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The Anthracite Museum Complex

The Anthracite Museum Complex. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums Central Division.

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The Anthracite Museum Complex

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  1. The Anthracite Museum Complex Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums Central Division

  2. The Anthracite Museum Complex preserves, documents, and interprets for citizens and visitors the evolving heritage of the people who lived and worked during the 19th and 20th centuries in Pennsylvania’s hard coal region.

  3. The Anthracite Region of Northeastern PennsylvaniaSource: Edmunds, W.E., 2002, Coal in Pennsylvania (2nd ed.): Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Educational Series 7, 28 p.

  4. The Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

  5. Anthracite Heritage Museum • Provides an overview of the economic & institutional development of the region. • Themes: • Immigration and Ethnicity. • Transportation and Communities. • Formation of Social and Labor Organizations. • Coal and Textiles History.

  6. The Scranton or Lackawanna Iron Furnaces

  7. Iron Furnaces • “In fact, America’s industrial revolution in coal and iron began in Pennsylvania—at Scranton, in the Lackawanna Valley.” (Folsom 1981: 11) • Once the 2nd largest producer of iron (1860s) and 3rd largest steel producer (1890s) in the U.S. 1902 left Scranton. • An important market for anthracite in the 19th century. Produced railroad T-rails.

  8. Iron Furnaces Outdoor Exhibit Panels

  9. Eckley Miners’ Village, Weatherly, Luzerne County, PA

  10. Eckley • Focuses on the everyday life of the miner and his family. A “Patch Town.” • Fifty-eight buildings on site. • Visitors may tour a 1860s & 1880s home. • One Catholic and one Episcopal Church. • Reproduction Coal Breaker • A Doctor’s Office. • A Museum Store and Picnic Area.

  11. Anthracite or Hard Coal • 75% of the World’s anthracite is located in northeastern Pennsylvania, in 4 basins, covering 484 square miles in 10 counties. • High carbon content, hard to ignite, burns cleanly & produces little smoke, good heat. • Coal Breakers required for the preparation of anthracite for market.

  12. The Anthracite Industry

  13. The Silk Industry

  14. The Scranton Lace Company

  15. The Garment Industry

  16. Transportation • Wagons • Arks • Canals • Gravity Railroads • Railroads • Motor Vehicles

  17. Transportation

  18. Immigration

  19. Ethnicity

  20. Community

  21. Social & Labor Organizations

  22. The Miner and His Family

  23. Women’s History

  24. Children’s History

  25. Home

  26. Religion

  27. Business

  28. Anthracite as Art

  29. Programs and Events

  30. Collections and Exhibits

  31. Board, Staff and Volunteers

  32. Local Citizens & Visitors

  33. Partners and Sponsors

  34. Upcoming Events • Saturday, August 30, 2008 and Sunday, August 31, 2008, Professor Richard G. Healey, University of Portsmouth, Great Britain, Book Signing 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Anthracite Heritage Museum. Refreshments and a chance to talk with Richard Healey. The book is 512 pages, numerous figures, plates, tables, images, bibliography and index. • Railfest at Steamtown National Historic Site, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • La Festa Italiana, August 30 to September 1, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

  35. The Museum Store

  36. Membership • We welcome new members to the Anthracite Heritage Museum & Iron Furnaces Associates, Inc., the community friends group. • Formed in 1982 as a non-profit corporation to assist & support. • Benefits: • Free admission to the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton Iron Furnaces and Eckley Miner’s Village. • The Miner’s Lamp newsletter. • Invitation to special events and exhibit openings. • Advance notice of upcoming lectures, workshops and programs. • Discount in the Museum Store. • Use of the Museum Library by appointment with Curators. • Find us on the web at www.anthracitemuseum.org • Thank you!

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