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Johnstown Flood Museum

304 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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Size: 154 x 38

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1 (814) 539-1889, +1 814 539 188

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www.jaha.org

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The museum intermingles solid historical fact and original documents with interpretive materials and of course some appeals to human nature, as to the loss of life, the ironies of who lived, who died, the fact that so many bodies were never identified... more on Yahoo! Travel

For those who care about history, and seeing events in context, this is a fine museum which can be savored. more on Yahoo! Travel

The flood that burst in 1889 was built to supply water to the Pennsylvania Canal, and had fallen into the hands of western Pennsylvania's elite, who made it a hunting and fishing club where they could escape the noise and pollution of Pittsburgh. more on Yahoo! Travel

The museum guides are extremely knowledgeable and bring the events of the flood to life. more on TripAdvisor

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We are stationed here and thought it would be good to check out the local history by visiting the Johnstown flood museum. It's located in an older Victorian building. It is well kept but relatively sm ... more on TripAdvisor

We drove about eight hours to visit the Johnstown Flood Museum, and listened to a book on tape while driving. The book gave a detailed description of the town before the flood and the flood itself, as ... more on TripAdvisor

The way the Johnstown Flood Museum provides the history of all 3 floods and the people affected is amazing. You will be blown ... more on TripAdvisor

Like everyone else, I had heard of the Johnstown Flood but never knew any of the details. Very ... more on TripAdvisor

The admission fee includes the Heritage Discovery Center and an historic house that can be toured, but we only had time to check out the museum. We had already visited the memorial earlier in the day. ... more on TripAdvisor

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I'm a bit of a national park buff and this is one of the best! See that movie! The first time I saw it, the thing really made me think. It puts into ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The flood museum is located in a Carnegie library, with superb architecture, and on the third floor, original woodwork and fixtures dating to around 1895. The museum provides interactive and static displays of the history of the region, ... more on Yahoo! Travel