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The '''Broad Top Coal Miners Museum and Entertainment Center''' is a museum documenting the history of the isolated Broad Top Coal Field in south central Pennsylvania. The museum is operated by the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society. The Museum and entertainment center was originally housed in the Reality theater in [[Robertsdale, Pennsylvania]] <ref>http://saxtonpa.com/tourism.html#miners Saxton online "Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum" Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>.
The '''Broad Top Coal Miners Museum and Entertainment Center''' is a museum documenting the history of the isolated Broad Top Coal Field in south central Pennsylvania. The museum is operated by the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society. The Museum and entertainment center was originally housed in the Reality theater in [[Robertsdale, Pennsylvania]] <ref>[http://saxtonpa.com/tourism.html#miners] Saxton online ''Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum'' Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>.
which the group purchased in 1991 sand opened in 1992 <ref>http://www.huntingdonhistory.org/coalMinersMuseum.htm The Huntingdon County Historical Society "Broad Top Coal Miners Museum" Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>. In 2008 the museum moved to the former Methodist church in [[Robertsdale, Pennsylvania]] while the entertainment center remained in the theater.
which the group purchased in 1991 and opened in 1992 <ref>[http://www.huntingdonhistory.org/coalMinersMuseum.htm] The Huntingdon County Historical Society ''Broad Top Coal Miners Museum'' Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>. In 2008 the museum moved to the former Methodist church in [[Robertsdale, Pennsylvania]] while the entertainment center remained in the theater.


The museum complex contains a large collection of mining memorabilia about the Broad Top Coal Field <ref>http://raystown.org/attractions/broad-top-area-coal-miners-museum.html Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau "Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum, Robertsdale, PA 16647" Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>.
The museum complex contains a large collection of mining memorabilia about the Broad Top Coal Field <ref>[http://raystown.org/attractions/broad-top-area-coal-miners-museum.html] Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau ''Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum, Robertsdale, PA 16647'' Retrieved 2011-10-24</ref>.


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Revision as of 19:59, 24 October 2011

The Broad Top Coal Miners Museum and Entertainment Center is a museum documenting the history of the isolated Broad Top Coal Field in south central Pennsylvania. The museum is operated by the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society. The Museum and entertainment center was originally housed in the Reality theater in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania [1].

which the group purchased in 1991 and opened in 1992 [2]. In 2008 the museum moved to the former Methodist church in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania while the entertainment center remained in the theater. 

The museum complex contains a large collection of mining memorabilia about the Broad Top Coal Field [3].

Notes

  1. ^ [1] Saxton online Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum Retrieved 2011-10-24
  2. ^ [2] The Huntingdon County Historical Society Broad Top Coal Miners Museum Retrieved 2011-10-24
  3. ^ [3] Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum, Robertsdale, PA 16647 Retrieved 2011-10-24

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