Category Archive: Just for Kids

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 …

“Let me be myself and then I am satisfied,” Anne Frank wrote in her diary on 11 April 1944. By that time, she had been in hiding in Amsterdam for almost two years as World War II raged on.

 ‘Let Me …

Heritage Johnstown is planning a busy slate of holiday events and activities for the entire family – check our calendar of events for more! This year we’re also planning a series of initiatives to make this season …

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 …

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 …

Through the Museums for All program, recipients of any type of food assistance (such as WIC or SNAP) can get admission to our museums for $3. It’s a popular and needed program — in fact, so far this year we’ve …

The dam is one of the best-loved exhibits in the entire the Johnstown Children’s Museum, and after 15 years of heavy use it’s ready for a makeover! The Westwood Garden Haven, under leadership of Christa Callahan, will work to repair …

The Johnstown Children’s Museum is having a birthday, and you’re invited!

The Johnstown Children’s Museum 15th Birthday Celebration is set for Sat., Jun. 8 from 10:00 am-3:00 pm special activities, food and fun. The event, which is free, is made possible …

Museums are great places for families to bond, learn, and explore – and JAHA wants our museums to be accessible to everyone.

That’s why the Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum and Johnstown Flood Museum participate in Museums For …

Today JAHA announced that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums …