Allegany Museum honors Cumberland’s firefighting heroes with its exhibit of artifacts, vehicles, equipment, photographs, and a narrative of the story of fire fighting in Cumberland. Cumberland installed its first municipal water system, including fire plugs and water...
Do you love New York’s Christmas store windows? Can you imagine – many of them will end up in landfill? Gary Baer, a Myersdale, PA toy store owner, has been buying old window displays for many years, rescuing them from the landfill, refurbishing them, and offering...
From 1880 to 1930, glass manufacturing boomed along with the City of Cumberland. Warren Glass Works Company, founded 1880, was one of the first to be established. Around 1920, well over 1,000 people were employed in the glass factories and decorating shops. The end...
Mike Fetchero recently fulfilled his entire FOUNDERS level pledge to the multi-year program of the Allegany Museum Endowment Fund. Mr. Fetchero is also a Board Member, and Museum Treasurer. The intention of the Endowment Fund is to enable Allegany Museum to hire...
Claude Yoder (1907 – 1991) grew up in the Amish-Mennonite community on a farm near Grantsville in Garrett County Maryland. He spent most of his adult life as a factory worker in the Cumberland area. He had a lifelong passion for carving. His favorite subjects were...
Rolfe Singerman, long term volunteer for the Allegany Museum, recently sponsored a new an eye-catching sign for Allegany Museum. The sign, which is illuminated at night, can be seen atop the Museum building. It faces the Museum carpark and is easily read by traffic...
Did you know that the Allegany Museum, and our annual George Washington Whiskey rebellion Fest, are on the Distilled Spirits Council’s American Whiskey Trail? The American Whiskey Trail is a tourism initiative of the Distilled Spirits Council, its member companies,...
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