Anthracite Heritage Museum — Attraction in Taylor

While staying in Scranton for the weekend, myself and a few friends wanted to do the mine tour and to kill some time we stopped at the anthracite museum beforehand. I'm very glad that we did so. The museum was very impressive, the interpretive displays and artifacts they had on hand were extremely informative and did a great job of portraying this crucial piece of history of this region. The best part however was the tour guide which was extremely helpful and willing to answer any questions that we had. We only had a short amount of time to tour the exhibits, and the guide was extremely accommodating and gave us a brief walk-through of some of the more notable pieces in the collection. She was also very knowledgeable and really knew the history well. It's not often that an area has such a great museum detailing their history in such a careful and meticulous way; the Anthracite Museum is certainly a great place to visit if you want to learn more about what powered the social and economic development...

I took my wife and kids here to learn about anthracite mining since my wife descends from anthracite miners. The museum has a lot of artifacts but it lacks a sense of continuity. Everything feels compartmentalized and displays are not connected to one another, so you basically learn about an aspect of coal mining or living in the coal region but not how it all fit together. We think they should reprogram the museum to follow events in people's lives, but that might be difficult due to the artifacts that they have on hand. Either way, it wasn't as captivating as we hoped and we are history buffs. Plus, the cost to get in was high for...

Not sure why more mine visitors don't stop here - this was a great place to get a perspective on the coal industry in the region. We learned a great deal not only about coal, but other significant industries and developments in this areas history, such as iron works, silk and labor movements. Even legal challenges with regards to land use have special hostory here! The museum has a lot to offer and some inpressive equipment we haven't seen elsewhere. Some of it is intermingled (probably due to object sizing). Great visit to stretch your mind after seeing the physical...