The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, operated by the Lehigh County Historical Society, is located at 432 West Walnut Street, Allentown, PA.
Museum
- The building is 30,000 square foot climate-controlled museum with 6 galleries and over 13,000 square
- foot of exhibit space, showcasing more than 30,000 historical artifacts.
- Permanent exhibits range from Native American heritage and Pennsylvania German culture to the Industrial Revolution’s boom in cement, iron, and silk production.
- Special exhibit on The American Revolution for America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- For more information please visit Exhibits page.
Research Library & Archives
- Home to the Scott Andrew Trexler II Research Library and Archive, boasting 200,000 vintage photographs and nearly 3 million historical documents, including newspaper archives, maps, and family histories.
- Provides invaluable resources for genealogists, historians, and students.
- For more information please visit Scott Andrew Trexler II Research Library and Archives page.
Events & Special Exhibits
- The Museum hosts holiday favorite “Pip: The Mouse Before Christmas”, relocated from the Liberty Bell Museum, alongside a Thomas the Tank Engine train room.
- Special exhibits topics such as coin collecting, Lehigh County sites, industrial and manufacturing areas.
- Lectures and special speakers series from authors, researchers, and professors who tell new research on about Lehigh Valley and American history.
- For more information please visit Events and Programs page.
Trout Hall
- A preserved Georgian-style stone mansion built in 1770 by James Allen (son of Allentown’s founder), now on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Originally the home of the Lehigh County Historical Society, the site is now maintained as a museum which showcases Colonial-era architecture and artifacts. Tours available May through September on Saturdays.
- For more information please visit Museum Sites page.
