImmigrant experiences, also known as the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center
Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, located in the barn at the old Milton Hershey School home and farm
Hershey StoryHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodHistory and legacy of Milton S. Hershey and the chocolate candy confections he invented
Hershey's Chocolate WorldHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodChocolate making
The HighlandsFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house site with a late-18th-century Georgian mansion and formal gardens
Historic FallsingtonFallsingtonBucksDelaware ValleyOpen airTours of the village and interiors of Moon-Williamson Log House, Burges-Lippincott House and Stagecoach Tavern
Historic Langhorne AssociationLanghorneBucksDelaware ValleyLocal history
Historic SchaefferstownSchaefferstownLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, includes the Gemberling Rex House, Alexander Schaeffer Farm and the Brendle Museum with displays of folklore Pennsylvania German culture
Historic Wrightsville MuseumWrightsvilleYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Historic Yellow SpringsChester SpringsChesterDelaware ValleyOpen air, thirteen structures,, and a collection of art, artifacts, and archives
Historical Society of Berks County MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Hole in the Wall Puppet TheatreLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryPuppet, includes museum with puppets from around the world and exhibits about John Durang
Home Textile Tool MuseumOrwellBradfordNorthern TierTextile, spinning wheels, looms and tools of early America
Honesdale Fire MuseumHonesdaleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaFirefighting
Hope Horn GalleryScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaArt, part of the University of Scranton
Hope LodgeFort WashingtonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century mansion
Hopewell Furnace National Historic SiteElversonBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - IronLiving history presentations in the summer
Hornby School MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionEducationTurn-of-the-20th-century-period schoolhouse
Horseshoe CurveAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - RailroadVisitor center with displays and views of the railroad horseshoe curve
Houdini MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaBiographicalHistoric house with exhibits about Harry Houdini, also offers magic shows
Hoyt Center for the ArtsNew CastleLawrencePittsburgh Metro AreaArt, regional arts center and museum
HUB & Roberson GalleriesUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArt, part of Pennsylvania State University, located in the HUB-Robeson Center
Hummelstown Area Historical Society MuseumHummelstownDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, also known as the Parish House building, contains collection of general artifacts of the Hummelstown area from the 18th century and an extensive arrowhead collection
Hunter House MuseumSunburyNorthumberlandCentral PAMilitaryHeadquarters of the Northumberland County Historical Society, includes historical and archaeological artifacts dealing with Fort Augusta
Hurry Hill Farm Maple MuseumEdinboroErieNorthwest RegionAgriculture, process for collecting and making maple syrup
Indenhofen FarmSkippackMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Skippack Historical Society in Evansburg State Park, 18th-century house
Indian Steps MuseumAirvilleYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryNative AmericanLarge collection of Susquehannock Indian artifacts, WPA models and dioramas, Holtwood Dam and other local history exhibits
Isett Acres MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAAmerican History, antiques and collectibles, tools, glassware, kitchen, laundry, schoolroom, toys, firearms
James A. Michener Art MuseumDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyArtArt and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
James A. Michener Art MuseumNew HopeBucksDelaware ValleyArtSatellite facility, art and cultural heritage of the Bucks County region
Jefferson County History CenterBrookvilleJeffersonCentral PALocal history, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Jennie Wade HouseGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, home of Jennie Wade, the only Gettysburg citizen killed during the Battle of Gettysburg
Jerry's Classic Cars and Collectibles MuseumPottsvilleSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Automotive
The Jimmy Stewart MuseumIndianaIndianaPittsburgh Metro AreaBiographicalMemorabilia about actor James Stewart
Joanna Furnace ComplexRobeson TownshipBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - Iron19th-century charcoal iron furnace, life in the iron-making community
John A. Hermann Jr. Memorial Art MuseumBellevueAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaArt, works by area artists
John Brown House ChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny, boarding house where abolitionist John Brown stayed
John Brown Farm, Tannery & MuseumRichmond TownshipCrawfordNorthwest RegionHistoryFarm, tannery ruins and archaeological site, built by abolitionist John Brown in 1825
John Chads HouseChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, early-18th-century-period house
John Harris-Simon Cameron MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric houseHome of John Harris, Jr., operated by the Historical Society of Dauphin County, 19th-century mansion
John Joseph Henry HouseNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric house, 1832 house, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
John McFadden Model Railroad MuseumMercersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyTransportation - Railroad
John Sebastian Goundie HouseBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric house, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, 1810 brick residence with temporary exhibits of local history
