by Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator
2027 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1977 Johnstown Flood, and Heritage Johnstown is planning a temporary exhibition to commemorate it. IUP student Heath Moser’s internship this summer was to research the 1977 Johnstown …
Read MoreVisit Johnstown sent the following press release on July 17, 2026! Heritage Johnstown is grateful for the engagement of Visit Johnstown, Vision Together, and the Train Station Capture Team.
To support community improvement and engage volunteers, Visit Johnstown announced it is …
Read MoreBy Amy Regan, Heritage Johnstown curator
Have you ever wondered if there was a location that tied Johnstown’s history together? Well, the the Wagner-Ritter House and Garden does just that! This historic home ties together the Johnstown Flood Museum and the …
Read More“Hope Springs Eternal: The Holocaust Project” is proud to announce the arrival of the internationally acclaimed exhibition, “Let Me Be Myself — The Life Story of Anne Frank.” The exhibition will be hosted at the Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage …
Read MoreIn the early 2000s, AmeriCorps member Mike Burke worked with Heritage Johnstown (then known as JAHA) and the Johnstown chapter of the NAACP to research early Black history here. By poring through written documentation such as census records, early newspapers, …
Read MoreVirtual Railfan is a streaming platform that offers live views of trains all over the world – and now, its 30 million monthly users will be able to watch trains coming through Johnstown.
Read MoreWere you a steelworker? Do you or someone you love have a story about working in the steel mills of Johnstown? JAHA wants to hear it!
The momentous new exhibition “Forging a Nation: Johnstown Iron & Steel” is now open at …
Read MoreOn September 7, 2023, a capacity crowd gathered at the Heritage Discovery Center to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Rosedale incident, in which Johnstown’s mayor ordered all Black people who hadn’t lived in Johnstown for at least seven years …
Read MoreThe Young Preservationists Association (YPA) of Pittsburgh has recognized Richard Burkert, former president and CEO of JAHA, with its Preservationist of the Year Award!
“Richard Burkert recently stepped down as President and CEO of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association after 44 …
Read MoreThis column by Chip Minemyer appeared in the September 24, 2023 edition of The Tribune-Democrat and is reproduced here with permission.
In April 1991, just two years after the Johnstown flood centennial and 12 years into Richard Burkert’s time in Johnstown, …
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