Get a container of cookies, experience the businesses and attractions of Cambria City, and get in the holiday spirit by helping provide Christmas gifts to children whose families can’t afford them. Restaurants, businesses, shops, museums, and attractions in Cambria City are coming together to offer the tour. Participants will begin at the Heritage Discovery Center,…
Step into Heritage Johnstown’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, visit The Johnstown Children’s Museum. *Tickets are limited.
Step into Heritage Johnstown's winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, visit The Johnstown Children's Museum. *Tickets are limited.
Step into Heritage Johnstown’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, visit The Johnstown Children’s Museum, and of course visit with Santa himself! THIS SESSION IS ONLY FOR MUSEUMS FOR ALL ADMISSIONS! Please bring your ID and…
Join us at the Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum for the Lee Initiatives Community Day! This free admission event will include special activities in the Johnstown Children’s Museum, as well as a 1:00 pm performance by the award-winning children’s performer Farmer Jason. We’ll celebrate renaming the Inclimber Room for Lee Initiatives, which has supported the…
Once again we open the Ethnic Social Club for a relaxed social time! In November, we will be holding Last Friday on Nov. 14 to avoid Light-Up Night and Black Friday! The David DiStefano Quartet will entertain.
The new season of Last Fridays opens with Jeff Perigo in our authentic social club! Singer-songwriter Jeff Perigo has been playing music since 1994 in the Johnstown, Indiana and Somerset areas — including acoustic or electric, classic rock, folk, blues, country rock and jam band.
Join us for a safe and frightfully fun trick-or-treat night at the museum! Your journey will begin at the Heritage Discovery Center where you will receive your passport of Halloween Haunts! Follow your passport to find crafts, a mad scientist, games, spooky stories, food, and more!
The Worldwide Day of Play is a chance to turn screentime into playtime! As a day dedicated to experiencing joyful learning through play, this event is focused on getting kids and their families up, out, and playing around. This free admission day at the Johnstown Children’s Museum is a great time to come for all…
The Johnstown Slavic Festival is a dynamic and culturally enriching event held in the heart of Cambria City, Johnstown’s Cultural District. This festival serves as a tribute to the Slavic heritage that is deeply ingrained in the region. Attendees are treated to a captivating display of Slavic traditions, including lively music, traditional dances, and a…
The final Last Friday of the season moves a week early in deference to Memorial Day! Join us for live Americana music by The Rusty Shackles. Guest bartenders from the Greater Johnstown School District.
Heritage Johnstown is pleased to present this program in cooperation with the National Park Service. In this illustrated presentation, Doug Bosley, chief of interpretation/site manager for the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, will share what’s known about the 16 cottages belonging to members of the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club (the owner of the dam…
Don’t miss April’s Last Friday featuring Strings & Bellows! Enjoy fun acoustic accordion music with this energetic and entertaining band. Guest bartenders from Rotary!
Russell Shorto, Johnstown native and acclaimed author, will come to the Heritage Discovery Center for a book reading for his latest non-fiction book, Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events that Created New York and Shaped America.” In Taking Manhattan, Russell Shorto explains how New York became the archetypal modern city – brash, bold, pulsing with energy.…
Johnstown Tomahawks players and their mascot, Chopper, will be on hand for this full-filled afternoon of hockey! Try your hand at different kinds of hockey — pool noodle, ice, air, and more. We’ll have hockey-themed crafts, too.
This year, there’s been a death at the library — so we’ll be solving the crime at the Heritage Discovery Center!
Pets are always on the nice list, so bring your furry friend to see Santa! Our in-house photographer will capture your pets or you and your pets and you will get a digital copy emailed to you!
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
Get into the holiday spirit with our Gingerbread Bash! Listen to “A World of Cookies for Santa,” make and decorate your own house with graham crackers, sample gingerbread, make gingerbread crafts, and play games!
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
We’re proud to be part of Museums for All, a program that provides reduced admission for those receiving any kind of food assistance (such as WIC or SNAP). For the first time this year, we’re offering a Sundaes with Santa session for those who qualify for Museums for All. Your visit will include the opportunity…
Get a container of cookies, experience the businesses and attractions of Cambria City, and get in the holiday spirit by helping provide Christmas gifts to children whose families can’t afford them. The Cambria City Cookie Tour is back! Participants will begin at the Heritage Discovery Center, where they will purchase a $5 ticket and receive…
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
Step into JAHA’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, a visit with Santa, and even a visit to the Johnstown Children’s Museum!
Last Friday moves a week earlier in deference to Thanksgiving! This relaxed social time takes place in our authentic Ethnic Social Club, located on the fourth floor of the Heritage Discovery Center! Tonight Jeff Perigo will entertain.
Last Fridays resume in our authentic Ethnic Social Club, located on the fourth floor of the Heritage Discovery Center! Tonight Johnstown’s own Stone Bridge Blues Band will entertain, with guest bartenders Barry and Joyce Gallagher.
Join JAHA for a spooktacular night of games, stories, and of course CANDY! Begin your journey at The Heritage Discovery Center where you will get a passport of events. Stay and play a spell! The Johnstown Children’s Museum will mostly be open and games galore are waiting to be played! Follow your passport through Cambria…
JSO violinists Angela Brumbaugh and Alyssa Conway will be performing in the gallery space of JAHA’s new exhibition, “Forging a Nation: Johnstown Iron & Steel,” located in the Heritage Discovery Center’s Iron & Steel Gallery. This musical interlude will feature classical pieces that resonate with the themes of industry and innovation showcased in the exhibition.
The Johnstown Slavic Festival is a dynamic and culturally enriching event held in the heart of Cambria City, Johnstown’s Cultural District. This festival serves as a tribute to the Slavic heritage that is deeply ingrained in the region. Attendees are treated to a captivating display of Slavic traditions, including lively music, traditional dances, and a…
Join us for an illustrated presentation on the Rolling Mill Mine Disaster, presented by Dr. Barbara Zaborowski and Nicholas Lasinsky.
The Johnstown Children’s Museum is turning 15, and you’re invited to our birthday party! Admission to the museum will be free on June 8, and we’ll have all kinds of extra activities and fun — from Trinity Farms goats in the courtyard to complimentary Galliker’s ice cream!
It’s the final Last Friday of the season, and moves forward a week in deference to Memorial Day! Join us for a relaxed social time in the Heritage Discovery Center’s authentic Ethnic Social Club. We’ll enjoy acoustic music from The Rusty Shackles, and our guest bartenders are from the Greater Johnstown School District.
Hunt for Easter eggs to receive a mini basket of goodies! Decorate your basket and do a pysanky egg craft.
Join us for a relaxed social time in the Heritage Discovery Center’s authentic Ethnic Social Club! We’ll enjoy acoustic music from the duo Walt & Jackie, and our guest bartenders are from the Johnstown Rotary Club.