Excellent source of history. And really well done in terms of layout and information. This is definitely worth a visit!

We were greeted by staff who answered our many questions. The artifacts on display and movie were very interesting. Ive wanted to see the site of this horrific event since reading the David McCullough book, but wondered if the museum would be worth the while. I am glad I went!

What an amazing story The lives of those people lives on every time the story is told to the next generation. its worth a visit.

This place is small but cute. You learn a lot even though there isnt that much there. I would suggest to anyone that goes that if your not to squimish then try watching the movie there. It really puts things in perspective. Also once you walk out the front door take a look at the building right in front of it. You can see the old cracks in. The wall where you see new wall had to be put in because of the floods.

While the title says Flood Museum this review is for the Incline-not the museum. Really liked this place. Good food. Good drinks. Great view of Johnstown and the river valley. The ride up is fun and you can see all the machinery up at the top.

Our group visited the Johnstown Flood Museum on Sunday, June 28, 2020. We made arrangements in advance to have a guided tour at 12:00 noon. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Our guide was Dave, a direct descendant of family who suffered loss from the flood. Dave was warm, personable, and knowledgeable. Unlike many tours that have guides who are just deliver a canned presentation, Dave seemed to speak from the heart. You can tell he loves his town and its heritage.The members of Susquehanna Valley Spyder Ryders left the museum with a greater understanding of the how the 1889 flood affected the people and region. Dave answered all of our questions thoroughly.Highly recommended for anyone who loves local history!

Read the book first before going. And be sure to visit the huge cavity that was once a man made lake for the very rich and powerful peopleAs you stand before the mock rendition of the pile up where the rivers met imagine a 40 foot wall of water rushing down while people slept in their beds. A tsunami that washed away a,train. A pile up of burning degree, cows, and bodies. It is a place to give reverence to the 3,000 souls who never should have died that way. I am so glad I went there.

Neat small museum with original artifacts and photos of the flood. The video on the second floor is worth waiting to watch.

Very interesting, my heart was heavy seeing the short movie of this devistation, and amazing how they rebuilt this town up again.

Well worth a visit. Very informative

It was $30 to visit which seemed like much after we had just visited the Johnstown Flood National Memorial which was free. The tour guide was very knowledgeable but at points hard to understand. The short movie was interesting for us and the boys, 14 and 6.

Nice, but too small for the price you pay to your it!

Presentation of the history is great, including the display of artifacts.

A great local baseball exhibit!

Great place to learn history.

Sorry to say that the museum was closed even though the website said it had hours on Sunday. We werent the only disappointed visitors.

Very informative and very touching. They show a short film which documents the worst flood in the towns history.

Love the first floor!

I was never in Johnstown before and did not know anything about the flood. This museum was very informative. The debris wall spoke a messenge in itself. The documentary shown here is very good! I highly recommend visiting.

Rather cool for such an unappreciated historical event.

Great Museum Guide.This is a must see museum. The preventable flood was a series of human errors compounded by a significant weather event. One of the saddest facts was were 80 souls that had survived the flood in their swept away homes only to get trapped in the 30 acre debris field created by the railroad bridge abutments then caught fire and consumed the survivors. Note, there is a designated free parking area very near the museum. Follow the signs.

Interesting place for PA history

This museum makes you feel like you personally witnessed the flood. Awesome.

The displays gave such a great understanding of what happened. The work put into it was very moving, too. When we got home, my boys wanted to try to build a lake and dam model of their own to explore more. Anytime they gain a fuller understanding of the world around them, as well as the consequences of others actions, I consider it time well spent!

Great little museum (that you can pair with tickets to the Heritage Center). Short movie about the flood.

A great stop for learning about Johnstown history!

Fantastic historical museum. Great exhibits, pictures and some telling artifacts. The staff were super knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. We were quite impressed and very willing to pay the minimal cost for entry. A tragedy never to be forgotten. Thanks Johnstown Museum staff!

Good history. Good presentation.

Really explains it all very well. The staff was excellent. Great way to spend a couple of hours.

This is a good little museum full of interesting details. Ive read about the Johnstown Flood but seeing the lay out of the town helped me visualize the terror and the destruction.

Loved all the displays. Movie was very realistic and left you hopeful for their future.

This was amazing and it really helped me to understand what happened. God bless you

Great intro to the flood.

A part of American history I had been wanting to know more about. Very somber experience but well worth learning about it, which was never taught in history class in the midwest. The survivors were resilient after everything they had been through and rebult their town. Very few of the wealthy owned up to their negligence and simply left, never ro return. The film, flood display and artifacts tell it all.

People are so helpful

Friendly staff, free parking, good exhibits.

The film won an Academy Award and is amazing. Beautifully preserved relics from that era. Wish they had more.

Awesome place to tour and learn history. For free!! Definitely recommend watching the film.

Best place to go to learn about the flood and see the area where it all happened and the mansions where the rich lived

Very interestung

It is a nice, small museum. It really shows the devastation of the flood. There is a documentary film on the second floor. $9 for adults.

I definitely recommend the Johnstown Flood Museum. Very informative!

Very educational, great short film, lots of flood artifacts and a great light up display showing the path of the flood.

Not being from the area, Id only vaguely heard of the flood. This museum did a great job of not only educating me, but showing the emotion attached to the disaster.

Very informative displays and a docent gave us a tour followed by an award winning documentary film. This was a disaster and the film may not be suitable for sensitive viewers.

Mostly pictures and a huge diorama. Excellent movie of what led up to the flood and the flood. A little pricey at $9 per adult. Parking could be a problem although they do have a lot not to close.

Very informative takes under an hour to watch the movie and see the artifacts

This is a great little museum! Very interesting and worth the stop.

