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

Family Program: Herbert Hoover & the Dam

National Museum of Industrial History 602 East Second Street, Bethlehem

Join us for Family Sunday at the Museum and learn about Fritz Medal recipient Herbert Hoover and the Hoover Dam. We will read a story about the Hoover Dam, learn how Herbert Hoover won the Fritz Medal, and do a hands-on S.T.E.A.M. dam building activity.

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

Teacher’s Night Out

Looking for a fun and easy way to earn Act 48 hours? Join members of Passport to History, including the National Museum of Industrial History, at the National Canal Museum located at Hugh Moore Park in Easton, PA for an evening of educational history. 

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

Youth Program: Hands-on History

Full S.T.E.A.M. ahead! Join us as we inspire future innovators in this free drop-in family program presented in partnership with Bethlehem Area Public Library. We'll read about different aspects of S.T.E.A.M. throughout the summer!

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 […]

Included in museum admission

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

Guest Lecture – Target: Lehigh Valley

Throughout World War Two and the Cold War, enemy attack was a real and present danger threatening American industry. Find out how the Lehigh Valley and local industries responded to these dangers and incorporated Civil Defense into everyday life in a time when Armageddon could come at any moment. Tyler Gordon is a current DeSales […]