Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum preserves the heritage of anthracite coal mining in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania and is located in McDade Park in Scranton. It features exhibits detailing the industrial history of northeastern Pennsylvania.Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Email: bmorin@pa.gov
- Type: Museum
- Description: coal industry museum in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Anthracite Heritage Museum, Pennsylvania” and “Anthracite Museum”
- Address: 22 Bald Mountain Road, Scranton, PA 18504
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour and Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann.
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
Museum
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lackawanna Coal Mine is a museum and retired coal mine that is located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1903.
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann
Church
The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is a Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Catholic Church located in Scranton, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton. Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum.
Electric City Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Electric City Trolley Museum is a transport museum located in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, next to the Steamtown National Historic Site. The museum displays and operates restored trolleys and interurbans on former lines of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, which are now owned by the government of Lackawanna County and operated by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad. Electric City Trolley Museum is situated 2½ miles east of Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scranton and Milwaukee.
Scranton
Photo: Vasiliymeshko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scranton is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is near Wilkes-Barre, and is the seventh most populous city in the state. Today, it is perhaps best known as the setting of the hit TV show "The Office" and the birthplace of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States.
Milwaukee
Hamlet
Milwaukee is an unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Milwaukee is situated 3 miles west of Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum.
Dunmore
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjoining Scranton. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862.
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Borough of Taylor, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.41683° or 41° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
-75.71628° or 75° 42′ 59″ westElevation
974 feet (297 metres)Operator
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum CommissionOpen location code
87H6C78M+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 808998578OpenStreetMap feature
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