Johnstown Flood Museum
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Established | 1973 |
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Location | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°19′40″N 78°55′15″W / 40.3278°N 78.9208°W |
Type | Artifacts and Local History |
President | Richard Burkert |
Website | http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/oklahoma.html |
The Johnstown Flood Museum is a history museum located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, dedicated to the Johnstown Flood of 1889. The museum is housed in the Cambria Public Library Building.
The Johnstown Flood Museum chronicles the events of the flood through exhibits and media. The museum shows the documentary, The Johnstown Flood in the Robert S. Waters Theater.
Exhibits include the relief map that uses lights and sounds to display the path of the flood. Surrounding the map are artifacts from the flood.
The museum also features a restored "Oklahoma house", a temporary structure used to house flood survivors.[1]