Johannes Mueller HouseLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation, 1792 house with costumed docents
Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic MuseumMeadvilleCrawfordNorthwest RegionPhotography, repository for Keystone View Company stereoscopic products, documents and memorabilia
Johnstown Children's MuseumJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniessChildren'sLocated in the Heritage Discovery Center, interactive displays about Johnstown's geography, history, culture and industry
Johnstown Flood MuseumJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoryHistory of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood National MemorialSouth ForkCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoryCommemorates the approximately 2,200 people who died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889
Joseph Priestley HouseNorthumberlandNorthumberlandCentral PAHistoric houseAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 18th & early 19th-century home of Joseph Priestley
Juniata College Museum of ArtHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAArt, collection includes Hudson River School, American portrait miniatures, Old Master paintings and prints
Kemerer Museum of Decorative ArtsBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyDecorative arts, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, includes Bohemian glass, fine needlework, tall case clocks, dolls, cast-iron toys and landscape paintings
Kentuck KnobStewart TownshipFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright
Kerr Memorial MuseumOakmontAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseDepicts upper middle class life between 1890–1910
Kutztown Area Historical Society MuseumKutztownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal historyLocated in a late 19th-century school building
LacawacLake ArielWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric houseTours of the former estate house, 545-acre nature preserve, trails, public programs
Lackawanna Coal Mine TourScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustry - CoalAdjacent to Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
Lake Shore Railway MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionTransportation - Railroad, operated by the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society; depots, locomotives, passenger cars
Lancaster County Historical SocietyLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, located at the Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligious, exhibits about Mennonite and Amish life
Lancaster Museum of ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, possibly closed
Lancaster Science FactoryLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryScience
Landis Valley MuseumLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLiving historyAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940
Lawrence CabinHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Haverford Township Historical Society, early-18th-century log cabin
Lawrence County Historical Society MuseumNew CastleLawrencePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
Leechburg Area Museum and Historical SocietyLeechburgArmstrongPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
Leesport Lock HouseLeesportBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation19th-century lock house, open for events
Lehigh University Art GalleriesBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArt, includes two art galleries at the Zoellner Arts Center, several other galleries and outdoor sculptures around the campus
Lehigh Valley Heritage MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, Lehigh County history from the earliest Native American inhabitants to the German settlers of the 18th century through the Industrial Revolution to mercantile and wartime accounts from the 20th century
Lemon HouseCressonCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric housePart of the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, restored 1840s period house and tavern
LeRoy Heritage MuseumCantonBradfordNorthern TierLocal history
Liberty Bell MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyHistoryExhibits relating to the Liberty Bell, liberty, freedom, patriotism and local history
Lincoln Highway ExperienceLatrobeWestmoreland]Laurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation, operated by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, telling story of our nation's first coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Train MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroad, model trains and dioramas illustrating the railroad’s role during the Civil War
Lititz MuseumLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, operated by the Lititz Historical Foundation
Little Buffalo State ParkNewportPerryCentral PAHistoric houseIncludes the Blue Ball Tavern Museum and Shoaff's Mill
Little Beaver MuseumDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, operated by the Little Beaver Historical Society
Little MuseumSterling RunCameronCentral PALocal history, operated by the Cameron County Historical Society
Livingood MuseumWomelsdorfBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, operated by the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society
Lock Ridge Furnace MuseumAlburtisLehighLehigh ValleyIndustryOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, ruins of coal-burning iron furnace with displays about the anthracite iron industry
Lore Degenstein GallerySelinsgroveSnyderCentral PAArt, part of Susquehanna University
Lower Saucon Township Historical SocietyLower Saucon TownshipNorthamptonLehigh ValleyEducationFormer one-room school
Luzerne County MuseumWilkes-Barre LuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyOperated by the Luzerne County Historical Society
Mack Trucks MuseumAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyTransportation - Automotive, about Mack Trucks
Macungie InstituteMacungieLehighLehigh ValleyLocal history, community center with headquarters and the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum of the Macungie Historical Society
