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Behind the Exhibit: The Works of a Mechanical Genius

Learn how the late Lance Metz, long-time historian for the National Canal Museum, had the foresight to foster a relationship with the great grandniece of Ellen and John Fritz, the history behind the Kemerer Museum/National Canal Museum exhibit in the 1980s, and the 200th anniversary exhibit today jointly brought to you by NMIH and the […]

Changing Nature of Steelwork in the 20th Century

Work in the steel industry has greatly evolved in the 100+ years since the death of John Fritz. What would Fritz have thought about the transitions facing steelworkers in the 20th century? Veteran Steelworker, Historian, and Author Donald S. Young explores the dynamic changes that steelworkers faced and continue to experience in the American Steel […]

The Corliss Comes Alive

The Corliss engine will run at 11:30am and 2:30pm. Please note date change due to inclement weather to 3/19. 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 […]

Included in museum admission

On Track:  Building and Restoring Small Railroad Vehicles

National Museum of Industrial History 602 East Second Street, Bethlehem

Did you ever wonder what it would take to create a brand-new human powered rail car or revive a rusty railroad "speeder" with a gas engine over 80 years old?  Learn from the people who have done just that and see the rail cars in person.

Youth Program: Women in S.T.E.A.M.

National Museum of Industrial History 602 East Second Street, Bethlehem

Join us for fun, hands-on S.T.E.A.M. activities and stories.

Bethlehem Steel Locomotive Engineer Experience

The National Museum of Industrial History is excited to offer a hands-on train engineer experience on its newly-restored narrow gauge locomotive! Situated in the museum’s park area, the 1941 Whitcomb diesel-electric locomotive was used at Bethlehem Steel in the Electric Furnace Melt Shop where it moved charging buggies filled with scrap metal. Restored by museum […]

$20

Building the New Navy: Bethlehem Iron Company with Prof. John K. Smith

National Museum of Industrial History 602 East Second Street, Bethlehem

By the 1880s, the United States was emerging as a huge world economic power. But its Navy, with a fleet of outmoded wooden hulled vessels, was one of the worlds' most inferior. Learn how the Bethlehem Iron Company transformed and rebuilt the American Navy and changed the course of 20th century. About the Speaker - […]