Western Pennsylvania History Magazine

Western Pennsylvania History has presented scholarship for a broad audience since 1918 as the region’s oldest continuously-published magazine. History Center members receive a free subscription to this award-winning quarterly publication.

Current Issue

The Spring 2026 issue of Western Pennsylvania History magazine includes feature articles on:

Pittsburgh’s historical connection to professional football and the pivotal role the city played in the evolution of the NFL Draft
The search for Andrew Carnegie’s hired Civil War substitute

As well as columns about:

The David McCullough archive
Mastodons and other extinct megafauna at Meadowcroft
Jessica Clarke and soap box derby racing
Storagram, Kaufmann’s in-house employee magazine
Lou Christie, pop and soft rock singer-songwriter known for “Lightnin’ Strikes”
Duncan & Miller Glass Museum
The Two Revolutions of 1776
The Rabbi Max Albert Braude Papers
The remarkable journeys of Mariano Pierini and Maria Pierini Skwirut
Memory and the Daughters of the American Revolution
Pittsburgh’s early Greek cinemas

Purchase the Magazine

Current issues of Western Pennsylvania History magazine are available for $7.95 in the Museum Shop and are mailed to all History Center members, who may choose between the print version and an e-version. For a sample of the e-mag that members can choose to receive, click here. A selection of back issues are available for $4.95 per magazine.

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Back Issues

Thanks to a unique partnership with Penn State University, every issue of Western Pennsylvania History from 1918 through 2018 is now available online as fully searchable PDFs.

Read back issues online