Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum Becomes PGH Museums Affiliate

We’re excited to announce that the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum has decided to affiliate with PGH Museums. The museum is free to enter but accepts donations.

The Donora Historical Society was established in 1946 and incorporated in 1996 and is recognized as the oldest community historical society in Washington County of Pennsylvania.  We are a non-profit with 501(c)3 status and operate on a volunteer basis.  Our parent historical societies are the Washington Country Historical Society and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.  The original charter members did yeomen's work with laying the foundation for preserving Donora's history.  The members that followed would continue that work for the next 70 years.  As a testament to all of their hard work and dedication, we have a plethora of artifacts and documents that we can use for research and presentation purposes.  In 2008, we opened our present facility to showcase our artifacts and call it the Smog Museum, thus our formal title is the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum.  They are one in the same entity.