Andrea Lowery, Why Pennsylvanians Love Our History

Andrea Lowery is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) and PHMC is the official history agency of the Commonwealth. Andrea shares how PHMC stewards the history and heritage of Pennsylvania through its bureaus  (State Museum, State Archives, State Historic Preservation Office, and Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums) and programs such as the blue and gold historic markers ("history on a stick") and grants to encourage organizations to preserve and conserve historic buildings and sites. She discusses how a family member, her great-great-great grandmother, changed the lives of thousands of young boys in coal country and inspired her own love of history. Andrea also outlines the upcoming major renovation that will  transform the State Museum complex  to serve a 21st century audience.