Explore museums, historical sites and cultural events by watching It's History!. This weekly program provides a guided tour through the preservation efforts of local historical societies and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Recent Episodes:
It’s History!: Castle Halloween Museum - The Castle Halloween Museum in Altoona features more than 35,000 Halloween-related items. Museum founder and curator Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell has been collecting Halloween memorabilia for nearly 50 years. The collection includes folk art, sculptures, Halloween-themed product packaging, pottery face jugs, voodoo flags, and more. Come along with It’s History! and explore the Castle Halloween Museum.
It’s History!: Appalachian Trail Museum - Founded in 1921, the Appalachian Trail runs 2,190 miles between Maine and Georgia, including 229 miles in Pennsylvania. The Appalachian Trail Museum is located near the midpoint of the trail in Pine Grove Furnace State Park. The exhibits tell the stories of the trail’s founders Benton MacKaye and Myron Avery and pioneer thru-hikers. Learn about […]
It’s History!: The Maridon Museum - The Maridon Museum showcases an extensive collection of Chinese and Japanese art including jade and ivory sculptures, tapestries, landscape paintings, and scrolls. The museum also displays more than 300 pieces of German Meissen porcelain. Known for its detail and artistry, Meissen porcelain was the first to be made in Europe. The collection includes pieces depicting […]
It’s History!: Museum of the American Revolution - The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia tells the story of America from the revolutionary crisis to the War of Independence to the efforts to create a new nation. Exhibits include a life-size reproduction of Boston’s Liberty Tree, George Washington’s headquarters tent, and a privateer ship. The Battlefield Theater lets you virtually experience what […]
It’s History!: Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum - The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia showcases more than 65 racing sports cars. From a 1909 Underslung Traveler to a 1975 Alfa Romeo Tipo-33, the collection features sports cars manufactured by Ferrari, Ford, Bugatti, Mercedes, Jaguar, Bentley, Porsche, Aston Martin, and more. The museum tells the story of sports car racing in Europe and […]
It’s History!: Daniel Boone Homestead - Join "It’s History" as we explore the Daniel Boone Homestead. Frontiersman Daniel Boone was born in 1734 on this farm in Birdsboro, PA before his family moved to North Carolina. We’ll learn about Boone’s childhood as re-enactors show what life was like on an 18th century farm. The tour includes a functioning water-powered sawmill, a […]
It’s History!: National Museum of Industrial History - The National Museum of Industrial History is housed in a shop building on the old Bethlehem Steel site. The museum includes more than 200 artifacts from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Bethlehem’s textile industry and it tells the story of America’s industrialization with historic machinery on loan from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
It’s History!: Antique Ice Tool Museum - Before the development of mechanical cooling systems, ice was harvested from frozen lakes and rivers and transported around the world. Housed in a stone barn built in 1834, the museum includes tools, hand-carved wooden ice chests and coolers, wagons and trucks, and memorabilia from the natural ice trade era. Join It’s History for a tour […]
It’s History!: Eldred World War II Museum - The Eldred World War II Museum is located in northern Pennsylvania near the site of the National Munitions Company. The museum educates visitors about the war, and serves to spotlight the contributions made by the local munitions workers, most of whom were women. A wide array of exhibits are on display including: the Eastern Front, […]
It’s History!: York County History Center Fire Museum - The York County History Center Fire Museum is located in the old Royal Fire House built in 1903. The museum includes hand-pulled pumps, six fire trucks, uniforms, a collection of historical firefighting equipment and more.
