Visit the PMC Museum

Museum & Archives
Visit the PMC Museum

Explore Our Museum

Inside the PMC Museum, you’ll find a timeline highlighting the history of Pennsylvania Military College, the NROTC national marching band champions (Band) Company, cadet uniforms, the customs of PMC, and many of the individuals that helped make the school the “Little West Point” of the Keystone State.

Here, you'll be taken back to a time when the Pennsylvania Military College cadets lived by the Regulation Book, when rooks (first-years) were in training, and the Cavalry Unit and the polo team ware national champions. In addition, the Pershing Rifles Company Q-5, a close order drill team, which won the Pershing Rifles drill competition for 11 consecutive years, is on display.

Alumni Auditorium is located next to Founders Hall on the corner of Memorial Field.

How to Visit the PMC Museum

Visitors are asked to call the Alumni Engagement Office (610-499-1154) to access the museum.

An Archival Partnership: Pennsylvania Military College & Widener University Archives

Discover the distinguished history of Pennsylvania Military College, learn about its cadets, and remember those who are gone but never forgotten.

The PMC Museum, in partnership with the Widener University Archives, gathers, preserves, and makes available to the public artifacts, video histories, and memorabilia of our honorable military history as the Pennsylvania Military Academy and Pennsylvania Military College.

Learn More About PMC Digital Archives

Support the PMC Museum

The PMC Museum began in 1998 by PMC alumni. To support ongoing efforts to carry on Pennsylvania Military College's long-standing legacy, the museum seeks donations. The PMC Museum Committee is responsible for raising all funds needed for renovation and construction, collection and exhibition assembly, and a perpetual endowment fund.

PMC Alumni are encouraged to support the museum by:

Giving a cash gift
Participating in the charitable gift annuity

Gill Alderfer '64
galder7636@aol.com

Gerry Ferguson '70
gfferg@comcast.net

Bob Hawley '62
bobhawley226@gmail.com

Jim Love '68
jimlove361@gmail.com

David McNulty '63
mcnultyesq@aol.com

Stu Perlmutter '70
stuperl@yahoo.com

Clyde Tinklepaugh '73
ctink1863@gmail.com

Terry Travis, Vice President for University Advancement
ttravis@widener.edu

Joseph Vaccaro '74
jjvacny@aol.com

Vito Verni '61
vrv8133@aol.com

Tom Vossler '68
tvossler@comcast.net

If you are interested in joining PMC Alumni Advisory Committee, contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at alumnioffice@widener.edu.

We welcome offers of all memorabilia, artifacts, ephemera, and photographs to the PMC Museum. Have an item you wish to donate? Please contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at alumnioffice@widener.edu with a brief description and photograph of your item for review.

We seek items focusing on cadet life, athletics, military service, and special events. Items pertaining to military conflicts, including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam War are especially welcome, as are items of an unusual or rare nature.

Weapons are also welcome, but firearms will be rendered inoperable upon receipt.

All items that we accept will be catalogued for the PMC Museum's archival collection and may be used for future exhibits of special interest. However, some items may not be included in any permanent exhibit.

The collection has a number of "standard" uniforms (hats, keefer boxes, tarbuckets, etc.), but pre-World War I uniforms, and hats are needed, as well as dress uniforms and accoutrements.