Beaver Area Heritage Foundation - Museum - Beaver Station

09/04/2026

There’s even MORE to discover at the Beaver Area Heritage Museum!

Our 2026 exhibit, “Fort McIntosh: Its People and Archaeology,” continues to grow, with new additions to the archaeological artifacts now on display — giving visitors an even closer look at life at Fort McIntosh nearly 250 years ago.

Young visitors can get in on the archaeology, too, with our interactive dig for kids!

We’ve been delighted to welcome so many visitors this season! If you haven’t made it in yet — or if you’d like to come back and see what’s new — visit us tomorrow.

While you’re here, be sure to browse our special America250 items in the Museum Gift Shoppe, too!

🏛️ Saturday, Sept. 5 | 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍 1 River Road, Beaver
🎟️ Admission is FREE

Please note: The Museum will not hold its usual first-Sunday opening this month due to the Labor Day holiday weekend.

08/26/2026

The Heritage Museum has completed the acquisition of a vintage railroad caboose which will become a rail history center at its campus. Ground has been broken this week for a concrete pad and embedded rail on which it will sit. More than $105,000 of the $300,000 capital campaign has been raised to date to include relocation of the gift shop and creation of a Fort McIntosh Room.

08/25/2026

Thank you to the Beaver County Times for featuring our 2026 exhibit, Fort McIntosh: Its People and Archaeology! 🇺🇸

The exhibit brings together the people, archaeology, artifacts and stories of Fort McIntosh to explore the important role this site—and our community—played in the early years of our nation.

We’re grateful to the many people and organizations who helped make this America250PA exhibit possible, including our generous 2026 exhibit sponsors:

AHN Beaver Hospital - Heritage Valley
Community College of Beaver County
Michael Baker International
Pacer Studios
The Spanos Group of Raymond James
The Wright Promise
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Thank you to the Times for helping share the story of Fort McIntosh and the work being done to preserve and interpret its history. Want to experience the exhibit for yourself? The museum is open this Saturday from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Admission is free!

Exhibit explores stories of the soldiers and civilians connected to Fort McIntosh, along with never-before-seen artifacts uncovered. See link below ⬇️

📸 Photo by Johanna Semonik

08/20/2026

✨ Stories that make us laugh, transport us to another place, and connect us to one another — that’s the magic of Beaver Tales.

Join us Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Gazebo in Irvine Park for an evening of storytelling featuring nationally acclaimed storytellers Adam Booth, Sarah Brady, Laura Packer and Elizabeth Rose.

📖 Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and experience the power of stories that connect our community to the wider world — one story at a time.

Admission is free!

➡️ Learn more: https://beaverheritage.org/beaver-tales-beavers-unique-storytelling-event-2026/

🎬 Video Credit: Tom Dowlin

08/14/2026

Join us TOMORROW (August 15th) for America250: The First Regiment Comes Home, presented by Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust, Inc., PHASE 4 Learning Center, Inc., and Beaver Area Heritage Foundation - Museum - Beaver Station! 🇺🇸

Experience the sights, sounds, and stories that shaped a nation—featuring reenactments, music, and a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come as we celebrate America 250.

Registration is encouraged for this FREE military band concert. Make sure to reserve your seat(s) here: https://ssmh.givecloud.co/product/5D58139/the-first-regiment-comes-home-band-concert 🇺🇸

08/10/2026

Join us THIS SATURDAY (August 15th) for America250: The First Regiment Comes Home, presented by Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust, Inc., PHASE 4 Learning Center, Inc., and Beaver Area Heritage Foundation - Museum - Beaver Station! 🇺🇸

Experience the sights, sounds, and stories that shaped a nation—featuring reenactments, music, and a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come as we celebrate America 250.

Registration is encouraged for this FREE military band concert. Make sure to reserve your seat(s) here: https://ssmh.givecloud.co/product/5D58139/the-first-regiment-comes-home-band-concert 🇺🇸

08/08/2026

Open Saturdays • Free Admission 🇺🇸

Step into Beaver’s Revolutionary-era story at the Beaver Area Heritage Museum, open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission.

Explore Fort McIntosh: Its People and Archaeology, our 2026 exhibit and an America250PA program.

✨ See artifacts uncovered through archaeology
📖 Learn about the soldiers, settlers, and Native peoples who shaped Fort McIntosh
🔍 Experience how modern archaeology continues to reveal new clues about Beaver’s past

Bringing the kids? They’ll love our Dig Into History hands-on activity, where young archaeologists can excavate artifacts using real archaeology tools, learn proper excavation techniques, and even take home their discoveries.

As part of the America250PA commemoration, the exhibit explores the remarkable story of Fort McIntosh—home to the nation’s first standing U.S. Army in peacetime.

🕙 Open Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and the First Sunday of each month, 1–4 p.m., through November
🆓 Free admission
📍 1 River Road, Beaver, PA 15009

Come explore the people, places, and discoveries that bring Beaver’s history to life.

08/06/2026

Join us on Saturday, August 15th for America250: The First Regiment Comes Home, presented by Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust, Inc., PHASE 4 Learning Center, Inc., and Beaver Area Heritage Foundation - Museum - Beaver Station! 🇺🇸

Experience the sights, sounds, and stories that shaped a nation—featuring reenactments, music, and a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come as we celebrate America 250.

Registration is encouraged for this FREE military band concert. Make sure to reserve your seat(s) here: https://ssmh.givecloud.co/product/5D58139/the-first-regiment-comes-home-band-concert 🇺🇸

08/02/2026

🇺🇸 Celebrate America250 with the sights, sounds, and traditions of America’s First Regiment.

This rare appearance by the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is part of a special day of music, living history, and storytelling celebrating our nation’s early military history.

We’re proud to be a presenting partner and to welcome Larry Richert as Master of Ceremonies, Rocky Bleier as a featured speaker, and BAHF Museum Chair Mark Miner, who will share the U.S. Army’s connection to Fort McIntosh right here in Beaver County.

We hope you’ll join us on August 15!

⬇️ Details below from our event partners.

Join us on Saturday, August 15th -- JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY -- for America250: The First Regiment Comes Home, presented by Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum Trust, Inc., PHASE 4 Learning Center, Inc., and Beaver Area Heritage Foundation - Museum - Beaver Station! 🇺🇸

Experience the sights, sounds, and stories that shaped a nation—featuring reenactments, music, and a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come as we celebrate America 250.

Registration is encouraged for this FREE military band concert. Make sure to reserve your seat(s) here: https://ssmh.givecloud.co/product/5D58139/the-first-regiment-comes-home-band-concert 🇺🇸

08/01/2026

TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC, you may view the expanded 2026 exhibit of Fort McIntosh archaeological artifacts which have been stored away in boxes for nearly 50 years. They include ceramics (redware, delftware, whiteware) -- bones from the abundant fish in the Beaver and Ohio Rivers at the time -- handblown glass -- red brick fired on-site -- remains of fragments of iron forge work, servicing soldiers' weapons and tools at both Fort McIntosh in Beaver and Fort Laurens in Ohio -- and even a lead pencil.

The fort served as the first permanent home of the 1st American Regiment, the first standing U.S. Army in peacetime. Today it is known as the "Old Guard," the Army's official ceremonial unit and es**rt to the President.

Check it out for yourself today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. -- 1 River Road Extension, Beaver, PA -- FREE!

https://beaverheritage.org/2026-exhibit-fort-mcintosh-its-people-and-archaeology/