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Anthracite Heritage Conference
Scranton — On Saturday, May 13, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum will host Anthracite Heritage Conference 2017. The presentations at this exciting conference are a continuation of interest in the Anthracite Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The conference presenters will discuss various areas of research now being undertaken and the possibilities for further regional studies. Together these presentations provide examples of the range of resource materials and illustrate the value of an interdisciplinary approach…
Find out more »Fire Up the Furnaces fundraiser
Fundraiser to support the Anthracite Heritage Museum and Scranton Iron Furnaces. Details to follow shortly. Tickets available for $25at the Museum or online at: Fire at the Furnace at Ticket Tailor.com
Find out more »Arts on Fire
Annual Industry and Arts festival at the Scranton Iron Furnaces.
Find out more »Remembering Allan Jones
Come to the Anthracite Heritage Museum to hear all about Allan Jones, the Old Forge-born Welsh singer who made it big on the silver screen. Admission is five dollars and the event will feature a lecture by Dulais Rhys, a noted Welsh music educator and journalist. Jones was born on October 14, 1907 in Old Forge, PA to a Welsh father and an English mother. In 1936, Allan Jones debuted on the silver screen after winning the lead role of…
Find out more »Stoke the Fire
Join us on the veranda at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel for an evening of music, hors d'oeuvres, beer and sangria in the company of good friends! $20 includes food and select beverages from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM, Thursday, July 27th. This event is a benefit for the Bonfire at the Iron Furnaces. Come Stoke the Fire! For more information: scrantonbonfire@gmail.com or 570.963.4804. www.scrantonbonfire.com
Find out more »Knox Mine Disaster 59th Anniversary
The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will commemorate the powerful story of the Knox Mine Disaster on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at 2 p.m., marking 59 years since January 22, 1959, when the ice-laden waters of the Susquehanna River broke into the Knox Mine at Port Griffith, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania sweeping away twelve men. Video by Erika Funke from 1984 and David Brocca, 2018, will be featured. The program will also include anthracite-related music by Jay Smar. A large…
Find out more »C. Smith: African-American Business and Community Leader Exhibit
Anthracite Heritage Museum Celebrates African-American History Month Scranton—The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will celebrate African-American History month with a lobby case exhibit entitled: Granville C. Smith: African-American Business and Community Leader. Granville C. Smith came to City of Scranton in 1940 to operate the G.W. Brown Company, Inc., a contract hauler to the Great Atlantic and Pacific (A&P) Tea Company. Consequently, the city gained a wise businessman, a tireless community leader, and a compassionate friend. During his…
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