Fall/winter hours begin 9/15: closed Tues-Wed, open all other days

As of September 15 the Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum are moving to fall/winter hours: open Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm, Sunday noon-5:00 pm; and closed Tuesday-Wednesday.

We will update this alert ribbon (and, in the instance of longer closures, the Heritage Johnstown Facebook Page) if either or both museums are closed due to severe weather.

Special events calendar is here.

Category Archive: Heritage Johnstown at Home

May 5, 2020 3:41 pm

JAHA at Home: Video tour of “A Steelworker’s Story” exhibition now available

The Iron & Steel Gallery at the Heritage Discovery Center was created in 2009 during the second phase of the renovation of the building. The spectacular, three-story space evokes an industrial feel, and the film presentation “The Mystery of Steel” …

May 1, 2020 10:49 am

An overview on the care and storage of your family records

As Preservation Week 2020 continues, we’re pleased to bring you this guest post by Laryssa Duncan, reference librarian at the Cambria County Library.

A family history can be documented in many forms, and it can be difficult to know where to …

April 1, 2020 1:02 pm

JAHA at Home: Recording our experiences during the coronavirus crisis

This post is by Andrew Lang, JAHA curator — part of a series to bring JAHA themes to you at home, while our museums are closed.

“We are living through unprecedented times.” That is a phrase that can get thrown around …

March 27, 2020 9:16 am

JAHA at Home: Sharing our resources while the museums are closed

Like so many businesses and public sites, we are currently closed to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. But even though our doors are closed, we still have plenty to share with you.

There are many materials online through our …