Manheim Heritage CenterManheimLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, operated by the Manheim Historical Society
Margaret R. Grundy Memorial MuseumBristolBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric house, late Victorian mansion
Martin Guitar MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyMusicMuseum of the Martin Guitar Factory, factory tours
Marywood University Art GalleriesScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaArt
Mascaro-Steiniger Turfgrass MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PATechnology, part of Penn State, open by appointment, lawn care equipment, located at the Landscape Management Research Center
Matson Museum of AnthropologyUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAAnthropology, part of Pennsylvania State University, displays archaeological objects from around the world, including Mesopotamia, Mexico and Pennsylvania, and items used by contemporary cultures from Latin America to Afghanistan
Mauch Chunk MuseumJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyLocal history
McCarl Industrial & Agricultural Museum of Beaver CountyDarlingtonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustryOperated by the Little Beaver Historical Society, history and development of manufacturing in the County
McCoy House MuseumLewistownMifflinCentral PALocal historyOperated by the Mifflin County Historical Society
McKeesport Regional History & Heritage CenterMcKeesportAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
McMurtrie House MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PAHistoric house, operated by the Huntingdon County Historical Society
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural LifeAvellaWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaArchaeological site, open airOperated by the Heinz History Center, Woodland, Archaic and Paleoindian remains, 16,000-year-old campsite alongside a village recreating rural life from the 19th century
Mechanicsburg MuseumMechanicsburgCumberlandCumberland ValleyOpen airIncludes Passenger Station and Stationmaster's House, Frankeberger Tavern, Freight Station, and the Washington Street Station
Mennonite Heritage CenterHarleysvilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousLocal Mennonite history and traditions
Mennonite Information CenterLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryReligious, movie about the Amish, features full-sized Biblical Tabernacle reproduction in wax
Mercer County Historical Society MuseumMercerMercerNorthwest RegionLocal history, located in the Anderson House, can also tour the Magoffin House with a guide
Mercer MuseumDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyHistoryCollection of early American objects and artifacts
Merrick Art GalleryNew BrightonBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaArtOfficially known as Merrick Free Art Gallery, Museum and Library, collection of French, German, English, and American paintings from the 18th and 19th century, including a collection of Hudson River School paintings
Mid-Atlantic Air MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - AviationHistoric war planes, classic airliners, rare civilian and military aircraft
Mifflinburg Buggy MuseumMifflinburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportationOriginal carriage workshop with carriages, wagons, and sleighs and tools to make them
Millersburg MuseumMillersburgDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, operated by the Historical Society of Millersburg & Upper Paxton Township
Mill at AnselmaChester SpringsChesterDelaware ValleyMill18th-century grain mill
Mill GroveAudubonMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of John James Audubon, art museum and Audubon wildlife sanctuary
Minshall HouseMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house
Misericordia University Art GalleriesDallasLuzerneLehigh ValleyArtPauly Friedman Art Gallery and MacDonald Art Gallery in Insalaco Hall
Mister Ed's Elephant MuseumOrrtannaAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryCommodity, elephant memorabilia and collectibles and a candy store.
Mixsell House MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, open by appointment
Moland HouseHartsvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Warwick Township Historical Society, 18th-century farmhouse used by George Washington as a headquarters in 1777
Montgomery House MuseumDanvilleMontourNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal historyOperated by the Montour County Historical Society
Moravian MuseumBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyOpen airTells the stories of the Moravian founders, includes 1741 Gemeinhaus, a five-story log structure, the 1752 Apothecary and the 1758 Nain-Schober House, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
Moravian Historical Society MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyReligiousHistory of the Moravian Church and its contributions to American history and culture
Moravian Pottery and Tile WorksDoylestownBucksDelaware ValleyIndustry"Working history" museum
Morgan Log HouseLansdaleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseEartly 18th-century log house, operated by the Welsh Valley Preservation Society
Morton Morton HouseNorwoodDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Norwood Historical Society, 18th-century house
Mount Joy Historical Society MuseumMount JoyLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Muncy Historical Society and Museum of HistoryMuncyLycomingCentral PALocal history, collection includes frakturs, a WPA-commissioned replica of Fort Muncy and military gallery, Native American artifacts, art, textiles
Munnell Run FarmMercerMercerNorthwest RegionMultiple, 163-acre working farm, environmental education and local history programs, interactions of agriculture and ecology, mid-19th century Bigler House
Museum of Indian CultureAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyNative AmericanHighlights the early history and culture of the Lenape and other American Indian tribes.
