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Email Contacts
For general questions or comments about the Web site, contact the PHMC webmaster at ra-hm-webmaster@pa.gov.

For questions about archival research topics and holdings at the archives, contact the PA State Archives at ra-statearchives@pa.gov .

For questions about local government record management, contact us at RA-LocalGovernment@pa.gov.

For questions about state records management, contact us at Ra-staterecordsmgmt@pa.gov.

For questions about historic and archaeological project review under Section 106 and the PA History code, please refer to our Bureau for Historic Preservation contact information.

General Mailing Address
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
State Museum Building
300 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone (717) 787-3362
Fax (717) 783-9924

Contact the webmaster (mailto:hpollman@pa.gov) with general questions or comments about the Web site.

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Executive Offices
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's executive offices are located in The State Museum Building. To request an appointment call: (717) 787-3362

Bureau for Historic Preservation
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Click here for a staff directory to the Bureau for Historic Preservation.
Phone (717) 783-8946
Fax (717) 772-0920

Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone (717) 787-2723
Fax (717) 783-1073

Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone (717) 783-3281
Fax (717) 787-4822

Email the State Archives staff with questions and requests regarding archives services or historical records and documents held by the Pennsylvania State Archives.

State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120 Phone (717) 787-6778
Fax (717) 783-4558

Brandywine Battlefield

Follow in the footsteps of George Washington at this revolutionary battlefield.

Bushy Run Battlefield

Discover Pennsylvania's only recognized Native American battlefield.

Conrad Weiser Homestead

Discover the Colonial diplomat, who kept peace with the Iroquois Confederacy.

Cornwall Iron Furnace

America's most complete charcoal-fueled iron-making complex.

Daniel Boone Homestead

The homestead includes the Boone House, restored and furnished with period collections.

Drake Well Museum

Features operating oil field machinery and a replica of the original well house.

Eckley Miners' Village

Visit an authentic 19th-century coal patch town with miners' houses, churches, a doctor's office and general store.

Ephrata Cloister

Discover a religious community noted for its art and architecture.

Erie Maritime Museum and Flagship Niagara

Museum and replica ship bring the Battle of Lake Erie alive.

Fort Pitt Museum

A re-created 18th-century bastion in Pittsburgh.

Graeme Park

The only surviving home of a colonial governor.

Hope Lodge

Visit this exquisite 18th-century Georgian home.

Joseph Priestley House

The American home and laboratory of the discoverer of oxygen.

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

Step into the largest museum of early Pennsylvania German life in the country.

Old Economy Village

The Harmonists, a Christian communal society, founded this village in 1824.

Pennsbury Manor

The country estate of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn.

Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum

Discover the people of Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region from the days when hard coal was king.

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum

Walk into a re-created lumber camp and discover the life of 19th-century loggers.

Pennsylvania Military Museum

A museum that honors of Pennsylvania's citzen soldiers.

Pennsylvania State Archives

The official repository for permanently valuable government records

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Explore more than 100 historic locomotives and vintage railroad cars.

Scranton Iron Furnaces

The remains of the blast furnaces of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.

Somerset Historical Center

Interpretation of the rural life of southwestern Pennsylvania

The State Museum of Pennsylvania

The State Museum demonstrates that Pennsylvania's story is America's story.

Washington Crossing Historic Park

See where Washington's army crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Night, 1776.