Coalport Museum
Website:
https://www.coalportmuseum.org/
Telephone Number:
Location:
961 Forest Street, Coalport, PA 16627
Hours:
Sunday and Thursday 1 PM to 5 PM
Description:
The Coalport Area Coal Museum is located in the large hallway of the Coalport Community Building at 961 Forrest Street in "Historic Coalport" (Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania)
Founded in 1990 through the efforts of the Coalport Area Museum Commission and the Glendale Industrial Development Association, our Museum was funded initially by contributions from the community, donations from businesses, and small grants. Thanks to the Coalport Borough Council, the museum was given a 'home' in its expansive corridors of the community building—itself the former Coalport Elementary School built in 1937.
All of the artifacts in the Museum were donated by families of former coal miners who wished to have their memories preserved following our motto: To Enrich our Future by Preserving the Past. Most of the items on display are from the early hand-loading days of mining bituminous coal--for which our region was primarily known.
The town's name of "Coalport" derived actually from a lumbering raft used to move coal down Clearfield Creek which passes through the center of town travelling through to Clearfield and eventually on to Williamsport, PA, via the Susquehanna River. During "King Coal's" heyday, there were close to five operating deep bituminous mines in the area.
From museum website