Such an experience. Movie was superbly done. True artifacts from the flood. Even had a bottle of flood water. A piece of PA history

This place should be the first place to stop if youre going to tour the flood area. Awesome artifacts! Very well done.

Nice, but not much here for the price

Fascinating story. So glad we learned it from a great guide.

Made me understand better. Previous books Ive read with the flood story

Kool place was there as a kid had to go back as an adult to really appreciate it

The video was amazing. I didnt have a lot of time but it was very comprehensive

Not worth the money. I could have watched the movie online.

Great place to learn about some of PAs history.

This Museum told the story of the Johnstown Flood very well. The documentary was well done. The museum offers a variety of displays, some interactive. A powerful reminder of the need to have sound inspections of aging infrastructure. Also a remarkable story of the nations response to this tragedy. Our only regret is that we had only 1 hour. Allow yourself more time

Educational and a good tour guide!

So much information and history compiled in this place. Its a must visit when in Johnstown.

Lots of interesting information. Make sure you visit both museums in the city though because they dont seem to reference that there are two when youre visiting.

A sobering memorial about a horrible disaster. Not a natural disaster as it should have/could have been prevented.Area is well maintained. Very informative visitors center explaining what happened, why and the timeline of events.

Awesome tour guide great movie very informative do not miss if you are in the area

The theater and movie are good. The diorama is educational. It just feels like there should be more to it than what there is.

Nice museum outlining the historic Johnstown 1889 flood, the deadliest flood in the nation and the worst PA disaster to date, killing over 2200 people. Dont miss the documentary film which won an Academy Award. Also, there is an Oklahoma house right outside and part of the museum which was one of the temporary houses used for those whose homes had been destroyed.

It could have been a little bit more thorough. Its very small and a little disorienting, but it makes sense. Its an old building and it had the national museum to compete with.

Very interesting history. Museum can be viewed in about an hour with a short movie. Cost to get in is 9.00 pp.

Not 5 star but still a very interesting museum

Worth a visit if you want to know the history

Worth the visit and the donation for entrance fee but the exhibt has seen better days. I hope the non-profit organization that manages the exhibit can find the funds and vision to make the fixes and update the overall exhibit. I would encourage visiting in order to provide support and learn something new.

This small museum is in the Johnstown library building and should not be missed. Only takes a short amount of time to view the diorama, photos and video presentation, but well worth the modest admission fee. An excellent accompaniment to the books by David McCollough and Al Roker. Striking illustration of the power of nature and the irresponsibility of the privileged class. Combine with a visit to the National Memorial in South Fork nearby for an extraordinary history lesson.

Awesome place. Loved the movie and the diorama. Also the personal stories our host told made it amazing

I expected more from such an event. Not much new in the museum and a bit dated. Film is nice, but you can see it all on PBS or similar. The surrounding area has little to offer. it is nice to go here once, but I would never come back unless forced to do so. The sounding area is dull and a bit scary looking. No real restaurants or anything in town. You will enjoy PBS more than this museum.

This is a little gem. Its a bit small for a paid museum, but its worth a look. I enjoyed the experience and learned a few things.

A surprisingly comprehensive and informative museum in an otherwise small sleepy town. I hope they never have a flood like that again.

Definitely worth visiting. Both educational and eye opening.

Tour guide was excellent. After hearing him tell the story, you had a better understanding of why the flood was so deadly.

Very nice museum. While we were there a volunteer walked around and showed us lots of interesting things. Watch the movie and visit the 3rd floor. Worth a stop when in the area.

Black and White movie was very educational

Sad, beautiful and historic.

Very interesting history.

More history and well. done

Small but informative. The staff are very helpful.

Great place to get history on our town

The presenter really knew his stuff, our Group has a great time and learned a lot!

Really great historical information.

Lots of history and artifacts from the 1889 flood. Our dosen was excellent he gave a fascinating talk with many individual examples

Beautiful historic building and amazing amount of information on the food. Great staff. Easy to find landmark building. Johnstown can be a bit confusing with directions.

This was a fascinating look into the causes and consequences of the flood. Lots of amazing artifacts, photos, and history from that time. Dont miss the film!

Very nice museum and historical approach to the 1889 flood. Very good starting point to gain early knowledge of Johnstown.

My boyfriend and I took a day off work and drove 2 hours to visit the museum only to find out it was closed for a private event. There was nothing about this on the website.

Nice small museum they have a great movie about the flood.

Interesting but no air conditioning. It was nauseatingly hot on our visit.

Powerful experience about the tradgety of the floods but also dedication to the towns resilience. Worth a stop in addition to the National Park Service memorial site 14 miles up the road to the actual dam is good to to help get sense of the scale.

Well described, through video and pictures, the devastation of the area in 1889.

So much to learn

The Johnstown Flood Museum (not to be confused with the Johnstown National Flood Memorial 15 miles away) is housed in the former Carnegie Library. This was the 4th Carnegie Library donated, and the 3rd to be completed. He made the offer 6 months after the 1889 flood, and the building was completed almost exactly two years later. It remained a public library until about 1971, and then was gradually converted into the Flood Museum. The Museum (and the building) could stand renovation, and that is now a major project of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, which owns and operates it. The film there is by Charles Guggenheim, and won the Academy Award for best short documentary in 1989. The main exhibits are on the ground flood; the film, and photos of Johnstown prior to the 1889 flood are on the second floor. Often overlooked is the third floor, which was the gymnasium for the Carnegie Library and has a number of original features, including the elevated running track and beadboard pine paneling on the walls.

Small museum but still worth the visit if you have a couple hours to sightsee. Make sure to also visit the cemetery on top of the hill that has area set aside for all of the victims not identified from the 1889 flood.

Great place...learned alot!

Neat look at the history of the infamous flood.