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	PA Andreas JEM Classic Car Museum RD #1, Box 120C Andreas PA 18211 Phone 570 368-3554 Web Site http://www.rmauctions.com/press/release.cfm?prid=50 Description CLOSED collection was auctioned off in 2003 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 9/29/2004 Pennsylvania Bloomsburg Bill's Custom Cycles & Museum 7145 Columbia Blvd Bloomsburg PA 17815 Phone 570 759-7030 Alt Phone 570 759-9613 Web Site www.billscstomcycles.com Description operating store with vintage motorcycles & parts Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive Collection G-M Motorcycles Last changed: 01/03/2003 PA Boyertown Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles 85 Walnut Street Boyertown PA 19512 Phone 610 367-2090 Web Site http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:mail@boyertownmuseum.org Description vehicles of all sorts built in SE Pennsylvania, in factory complex used from 1872-1990 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Building Type Factory Collection N-Z Vehicles New or Updated: 3/19/2004
	PA Columbia National Clock and Watch Museum 515 Poplar Street Columbia PA 17512 Phone 717 684-8261 Web Site www.nawcc.org/museum/museum.htm Description over 10,000 timepieces, with concentration on 19th century American Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection A-F Clocks Collection N-Z Watches Research Library New or Updated: 12/22/2006 PA Coolspring Coolspring Power Museum Route 36 PO Box 19 Coolspring PA 15730 Phone 814 849-6883 Web Site http://coolspringpowermuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:engengr@comcast.net Description internal combustion engines, primarily stationary engines used in industrial applications - spread through 13 buildings, 250 engines Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection A-F Engines Collection G-M Machinery New or Updated: 1/12/2007 PA Douglassville Merritt Museums Address Douglassville PA Web Site www.merritts.com/dollmuseum Alt Web http://collectdolls.about.com/b/a/256791.htm Description CLOSED DEC 2005 - See Alt Web article Type of Resource Specialty Museum Collection A-F Dolls Collection N-Z Toys New or Updated: 12/12/2006
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	PA Gettysburg Colt Heritage Museum of Firearms 241 Steinwher Avenue Gettysburg PA 17325 Phone 717 334-6852 Web Site http://www.coltmuseum.com/ Description site of the turning point of the Civil War and Lincoln's historic speech Type of Resource Specialty Museum Collection A-F Arms New or Updated: 3/4/2007 PA Gettysburg Eisenhower National Historic Site 250 Eisenhower Farm Lane Gettysburg PA 17325 Phone 717 338-9114 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/eise/ Description Dwight Eisenhower retired to this 200 year old home and farm near the great Civil War Battlefield Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Industry /Profession Politics Era 20th New or Updated: 12/30/2006 PA Gettysburg Famous Hall of Presidents 789 Baltimore Street Gettysburg PA 17325 Phone 717 334-5717 Web Site *** Toll Free 800 447-8788 Description wax museum featuring the presidents and their wives Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Wax Nature of Group or Site Government Industry /Profession Politics New or Updated:** 1/16/2004
	Pennsylvania Hershey Museum of Bus Transportation 426 South 3rd Street #201 Hershey PA 17043 Phone 717 774-4848 Web Site www.busmuseum.org Description physical museum not yet built, this is a preview Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive Collection A-F Busses PA Huntingdon Swigart Antique Auto Museum Route 22 E PO Box 214 Huntingdon PA 16652 Phone 814 643-0885 Web Site http://www.swigartmuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:tours@swigartmuseum.com Description 200 vehicles, focus on pre-1914 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 4/24/2004 Pennsylvania Indiana James Stewart Museum 845 Philadelphia Street Indiana PA 15701 Phone 724 349-6112 Web Site www.jimmy.org/ E-mail curator@jimmy.org Description honors famous actor, located in city library, includes 1930's theatre for screening Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Movies			Google
	PA Kennett Square Mushroom Museum 909 East Baltimore Pike Kennett Square PA 19348 Phone 610 388-6082 Web Site http://www.phillipsmushroomfarms.com/ Toll Free 800 243-8644 Alt Web http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/mm.htm Description CLOSED small but comprehensive center for mushrooms Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Agricultural New or Updated: 3/17/2006
	Pennsylvania Lititz Heritage Map Museum 55 North Water Street Lititz PA 17543 Phone 717 626-5002 Web Site www.carto.com Description 15th to 19th century maps, some for sale Type of Resource Specialty Museum Collection G-M Maps PA Mechanicsburg Eastern Museum of Motor Racing Address Williams Grove Old Timers 1 Speedway Drive Mechanicsburg PA 17028 Phone 717 528-8279 Web Site http://www.emmr.org/ Description Winston Cup, Drag, Sports/Formula, Motorcycle, Airplane, Boat Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 9/28/2004

	Pennsylvania Philadelphia Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania 1 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19107 Phone 215 988-1933 Web Site www.pagrandlodge.org/mlam/index.html Description located in Masonic meeting center Type of Resource Specialty Museum Research /Reading Library PA Philadelphia Mummer's Museum 1100 South 2nd Street Philadelphia PA 19147 Phone 215 336-3050 Web Site http://riverfrontmummers.com/museum.html E-mail mailto:mummersmus@aol.com Description contains costumes and more from Mummer's day parades past -- Philadelphia's unique parade to celebrate the New year Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Entertainment New or Updated: 3/22/2006 PA Philadelphia National Museum of American Jewish History 55 North 5th Street Independence Mall East Philadelphia PA 19106 Phone 215 923-3811 Web Site www.nmajh.org Description information on American Jewish history Type of Resource Specialty Museum Group Identity Jewish New or Updated: 3/22/2006 Paley Design Center Address Philadelphia PA Phone Web Site www.philcol.edu/paley/index.html Description textiles - over 1 1/2 millions items in collection Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Textiles Research /Reading Research Collection Shoe Museum Temple U School of Podiatric Medicine Philadelphia PA Phone 215 625-5243 Web Site www.pcpm.edu/sjpe,mus.edu Description over 200 pairs of shoes, by appointment only Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Collection N-Z Shoes
	Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie Mellon U Pittsburgh PA 15213 Phone 412 268-2440 Web Site www.huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD Description over 300,000 botanical illustrations Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Botanical Collection A-F Drawings Collection N-Z Prints Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History 531 East Ohio Street Pittsburgh PA 15212 Phone 412 231-7881 Web Site www.ncmuseums.org/ Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Nature of Group or Site Association Collection N-Z Photography
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