The Museum of Mourning ArtDrexel HillDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoryBeliefs and rituals that surround the arts of dying and grieving
Nain-Schober HouseBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric house, 18th-century house, part of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
National Canal MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyTransportationHistory, science, and technology of canal construction and navigation, includes Emrick Technology Center with exhibits about the area's industrial history
National Centre for Padro PioBartoBerksDelaware ValleyReligious, promotes life and teachings of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
National Civil War MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyCivil War
National Museum of the American CoverletBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTextile, woven coverlets
National Toy Train MuseumStrasburgLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadOperated by the Train Collectors Association, interactive display of toy trains dating back to the early 1800s
National Watch and Clock MuseumColumbiaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHorology
N. C. Wyeth House and StudioChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyArtTours operated by the Brandywine River Museum
Ned Smith Center for Nature and ArtMillersburgDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, also a nature center
Nemacolin CastleBrownsvilleFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseMaintained by the Brownsville Historical Society, 19th-century mansion
New Berlin Heritage MuseumNew BerlinUnionCentral PALocal historyOpen on New Berlin Day or by appointment, also known as the Courthouse Museum
New Holland Band MuseumNew HollandLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMusic, band memorabilia, hundreds of musical instruments from 1620 to present day, uniforms, music and equipment
Newlin Mill ComplexConcord TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyMillTwo historic houses, barn, water-powered grist mill, visitor center in a park
Nicholas Stoltzfus HomesteadWyomissingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, 18th-century house under restoration
Nitre HallHavertownDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Haverford Historical Society
No. 9 Coal Mine & MuseumLansfordCarbonLehigh ValleyIndustry - Coal
North East MuseumNorth EastErieNorthwest RegionLocal history, operated by the North East Historical Society
North Museum of Nature and ScienceLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryNatural history, Science
Oakes Museum of Natural HistoryGranthamCumberlandPennsylvania Dutch CountryNatural history, part of Messiah College, dioramas of African and North American mammals, bird eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects & butterflies, fossils
Ohio Valley Lines Model Railroad, Library & MuseumAmbridgeBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaRailroad400 foot model operating railroad, depicts the late 1950s-1960s era from Ambridge/Pittsburgh local to Wheeling, West Virginia
Old Bedford VillageBedfordBedfordLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesOpen airIncludes buildings from the 18th to early 20th centuries, living history demonstrations
Old Caln Historical Society MuseumCaln TownshipChesterDelaware ValleyLocal historyHoused in part of a historic meeting house
Old Dry Road FarmLower Heidelberg TownshipBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryFarm18th-century living history farm complex, open for school groups and special events
Old Eagle SchoolTredyffrinChesterDelaware ValleyEducationOne room schoolhouse
Old Economy VillageAmbridgeBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaReligiousLast of three settlements established by the Harmony Society, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Old Jail MuseumChambersburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny
Old Jail MuseumJim ThorpeCarbonLehigh ValleyJailLate-19th-century prison
Old Jail MuseumSmethportMcKeanNorthern TierPrison, , operated by the McKean County Historical Society
Old Line MuseumDeltaYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Olin Art GalleryWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaArtPart of the Olin Fine Arts Center at Washington & Jefferson College
Oliver Miller HomesteadSouth ParkAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseFrontier stone house and spring house, reconstructed log house, blacksmith forge, barn, demonstration shed and gardens
Packwood House MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryDecorative artsGlass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, Pennsylvania German decorative arts, and Oriental art
Palmer Museum of ArtUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArtPart of Penn State University, collection includes American and European art, contemporary European and Japanese studio ceramics, Asian art, objects from ancient European, African, and Near Eastern cultures
Palmerton Area Heritage CenterState CollegeCentreCentral PALocal history, operated by the Palmerton Area Historical Society
Paper Mill House MuseumNewtown TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal historyOperated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, includes an 1850s era general store
Parry Mansion MuseumNew HopeBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric house, home of the New Hope Historical Society
Passavant HouseZelienopleButlerPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseOperated by the Zelienople Historical Society, early 19th-century house reflecting over 150 years of family ownership
