Museums and Educational Travel
One of the Largest Historical
Societies in America, LCHS comprises the
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, a state-of-the-art historical
research library, as well as 6 galleries with 13,000 square feet of exhibits. The
Society administers 7 museum sites that date from Colonial America through the
Industrial Revolution along with 35,000 historical artifacts, 80,000 vintage
photographs, and over 3-million documents.
Books Maps Photographs
and Other Resources for Historians and Genealogists
Educational Tours and
outreach programs designed by Museum Educators that tell stories and enlighten
adults, schoolchildren, scouts and others about local heritage with visits to
historic sites and the Heritage Museum with its exhibits, research library and
archival collection.
A Coal Burning Iron Furnace that Looks Like a Medieval Castle
Lockridge
Furnace was built in 1868 and produced some of the iron that helped
transform America from a nation of farms into an industrial giant. The Museum
comprises several buildings in a park setting.
The Saylor Park Cement Kilns
were erected in 1893 to power the industrial revolution and produce cement.
Learn about this industry and the people that worked in it.
Haines Mill
has stood on the banks of Cedar Creek since colonial times.
The Early Technology
that Supported Farm Life
Troxell-Steckel Farm Museum is
an authentic Pennsylvania-German farm house that provides a unique perspective
on farming in the Lehigh Valley.