Due to the dangerous heat wave hitting our area and a delicate HVAC system, we must CLOSE the Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum today (Sunday, June 22) through Wednesday. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this problem in the short- and long-term.

 

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Due to an interior water leak on 1/23/25 caused by extreme cold, the Johnstown Flood Museum ONLY is temporarily closed. Thankfully, nothing of historic significance was affected. The water remediation team concluded their work, which leaves repainting, floor refinishing, and replacement of carpet and soundproofing materials. We are currently waiting for insurance adjustors and approval of quotes, a process we cannot control. In the meantime, we apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to remediate and repair our beloved flagship museum.

In the meantime, we are pleased to present Relic Tales of the Johnstown Floods at the Heritage Discovery Center, which is unaffected and operating normal business hours. This new temporary exhibition includes more than 200 artifacts and photographs, many of which have never been on display before, from the Johnstown flood of 1889 (as well as 1936 and 1977).  Welcome!

News & Stories

Category Archive: News

The Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum are now open visitor season hours of Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10:00 am-5:00 pm, and Sundays from noon-5:00 pm! Welcome.

JAHA’s monthly special for April is 20% off rentals! For details on the …

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The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival has announced that The Devon Allman Project featuring special guest Duane Betts will headline the event on Friday, August 3.

Devon Allman is a festival favorite, having played the festival in 2010 with his band, …

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On Wednesday of this week, five additional artists were added to the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, which is coming up August 3-4, 2018. They are country rockers Pure Prairie League; the “controlled chaos” of Andy Frasco & the U.N. …

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JAHA has received several inquiries about signing up for classes with the Center for Metal Arts, the entity that’s just moved here from New York State and plans to operate out of the Blacksmith Shop. They have now moved to …

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The Johnstown Film Festival is back after a two-year hiatus! Pennsylvania Highlands Community College and the Johnstown Area Heritage Association (JAHA) are collaborating on the revamped event, which is set for September 8, and the call for …

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The Blacksmith Shop, which was built ca. 1862, is the most important historical structure that survives in the Cambria Iron & Steel National Historic Landmark. The shop made tools and equipment used in other sections of the Cambria/Bethlehem steelworks. When …

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December 24, 2017 9:00 am

Holiday hours at JAHA museums

The Johnstown Flood Museum and Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum will be CLOSED on Sun., Dec. 24 and Sun., Dec. 31 (as well as Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, which both fall on Monday when we are ordinarily closed).

Otherwise, …

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Our gift shop is featuring Johnstown memorabilia like mugs, T-shirts, Christmas ornaments, Stone Bridge photography and more — or why not give a family membership to JAHA, which provides unlimited museum visits all year long? JAHA memberships are on sale …

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JAHA is grateful to the many businesses and individuals who participated in our Jeans for JAHA event on Giving Tuesday! They include:

1st Summit Bank (some of their participating employees are shown above)
CamTran
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies
Concurrent Technologies …

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The Path of the Flood Races (a 5K, 12K, and half-marathon) will be run on May 26, 2018, and registration opens on Black Friday with a $5 off special! This special price is good from Nov. 24-27 ONLY. For more …

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