Pasto Agricultural MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAAgriculture, part of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, historic agriculture tools, machinery and equipment, open by appointment
Paul R. Stuart MuseumWaynesburgGreenePittsburgh Metro AreaMultiple, part of Waynesburg University, geology, Native American artifacts, local history, pottery and glassware
Payne GalleryBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyArt, part of Moravian College
Pearl S. Buck HousePerkasieBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of American author Pearl Buck, estate, with 1825 stone farm house, gardens, greenhouses, cottage, milk house and renovated barn
Pennsbury ManorMorrisvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHome of William Penn, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Penn State All-Sports MuseumUniversity ParkCentreCentral PASportsPennsylvania State University sports history and memorabilia
Penns Valley Area Historical MuseumAaronsburgCentreCentral PALocal history
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage MuseumScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustry - CoalAnthracite coal mining and industrial heritage of northeastern Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage CenterKutztownBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryEthnic, part of Kutztown University, farm with buildings which show the life of the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries
Pennsylvania Governor's MansionHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistoric house
Pennsylvania Longrifle MuseumNazarethNorthamptonLehigh ValleyWeaponry, operated by the Jacobsburg Historical Society
Pennsylvania Lumber MuseumGaletonPotterNorthern TierIndustry - LumberDocuments the history and technology of the Commonwealth's forest industries, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military MuseumBoalsburgCentreCentral PAMilitaryRecounts the story of Commonwealth citizen's who served our country in defense of the nation, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Military College MuseumChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyMilitary, Widener University's military history as the Pennsylvania Military Academy and Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania National Fire MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyFirefighting
Pennsylvania State CapitolHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyHistory
Pennsylvania State Police MuseumHersheyDauphinPennsylvania Dutch CountryLaw enforcement, proposed museum
Pennsylvania Trolley MuseumWashingtonWashingtonPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation
Pennsylvania Veterans MuseumMediaDelawareDelaware ValleyMilitary
Pennypacker MillsSchwenksvilleMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseNational Historic site, 18th-century mansion and park
Peter Herdic Transportation MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PATransportation, vehicles for river, rail and road
Peter J. McGovern Little League MuseumSouth WilliamsportLycomingCentral PASports
Peter Wentz FarmsteadWorcesterMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century Pennsylvania German farmstead
Phillips Museum of ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of Franklin & Marshall College, collection includes decorative arts, Pennsylvania German material culture, ethnographic material
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam TrainAshlandSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryIndustry - Mining, anthracite coal mine tour, narrow-gauge steam train ride, museum
Piper Aviation MuseumLock HavenClintonCentral PATransportation - Aviation
Pithole CityPitholeVenangoNorthwest RegionIndustryGhost town of former oil boomtown; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Drake Well Museum
Pocono Indian MuseumBushkillPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaNative American, history of the Delaware Indian
Police Heritage MuseumYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryLaw enforcement
Portage Station MuseumPortageCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal history, operated by the Portage Area Historical Society, influences of coal mining, railroads, steel, forests, water, and recreation
Potter County Historical Society/MuseumCoudersportPotterNorthern TierLocal history
Pottsgrove ManorPottsgroveMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseMid 18th-century period mansion
Philip P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters MuseumRomeBradfordNorthern TierBiographicalHome of 19th century gospel music composer Phillip Paul Bliss
Promised Land State ParkBlooming GrovePikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoryIncludes the Masker Museum about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the park's natural history
Quaint Corner Children's MuseumAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesChildren's
Quiet Valley Living Historical FarmHamilton TownshipMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaOpen airHistoric working farm with period interpreters reflecting farm family life from 1760 to 1913
Rachel Carson HomesteadSpringdaleAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaBiographicalNational Historic home of environmental author Rachel Carson
Railroad Museum of PennsylvaniaStrasburgLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - RailroadAdministered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
RandylandPittsburghAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaOutsider ArtColorful houses and public art museum spanning by painter Randy Gilson.
