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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreThe 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, …
Read MoreOur 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 …
Read MoreJAHA 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 …
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 …
Read MoreIt’s November, which means our museums are now open winter hours, which are Wednesday-Saturday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm; Sunday 12:00 pm-5:00 pm; closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. But as part of our yearlong calendar of special offers, museum admission at …
Read MoreProgramming at the Johnstown Children’s Museum is kicking into high gear as the holiday season approaches! Mark your calendar for:
The Johnstown Symphony Orchestra is starting their season with a bang by presenting a free concert at the Lower Cambria Ironworks Machine Shop! The “All-American Program” is set for 7:30 pm on Friday, October 20.
JAHA-commissioned film footage will be shown …
Read MoreJAHA played a key role in Dr. Paul Newman’s Introduction to Public History course, which was offered for the first time last semester at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. As Dr. Newman’s syllabus stated, “The course will introduce students …
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