Appalachian Trail Museum

Appalachian Trail Museum
The museum in 2024
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Established2010
LocationPine Grove Furnace State Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°01′57″N 77°18′20″W / 40.0326°N 77.3056°W / 40.0326; -77.3056

The Appalachian Trail Museum is located in Pine Grove Furnace State Park near Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States, and commemorates the builders, maintainers and hikers of the Appalachian Trail, including those in the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame.[1] Features include a 1959 trail shelter from Peters Mountain[2] built by Earl Shaffer, the first A.T. thru-hiker,[3] vintage hiking and trail building equipment,[4] historic A.T. signs, A.T. displays on permanent loan from the Smithsonian Institution, a recreation of A.T. founder Benton MacKaye's Sky Parlor office[5] and a display on the National Trails System Act of 1968.[6] The museum also has an extensive research library.[7]

  1. ^ "About the Museum". Appalachian Trail Museum Society. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PN2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Appalachian Trail Histories | Peters Mountain Shelter (1980)". appalachiantrailhistory.org. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  4. ^ "About - Appalachian Trail Museum". Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  5. ^ Report, Times Staff. "A.T. Museum announces Benton MacKaye 'Sky Parlor' exhibit". GettysburgTimes.com. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  6. ^ "National Trails System Act Legislation - National Trails System (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  7. ^ "Research Library". Appalachian Trail Museum. Retrieved 2021-12-28.