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November 2021
The Works of a Mechanical Genius: The Legacy of John Fritz
The Works of a Mechanical Genius: The Legacy of John Fritz explores the life and legacy of General Superintendent and Chief Engineer John F. Fritz.
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First Friday at Banana Factory
NMIH will be presenting a forging demonstration on the East Terrace at Banana Factory during First Friday as a lead up to Steel Weekend.
Find out more »Virtual Event: Archival Film Screening: Shipbuilding at Sparrows Point
Be among the first to see recently digitized footage from The Port that Built a City and State, the weekly program hosted by Helen Delich Bentley on WMAR between 1950-1965, showing shipbuilding and steelmaking at Sparrows Point in this YouTube Premiere. This program is part of Steel Weekend programming hosted by the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA.
Find out more »Virtual Event: Photographing Bethlehem Steel
Hear from photographers Ed Leskin (based in Bethlehem, PA) and J.M. Giordano (based in Baltimore) about their work documenting steelmaking communities in the mid-Atlantic and around the world. Leskin’s project “Images of Flesh and Steel” includes portraits of steelworkers in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Giordano’s temporary exhibition “Shuttered: Images from the Fall of Bethlehem Steel” documents the changing landscape of Sparrows Point. This program is part of Steel Weekend programming hosted by the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA. …
Find out more »Steel Weekend & Steelworkers Reunion
Join us for a celebration of all things steel on October 15th and 16th at NMIH. Featuring live demonstrations, youth activities, pop-up exhibits, guided tours and more.
Find out more »November 2022
Veterans Day at NMIH
The National Museum of Industrial History will honor those who served with its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, November 11, 2022.
Find out more »Capturing Steel: Bethlehem Steel Photography with Peter Treiber
Join Bethlehem Steel Photographer Peter Treiber to hear more about his fascinating work capturing images of steel.
Find out more »December 2022
The Corliss Comes Alive
The Corliss engine will run at 11:30am and 2:30pm. For more than a decade the museum’s staff, volunteers, and community partners worked to restore our massive 115-ton Corliss steam engine to working order, 105 years after being built by the Snow Steam Pump Works in Buffalo, N.Y. The engine was used by the York Water Company and pumped eight million gallons of water per day. Today the engine, the most powerful operating water works steam engine in North America, is…
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