News & Updates

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Responds to COVID-19 – UPDATE 03.13.2020 The safety and well-being of our visitors, volunteers and staff is the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s highest priority. We are closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it evolves in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Today, due to the [...]

The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Responds to COVID-19 The safety and well-being of our visitors, volunteers and staff is the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s highest priority. We are closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it evolves in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. We are taking the following steps, developed [...]

Old Economy Village will be featured on the Pennsylvania Cable Network's (PCN) It's History! onSeptember 1st at 8:00 p.m. The show will be exploring Old Economy Village and focused on Harmonist History, including  the daily life of the leaders and the industries they were involved in. You don't want to miss it! It’s [...]

The exhibit will be open from August 10, 2019 - December 31, 2019. An exhibit about secession from the Harmony Society will open at Old Economy Village with a special reception on August 9th at 7:00 p.m.  The exhibit focuses on all of the various people that left the Society, with [...]

Harrisburg, PA – Beginning this summer, visitors to select state-owned historic sites who are blind or have low vision can access technology that uses their smartphones or special glasses to get free on-demand audio descriptions of individual objects, artworks, and even entire exhibits from remotely located professional agents. The Pennsylvania [...]

Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Pa. will be offering two Home School Days this spring. The first one will be on Wednesday, April 24 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. The second one will be Friday, April 26 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. This event will allow home school [...]