Updates from Heritage Johnstown

Visit Johnstown sent the following press release on July 17, 2026! Heritage Johnstown is grateful for the engagement of Visit Johnstown, Vision Together, and the Train Station Capture Team.

To support community improvement and engage volunteers, Visit Johnstown announced it is …

by Marisa Tracey, Visitor Services Director and Children’s Museum Coordinator

The Johnstown Children’s Museum is such a fun and exciting place! There’s food to shop for and cook, blocks to build with, a big slide to go down, and water to …

On March 18, 2026, Dr. Paul Newman, professor of history at Pitt-Johnstown, presented “HerStory: Women at the American Revolution” at the Heritage Discovery Center. This fascinating lecture was made possible by the American Association of University Women, which has graciously …

By Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator

Have you ever wondered if there was a location that tied Johnstown’s history together? Well, the the Wagner-Ritter House and Garden does just that! This historic home ties together the Johnstown Flood Museum and the …

The following message was sent to all registrants for the 2026 Path of the Flood Historic Races by Mark Voelker, race director. The races, which are co-produced by the Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority and Heritage Johnstown, took place …

John Fulton was the General Mining Engineer of Cambria Iron Company in Johnstown in the late 1800s. Heritage Johnstown houses six unpublished memoirs by John Fulton about his life, work, and retirement. The typewritten memoirs are annotated, …

As part of the ongoing international exhibition, “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank,” Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project is proud to host a special guest presentation by Susan Robinson Hawkins on May 9 at …

March 17, 1936 is the second of Johnstown’s three major floods. Unlike the floods of 1889 and 1977, a dam failure was not involved — instead, it was caused by a massive snowmelt and three days of rain. Heritage Johnstown’s …

The Epstein Family has a long and significant history in Johnstown. Their story of immigration, religion, business, and community history all embody that of many Johnstown families. Over the past few months, Richland High School student Saffron Barrett-Ross catalogued the …

“Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project” is proud to announce the arrival of the internationally acclaimed exhibition, “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank.” The exhibition will be hosted at the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage …