Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum

Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum preserves the heritage of anthracite coal mining in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania and is located in McDade Park in Scranton. The museum is part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It features exhibits detailing the industrial history of northeastern Pennsylvania. The museum was featured on The Office episode "The Merger" in Michael and Dwight's parody of Lazy Sunday.

A few museum exhibits are also located at the companion Lackawana Coal Mine Tour.

External links

Official Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum website

Museums in Pennsylvania

Art	Allentown Art Museum Andy Warhol Museum Athenaeum of Philadelphia Barnes Foundation Brandywine River Museum Carnegie Museum of Art The Clemente Museum Demuth Museum Erie Art Museum Frick Art & Historical Center Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia La Salle University Art Museum Mattress Factory Michener Art Museum Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon Palmer Museum of Art Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia Museum of Art Pittsburgh Glass Center Reading Public Museum Rodin Museum Susquehanna Art Museum University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Westmoreland Museum of American Art Woodmere Art Museum

History, Culture, and Religion	African American Museum in Philadelphia American Jewish Museum American Swedish Historical Museum Civil War Museum of Philadelphia Erie Maritime Museum Gettysburg Museum Heinz History Center Independence Seaport Museum Johnstown Flood Museum Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania Meadowcroft Rockshelter Mercer Museum Museum of the American Revolution Museum of Indian Culture National Civil War Museum National Constitution Center National Museum of American Jewish History Nationality Rooms Philadelphia History Museum Rosenbach Museum & Library State Museum of Pennsylvania U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center

Science, Technology, and Industry	Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University America On Wheels Carnegie Museum of Natural History Carnegie Science Center Center for PostNatural History Chemical Heritage Foundation Da Vinci Science Center Drake Well Museum Everhart Museum Franklin Institute Mütter Museum Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Railroaders Memorial Museum Steamtown National Historic Site Wagner Free Institute of Science

Children's	Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Miniature Railroad & Village National Toy Train Museum Please Touch Museum

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Museums and Archives	Brandywine Battlefield Bushy Run Battlefield Cornwall Iron Furnace Conrad Weiser Homestead Daniel Boone Homestead Drake Well Museum Eckley Miners' Village Erie Maritime Museum & Flagship Niagara Ephrata Cloister French Azilum Fort Pitt Museum Graeme Park Hope Lodge & Mather Mill Joseph Priestley House Landis Valley Museum Old Economy Village Pennsbury Manor Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum Pennsylvania Lumber Museum Pennsylvania Military Museum Pennsylvania State Archives & State Museum of Pennsylvania Pithole City Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Scranton Iron Furnaces Somerset Historical Center Washington Crossing Historic Park

Coordinates: 41°24′55″N 75°42′48″W / 41.4153°N 75.7132°W / 41.4153; -75.7132

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