The National Coal Mining Museum for England invites visitors of all ages to dig into a full day of discovery as its hugely ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...

Sam Bennett acquired original COSI display cases and plaques preserving a hands-on museum experience that generations of ...

In the basement of the library at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus a few miles north of Uniontown, sits one of the largest collection of artifacts of the region’s bituminous coal and ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The history of much of northeastern Pennsylvania is coming to life through artwork. An exhibit at the University of Scranton takes us to the time when coal was king. Jon Meyer got a ...

Over the past few years, local author J.A. Stein has published novels set in medieval times and contemporary Schuylkill County. In her latest work, “Patch Town,” she dug deep into local history — and ...

That history is still visible today at the Wendel Mine Museum, part of the Parc Explor Wendel complex, a former coal mine ...