Welcome, and bring your houseguests!

The Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum and Johnstown Flood Museum begin a winter operating schedule as of Dec. 1: open Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm, Sunday noon-5:00 pm; and closed Tuesday and Wednesday. (Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1 fall on Tuesday-Wednesday; therefore, there are no extra closing days due to Christmas or New Year.) Special events calendar is here.

Peoples Natural Gas Park, which is the site for Discover Downtown Johnstown Partnership’s Christmas Tree and Village this year, is open noon-11:00 pm. Lighting time for the tree and the Stone Bridge is 5:00-11:00 pm, and the installation will be up through January 8, 2026. More tree-related schedule info is here.

BOO! Johnstown Children’s Museum to host revamped Halloween events!

BOO! Johnstown Children’s Museum to host revamped Halloween events!

Posted: October 17, 2018 1:06 pm

Johnstown Children’s Museum staff are busy preparing for one of the best kid holidays of the year — Halloween! We’re looking forward to:

Friday, October 26, 6:00-8:00 pm: A Halloween Night at the Museum: Kids are invited for safe trick-or-treating through the museum, including candy and games in the Children’s Museum! We’ll show the movie Ferdinand in the Iron & Steel Theater, with popcorn of course!

The evening will feature:

  • A spooky pumpkin patch
  • A creepy zombie deli
  • Fortune telling
  • Spooky Silly Games
  • A mortician with his coffin
  • And of course, lots of candy!

JAHA thanks Corporate Security for sponsoring this event! We also extend thanks to John Ridella, DMD; Dr. Lynn Johnston; Stuver’s Riverside Nursery; Young Heart Books & Toys; and Macaroni Kid Johnstown/Laurel Highlands/Altoona.

Admission is $3 for adults; kids 3-18 are $5; JAHA members just $2.

Sunday, October 28, 12:30 pm: Spooky Science with Dr. Matt:  Join Dr. Matt of UPJ as we explore scientific principles like static electricity and density while using candy and Halloween characters—you might even see a volcano blow! We invite you to wear your Halloween costume and get into the spooky spirit!

$3 with museum admission; $5 without museum admission; $3 for members.