Museum & Historical Societies

Since our founding in 1973, the Mauch Chunk Historical Society has been actively involved in giving our past a future. Mauch Chunk Historical Society preserves and interprets our region's history.

Come for a visit and experience life in northeastern Pennsylvania coal patch towns during the time when coal was an essential industrial fuel

The Friends of the Delaware Canal is an independent, non-profit organization working to restore, preserve and improve the Delaware Canal and its surroundings. Our primary goals are to ensure that: The Canal is fully watered from Easton to Bristol The

America On Wheels is a year round educational & recreational institution dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of transportation. Located along the Lehigh River in Allentown, PA, it showcases all types of wheeled vechicles, past, present

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is a joint effort of private groups and interested citizens, county and municipal governments, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government to conserve cultural and natural resources in

Our mission is to help preserve and maintain the 1803 House, as a museum for the community of Emmaus. We protect the past while ensuring the next generation of American will learn from the lessons of our history.

The Shelter House got its name from the German word “zufluchtshaus,” “house to which to flee.” The house was built around 1734 by early Pennsylvania German settlers and is located on the north side of South Mountain where three streams converge. The hous

Wander the Old Jail's cold hallways, past Cell 17 with its mysterious handprint on the wall, under the gallows on which seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put to death, and down into the eerie dungeon.

The Exhibition at the Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center leads the visitor through the ages from the geological formation of coal in prehistoric times to the present.

The Palmerton Area Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and operates under the direction of a Board of Directors that establish objectives for the various committees and staff of dedicated volunteers.

The Da Vinci Science Center is a national award-winning science center that has brought science to life and lives to science since 1992. Da Vinci Science Center experiences make science fun and approachable, helping to connect people of all ages and back

The Allentown Art Museum serves over 100,000 participants annually, of whom more than 13,000 are children in school programs. The museum's collection of more than 13,000 works of art offers the surrounding community the opportunity to experience near

Protecting and preserving the historical integrity of the Knauss Homestead property

The mission of the Jacobsburg Historical Society is to preserve the art and industry of making early American firearms, and the character of the individuals and community that created and sustained that enterprise.

An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Non-profit organization.

The Mansion has been open to the public since Memorial Day of 1956, and was recognized for its national significance in commemorating the history of The United States by the National Park Service in 1985.

Hellertown Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the heritage of Hellertown, PA. The Society has restored and maintains an 18th century Grist Mill, a 19th century Miller's house, and a cica 1806 Pony Bridge.