Railroaders Memorial MuseumAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesTransportation - Railroad
Reading Area Fire-Fighters MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryFirefighting Historic 1876 fire station, open to public Saturdays 10-2 other times by appointment
Reading Public MuseumReadingBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryMultipleArt, natural history, civilizations, planetarium, arboretum
Reading Railroad Heritage MuseumHamburgBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryTransportation - Railroad, operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Renfrew Museum and ParkWaynesboroFranklinCumberland ValleyOpen airRestored early-19th-century farmstead and park
Richard Wall HouseElkins ParkMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseHouse dating back to the late 18th century, reflects two centuries of owners
Rivers of SteelHomesteadAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - SteelHistory of the area's steel, coal and related industries
Roadside AmericaShartlesvilleBerksDelaware ValleyTransportation - RailroadMiniature village and railway
Robert Fulton BirthplaceQuarryvilleLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryBiographical
Rock Ford PlantationLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house1794 Georgian mansion of General Edward Hand
Rockhill Trolley MuseumRockhill FurnaceHuntingdonCentral PATransportationTrolleys
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical AssociationKinzersLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryAgricultureOpen seasonally, traction engines, antique farm implements and machinery, steam engines and stationary gas engines
Rowley House MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PAHistoric house, Victorian mansion operated by Preservation Williamsport
Saint Nicholas Chapel and MuseumBeaverBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaReligious, Greek Catholic church with museum of Greek Catholic Union, Greek Catholic, and Carpatho-Rusin histories
Sanderson MuseumChadds FordDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal history
Samek Art MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of Bucknell University, includes the Samek Gallery, the Downtown Gallery and locations around campus
Saylor Park Cement Industry MuseumCoplayLehighLehigh ValleyIndustryNine vertical cement kilns and exhibits about the American Portland Cement Industry, operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society
Sayre Historical Society MuseumSayreBradfordNorthern TierLocal history
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History and McMunn PlanetariumEast StroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaNatural historyPart of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage CenterPennsburgMontgomeryDelaware ValleyReligiousMuseum collections include Schwenkfelder history and decorative arts including fraktur
Schuylkill County Historical Society MuseumPottsvilleSchuylkillPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Scranton Iron FurnacesScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustryHeritage of iron making in Pennsylvania
Sculpted Ice Works Factory Tour & Ice Harvest MuseumLakevilleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustry, ice harvesting and modern ice making and carving
Seminary Ridge MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryMilitaryFocus is the pivotal first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on Seminary Ridge, the hospital use of the building, and cultural debates of the Civil War era
Sewickley Heights History CenterSewickleyAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
Shippensburg Historical SocietyShippensburgFranklinCumberland ValleyLocal history, includes Central Pennsylvania Indian arrowheads and tools, WPA educational aids made in Shippensburg, medical collections and Shippensburg area pottery
Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and MuseumShippensburgFranklinCumberland ValleyFashion
Shriver House MuseumGettysburgAdamsPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house, 1860s period home of George Washington Shriver, experience of civilians during the Battle of Gettysburg
Sigal MuseumEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal history, operated by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, county history and culture
Simpler Times MuseumTidiouteWarrenNorthwest RegionEphemera, oil and gas production equipment, gasoline pumps, signs and globes, tractors and farm equipment and engines, antique cars and turn-of-the-20th-century exhibits, open by appointment
Sinking Spring Historical Society & Heritage ParkSinking SpringBerksPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history
Slate Belt Heritage CenterBangorNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal history, exhibits include a fire museum, town clock, council room, period rooms reflecting local ethnic and industrial heritage
Slate Belt MuseumMt. BethelNorthamptonLehigh ValleyLocal history
Slifer House MuseumLewisburgUnionPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseMid 19th-century Victorian period mansion
Smock Heritage MuseumSmockFayettePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, operated by the Smock Historical Society
Somerset Historical CenterSomersetSomersetPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen airRural heritage center, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Sordoni Art GalleryWilkes-BarreLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaArt, part of Wilkes University
South Side Historical VillageHookstownBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen air, includes a restored 1874 Mercer one-room school house, blacksmith shop, 1800s log cabin showing rural home life, a brick bread oven, a general store, a barn with antique agriculture equipment and a doctor’s office
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtAltoonaBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtQuarterly art exhibitions and a collection of railroad photographic prints
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtLorettoCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtHeadquarters to the complex of four museum facilities, permanent collection of works of American art, located on the campus of Saint Francis University
