Special Events and Projects completed in 2025- provided information and photos on Stan “The Man” Musial letters to writer Wayne Stewart for the St. Louis Cardinals Gameday Magazine (March).
- conducted our ninth annual Eldora Park Walking Tour – two tours (April).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to PennFuture - Pennsylvania’s watchdog for clean air, pure water, and a healthy climate. -Harrisburg, PA (April).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to Mark Dixon’s Inversion documentary and viewed his unfinished preview (May).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to Sybil Drew for her documentary (June).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to Kiley Bense of Inside Climate News (June).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to Katie O'Rourke of GBH - PBS - American Experience (June).
- started working with the Heinz History Center’s 2027 exhibit on the Lost Amusement Parks of Western Pennsylvania that includes Eldora Park (June).
- hosted Kiley Bense of Inside Climate News for a visit (July).
- hosted Instagram influencer Hope Perri for Washington County Tourism for a Facebook reel showing the Smog Museum and Cement City (August).
- provided information and photos on the “1948 Smog” to Pittsburgh journalist Jody DiPerna of Appalachian Pennsylvania (August).
- hosted and provided an interview on the “1948 Smog” to Labor Journalist Chris Garlock of Labor Heritage Foundation’s for their Labor Heritage Power Hour podcast (August).
- submitted a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Empowered History Grant for industrial shelving and archival containers (July).
- collected artifacts from the razed United Methodist Church that included stained glass windows, cornerstone and time capsule (August).
- hosted the Ringgold High School – Donora Campus Class of 1975 for their 50th Class Reunion gathering event the night before the reunion (August).
- presented the “1948 Smog” for the Greensburg Library book club who read the Donora Death Fog (August).
- participated in the Washington County Community Foundation – Day of Giving. 2025 and was our most successful year to date (September).
- presented the “1948 Smog” for The Monongahela Lecture Series at Hotel Indigo in Pittsburgh (September).
- presented the “1948 Smog” for Dr. Alex Lukas of University of California Santa Barbara for his yet to be determined fine arts project (September).
- presented “Eldora Park” to Heinz History Center’s Senior Curator Leslie Przybylek for their 2027 exhibit on the Lost Amusement Parks of Western Pennsylvania (October).
- hosted Washington & Jefferson College professor Dr. Bob East and his Environmental Sciences class and presented the “1948 Smog” along with a driving tour of the old steel mill site (October).
- hosted Washington & Jefferson College professor Dr. Kent James and his History class for a tour of the Smog Museum along with a driving tour of the old steel mill site (October).
- presented the “1948 Smog” for Dr. Kent James’ Washington & Jefferson College History class (October).
- conducted our fifteenth annual Cement City Home and Walking Tour over a two-day weekend – two tours (October).
- presented the “1948 Smog” for the Southwest PA chapter of the American Meteorological Society (November).
- launched our new fundraiser by the printing of our Donora Brewing Company T-shirts (November).
- opened for Donora's Light Up Night and had a popup bakery, Grain & Grackle, in house to attract visitors (November).
- received a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Empowered History Grant for industrial shelving and archival containers (December);
- continued cataloging our artifacts in the Collective Access archiving software.
- provided information and photos to authors for research on the “1948 Smog”, and general Donora history for future books, podcasts, blogs and websites.
- acquired some great Donora artifacts to our museum.
- provided research info on the “1948 Smog” for professors and students from various universities such as: Konyang University College of Medicine in South Korea, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George Mason, and Duquesne.
- helped school groups and teachers from various middle and high schools on 1948 Smog research both local and out of state (Kansas and San Antonio, Texas), some for National History Day.