Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum

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Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum
Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum
Location105 Church Street
Robertsdale, Pennsylvania 16674
TypeHistorical/Museum/Library
Website https://broadtopminersmuseum.com/

The Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum is a museum documenting the history of the isolated Broad Top coalfield in south central Pennsylvania. The museum is operated by the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society; its president is with Ron Morgan, the museum curator. The Museum and entertainment center was originally housed in the Reality Theater in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania, [1] which the group purchased in 1991 and opened in 1992. [2] In 2008 the museum moved to the former Methodist church in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania while the entertainment center remained in the theater.

The museum complex contains a large collection of mining memorabilia about the Broad Top Coal Field. [3] The museum also contains a vast collection of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad memorabilia and has most of the archives for the H&BT.

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References

  1. ↑ Saxton online Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum Retrieved 2011-10-24
  2. ↑ Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine The Huntingdon County Historical Society, Broad Top Coal Miners Museum, retrieved 2011-10-24
  3. ↑ "Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum and Historical Society, Robertsdale, PA 16647, raystown.org". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2011-10-24. Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum, Robertsdale, PA 16647 Retrieved 2011-10-24

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