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtLigonierWestmorelandLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtIncludes permanent paperweight collection
Southern Alleghenies Museum of ArtJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesArtHoused in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Speaker's HouseTrappeMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century home of Frederick August Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Springfield Heritage MuseumSpringfieldDelawareDelaware ValleyLocal history, located in the McLaughlin Education Center at Springfield High School
Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum ComplexRoyersfordMontgomeryDelaware ValleyLocal history, includes William Lewin Plantation House and Barn Museum
Springfield MillsErdenheimMontgomeryDelaware ValleyMillRestored 19th-century grist mill, operated by the Morris Arboretum
Springs MuseumSpringsSomersetPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history, operated by the Springs Historical Society
Square TavernNewtown TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoryOperated by the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, 18th-century-period tavern
State Museum of PennsylvaniaHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyMultipleArchaeological artifacts, minerals, paintings, decorative arts, animal dioramas, industrial and technological innovations and military objects; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Steamtown National Historic SiteScrantonLackawannaNortheastern PennsylvaniaTransportation - RailroadInterprets the story of main line steam railroading between 1850 and 1950
The StoogeumAmblerMontgomeryDelaware ValleyBiographical, dedicated entirely to The Three Stooges
Stover Mill GalleryErwinnaBucksDelaware ValleyArtRegional art gallery located in a 19th-century gristmill, operated by the Tinicum Civic Association
Stoy MuseumLebanonLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryLocal history, operated by the Lebanon County Historical Society, recreated rooms of doctor's office, barber shop, school room, parlor, beauty salon, kitchen, general store, Cold Spring Train Station, wood shop
Stroud MansionStroudsburgMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoryOperated by the Monroe County Historical Association, social, cultural, political and economic life of Monroe County
Sturgeon HouseFairviewEriePittsburgh Metro AreaLocal historyOperated by the Fairview Area Historical Society
Sullivan County Historical Society MuseumLaporteSullivanNorthern TierLocal history, also the Baldwin House, a historic house museum, is next door
SummerseatMorrisvilleBucksDelaware ValleyHistoric houseLate-18th-century house used as a headquarters by George Washington
Sun Inn, PennsylvaniaBethlehemLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric inn
Susquehanna Art MuseumHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyArtContemporary art
Susquehanna County Historical Society MuseumMontroseSusquehannaNorthern TierLocal history
Susquehanna Depot Area Historical Society MuseumSusquehanna DepotSusquehannaNorthern TierLocal history
Sutton-Ditz HouseClarionClarionNorthwest RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Clarion County Historical Society, late 19th-century mansion
Suzanne H. Arnold Art GalleryAnnvilleLebanonPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of Lebanon Valley College
Swedish Log CabinDrexel HillDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century log cabin
Swetland HomesteadWyomingLuzerneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric house19th-century period house, open by appointment with the Luzerne County Historical Society
Taylor Memorial MuseumBrockwayJeffersonCentral PALocal history, operated by the Brockway Area Historical Society, features glass from local industry, artifacts from the lumbering, mining, and farming communities
Temple Judea MuseumElkins ParkMontgomeryDelaware ValleyEthnic, Judaica from around the world, located at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Thomas Leiper EstateNether Providence TownshipDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house
Thomas Massey HouseBroomallDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century house with 17th- and 18th-century furnishings
Thomas T. Taber MuseumWilliamsportLycomingCentral PALocal history, operated by the Lycoming County Historical Society, features Native American and fine and decorative arts galleries, 19th-century-period rooms, and over 300 toy trains
Tioga Point MuseumAthensBradfordNorthern TierMultipleIncludes Native American, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, European and Middle Eastern art and cultural objects, local historical items
Tom Ridge Environmental CenterErieErieNorthwest RegionNatural historyLocated in Presque Isle State Park, local plants, animals, human and cultural history
Tour-Ed Mine and MuseumTarentumAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaIndustry - Coal, coal mine and recreated home of a typical coal miner in the 1850s, general store items, tools and antiques
Toy Soldier MuseumCrescoMonroeNortheastern PennsylvaniaToy, toy soldier displays, battle dioramas, civilian scenes, regimental militaria and uniforms
Trout GalleryCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyArt, part of Dickinson College, in the Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts
Trout HallAllentownLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, late-18th-century Colonial mansion
Troxell-Steckel HouseEgyptLehighLehigh ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, 1756 Pennsylvania-German farm house
Tyrone History MuseumTyroneBlairLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesLocal history, operated by the Tyrone Area Historical Society
Union City Historical Society MuseumUnion CityErieNorthwest RegionLocal history, unusual items of everyday use from the 18t-h and 19th-century rural and urban life
University Museum of Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndianaIndianaPittsburgh Metro AreaArt, locatted in John Sutton Hall, also Kipp Gallery
Upper MillMilfordPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
