The Latest From JAHA

Today Discover Downtown Johnstown Partnership (DDJP) held a press conference at Peoples Natural Gas Park to announce temporary locations for activities that will be displaced by 2025 construction at Johnstown’s Central Park. Heritage Johnstown and Discover Downtown Johnstown Partnership have …

by Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator

The disaster of the 1889 Johnstown Flood presents a question: what would you do if everything you had known was taken away in a single afternoon? Anna Fenn’s story exemplifies the human ability to survive …

At the time of the 1889 flood, Johnstown’s population was about 30,000 people, and 2,209 died in the disaster. Whether you survived or not was largely determined by where you were at the time the flood hit, and sometimes sheer …

On Saturday, May 24, the Path of the Flood Historic Races rushed down the valley and into Peoples Natural Gas Park! This collaborative event is presented by the Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority, National Park Service, and Heritage Johnstown.

Here …

By Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator

At the time of the 1889 flood, Johnstown’s population was about 30,000 people, and 2,209 died in the disaster. Whether you survived or not was largely determined by where you were at the time the …

Come work with us! Heritage Johnstown seeks a part-time seasonal staff member. Interested? Contact Deb Winterscheidt at dwinterscheidt@heritagejohnstown.org.

Maintenance/Landscaping/Janitorial (Peoples Natural Gas Park) Part-time position (30-34 hours/week with overtime possible). Duties include landscaping, lawncare, maintenance, setup, teardown and cleanup for …

By Nikki Bosley, Heritage Johnstown staff

“It was only a question of time until the dam would break.” – John Fulton

It was 7:00 a.m. on the morning of May 31, 1889, and John Fulton, General Manager of the Cambria Iron Company, …

Heritage Johnstown is the grateful recipient of two AED devices, donated by the Rotary Club of Johnstown! An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use device that can treat a person in sudden cardiac arrest, drastically improving …

Yesterday Sean McCool, Heritage Johnstown board member, and Marisa Tracey of Heritage Johnstown received a $5,000 check from Lee Initiatives to support the Sidney & Rae Goldblatt Johnstown Children’s Museum’s “Inclimber Room.” The grant is part of a three-year commitment …

Objects can sometimes tell stories better than words. “Relic Tales of the Johnstown Floods,” a new temporary exhibition on the second floor of the Heritage Discovery Center, gives visitors a snapshot of Johnstown’s three major floods – 1889, 1936, and …