Blog Archives - Appalachian Trail Museum

"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 29, 2019

7/29/2019

INTERACTIVE MAP ~ MUSEUM TO ASSUME HOSTEL OPERATIONS ~
~ JEFF RYAN'S "HERMIT" PROGRAM THIS SATURDAY ~ ATC LETTER ~
~ AUG PARK EVENTS SCHEDULE ~ & MORE !

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"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 23, 2019

7/22/2019

MUSEUM & IRONMASTER'S MANSION ~ NEW MUSEUM HOURS ~
INTERACTIVE MAP PROJECT ~ VOLUNTEER NEWS ~ ALDHA "BLAZE" ~
"BACKPACKER" MUSEUM ARTICLE ! ~ & MORE !

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Museum's HikeaNation Exhibit Featured On AHS Blog

7/18/2019

(left to right) HikeaNation organizers Jim Kern (founder of the Florida Trail), Bill Kemsley (Backpacker founding publisher) and Paul Pritchard (former Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Interior)

We thank our friends at the American Hiking Society for featuring our "HikeaNation" display on their blog. Go HERE to see AHS's article.

"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 17, 2019

7/17/2019

SPECIAL EDITION ~ PRESS RELEASE:
IRONMASTER'S MANSION HOSTEL & THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM

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A.T. Museum to Assume Operation of Ironmaster’s Mansion Hostel

7/17/2019

Ironmaster's Mansion Hostel

The Appalachian Trail Museum will assume responsibility for operating the Ironmaster’s Mansion Hostel as of Jan. 1, 2020. The owner of the mansion, the Bureau of State Parks of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, has announced that it intends to enter into an agreement with the Museum to operate the hostel in Pine Grove Furnace State Park following the end of the current 10-year lease with Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC). Since 1983, the facility has served as a popular overnight rest stop for Appalachian Trail thru-hikers who traverse northbound or southbound along the trail’s 2,190 miles between Maine and Georgia. The A.T. passes along the Mansion’s south balcony (shown in photo), a short distance north of the A.T.'s halfway mark.

“The Museum is working in partnership with CPC to maintain current operations mostly as is”, according to Museum President Larry Luxenberg. CPC’s President, Ken Waidelich, adds: “We entered our tenure at the Ironmaster’s Mansion in the spirit of partnership, and we are thrilled to pass along operations to a very capable partner organization with an on-site presence at Pine Grove Furnace State Park and who is committed to the facility’s stewardship and use as a hiker’s hostel.” CPC completely renovated the dilapidated facility in 2010 with the help of local trail clubs, volunteers, local funders, and CPC membership contributions. It hosted a youth conservation leadership camp there for 6 years (Goddard Leadership Legacy Institute), the annual Ironmaster’s Challenge trail running event, and opened it up to outside groups for events such as school, scout and church youth retreats, family reunions, weddings, showers, and environmental and community programming. A private guest suite was added in 2017, supported with a grant from Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau, and other improvements and necessary maintenance was made along the way.”

“We thank our hard-working, on-site innkeepers over the years, who cared for the historic building and ran the day-to-day operations of the hostel”, said CPC’s Waidelich. “While CPC is turning to focus on its growing land conservation projects in the region, it’s proud to have played a role in sustaining the facility and its viability as one of the few remaining hiker’s hostels on the A.T. in Pennsylvania. The partnership with the Friends of Pine Grove Furnace, PA DCNR, Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau, and other local groups is critical to its continued success. The A.T. Museum already has strong ties with these entities and has a good strategy in place to achieve its organizational goals while continuing similar uses.”

The Museum plans to expand the hostel’s current hours and programming. In the future, the Museum will install exhibits at the facility as well as utilize it for storing items from the Museum collection and housing Museum volunteers. Specific plans will be announced during the 4th quarter of 2019, including days and hours of operation and rates. These details will be announced via press releases and on the Museum’s website: www.atmuseum.org The hostel will remain open to the public for overnight stays as well as for groups and events. While many of the visitors are hiking the Appalachian Trail, the hostel welcomes any visitor.

Located 20 miles from Gettysburg, the hostel is in the beautiful South Mountain area of Cumberland County in the midst of many tourist attractions. Surrounded by the Michaux State Forest and also near Caledonia State Park, the area has abundant outdoor recreation opportunities as well as historic sites, festivals and other attractions.

"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 16, 2019

7/16/2019

NEW HOURS OF OPERATION ~ INTERACTIVE MAP CAMPAIGN ~
A NEW COLUMN "The Latest Buzz" ! ~ THE GATHERING ~ KENNEBEC FERRY
& MUCH MORE !

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A Message From The Museum Founder & President About An Exciting New Project

7/9/2019

Museum Friends:

We are launching a quick fund-raising campaign to support a grant application. Over the next year we are going to install a huge interactive scale map of the A.T. as the featured exhibit on our new second floor. The map will highlight large landscapes of the A.T. and will feature the area around the Museum, the South Mountain and Cumberland Valley, with an in-depth description of this area. The picture below shows the A.T. relief map at ATC's Visitors Center in Harpers Ferry, which will give some idea of the scale of the project.

Relief Map of A.T. at ATC Visitors Center in Harpers Ferry

We will be applying for several major grants and it will be helpful in securing those grants if we can show some pledges by the end of July in support of the project. The total cost of this major exhibit will be approximately $35,000 to $40,000.

Pledges can be conveyed to the Museum at info@atmuseum.org. You can also donate HERE on our website. If you do, please indicate it is for the "Interactive Map" project. If you have questions or suggestions about the project, you can direct them to the same email for Gwen Loose, Museum Vice President, who is in charge of the project. She will be working with Graphik Masters of York, Pa., our long-time exhibit design firm, and other firms to create the map and accompanying materials.

- Larry Luxenberg

"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 8, 2019

7/8/2019

SPECIAL EDITION ~ APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM PRESIDENT''S
NEWS RELEASE LETTER ~ & MUCH MORE !

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"APPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM UPDATES", July 2, 2019

7/1/2019

PICNIC THIS SATURDAY ! ~ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ~
MORE A. T. HALL OF FAME BANQUET PHOTOS ~
STATE PARK FOR THE HOLIDAY ! ~ SPECIAL 4th OF JULY ARTICLE ! & MORE !

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