U.S. Army Heritage and Education CenterCarlisleCumberlandCumberland ValleyMilitaryIncludes Army Heritage Museum and Army Heritage Trail
Valley Forge National Historical ParkValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyHistoryIncludes Welcome Center with exhibits, Washington's Headquarters, Washington Memorial Chapel, reconstructed works and buildings
Valley School MuseumAlbionErieNorthwest RegionSchool
Venango County Historical Society MuseumFranklinVenangoNorthwest RegionHistoric house, known as the Hoge-Osmer House
Vicary MansionFreedomBeaverPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseOperated by the Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation, early-19th-century mansion under restoration
Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical SocietyVandergriftWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaLocal history
Vocal Group Hall of FameSharonMercerNorthwest RegionMusic
Wagner–Ritter House & GardenJohnstownCambriaLaurel Highlands/Southern AllegheniesHistoric house19th-century working-class family home
Wallace-Cross MillEast Hopewell TownshipYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
Walnutport Canal & Locktenders HouseWalnutportNorthamptonLehigh ValleyHistoric house, , restored early 19th-century locktender's house, part of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Washington Crossing Historic ParkWashington CrossingBucksDelaware ValleyOpen air13 historic buildings that mark the location where George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War; administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Wattsburg Historical Society MuseumWattsburgErieNorthwest RegionLocal history
Wayne County Historical Society MuseumsHonesdaleWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaLocal history, includes main museum, J.B. Park Farm Museum, Bethel School, Old Stone Jail
WaynesboroughPaoliChesterDelaware ValleyHistoric house18th-century home of Gen. Anthony Wayne, operated by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks
Weather Discovery CenterPunxsutawneyJeffersonCentral PAScience, weather lore stories, exhibits and demonstrations
Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad MuseumGibsoniaAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaTransportation - RailroadHistory of railroads in western Pennsylvania through model railroading
Westmoreland Museum of American ArtGreensburgWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaArtWorks by significant American artists, including Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer
West Overton MuseumsScottdaleWestmorelandPittsburgh Metro AreaOpen air19th-century rural industrial village
Wharton Esherick MuseumMalvernChesterDelaware ValleyArtStudio of wood sculptor Wharton Esherick
WheatlandLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseHome of President James Buchanan
Whitaker Center for Science and the ArtsHarrisburgDauphinCumberland ValleyScienceComplex includes Harsco Science Center, Sunoco Performance Theater and an IMAX theater
Widener University Art GalleryChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyArt, collection includes 19th and 20th-century American paintings, 19th-century European paintings, 18th and 19th-century Asian art
Wilbur Chocolate Factory & Candy Americana MuseumLititzLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryFoodHistory of chocolate and the Wilbur Chocolate Company
Wilder MuseumIrvineWarrenNorthwest RegionLocal history, operated by the Warren County Historical Society
William Brinton 1704 HouseWest ChesterDelawareDelaware ValleyHistoric houseStone Quaker home, National Historic Landmark
William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile MuseumHuntingdonHuntingdonCentral PATransportation - AutomotiveFeatures antique automobiles, artwork, bicycles, toys and automobile memorabilia
Williams Center Art GalleryEastonNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArt, part of Lafayette College
Williams HousePaupackWayneNortheastern PennsylvaniaHistoric house, operated by the Wallenpaupack Historical Society
Wings of Freedom Aviation MuseumWillow GroveMontgomeryDelaware ValleyTransportation - Aviation
Winters Heritage House MuseumElizabethtownLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric house
Wolf Museum of Music and ArtLancasterLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryMusic, Art, features 19th and early 20th century furniture, paintings by the Philadelphia Ten, recitals on two 1915 Knabe concert grand pianos
WoodmontGladwyneMontgomeryDelaware ValleyHistoric houseLate-19th-century mansion and estate, history of International Peace Mission movement and Father Divine
Woodville PlantationBridgevilleAlleghenyPittsburgh Metro AreaHistoric houseLate-18th-century plantation house, depicts life from 1780 to 1820
World of Scouting MuseumValley ForgeChesterDelaware ValleyScouting, Girl & Boy Scout memorabilia, open by appointment
Wright's Ferry MansionColumbiaLancasterPennsylvania Dutch CountryHistoric houseRestored 1750s period Quaker home with Philadelphia furniture, English ceramics, needlework, metals and glass
Wyalusing Valley MuseumWyalusingBradfordNorthern TierLocal history, operated by the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association
Wyoming County Historical MuseumTunkhannockWyomingNorthern TierLocal history, operated by the Wyoming County Historical Society
York College Art GalleriesYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryArt, part of York College of Pennsylvania
York County History CenterYorkYorkPennsylvania Dutch CountryMultiple, includes the Historical Society Museum and Library, Agricultural and Industrial Museum, Bonham House, Fire Museum, General Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern, Barnett Bobb House
Zane Grey MuseumLackawaxenPikeNortheastern PennsylvaniaBiographicalHome and works of author Zane Grey
Zeigler HouseDalmatiaNorthumberlandCentral PALocal history, library and museum of the Mahanoy & Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, open by appointment
Zoellner Arts CenterBethlehemNorthamptonLehigh ValleyArtArts center for Lehigh University, includes an art gallery
Zoller GalleryUniversity ParkCentreCentral PAArt, part of Penn State in the Visual Arts Building

Defunct museums