Calendar of Events

Although Charles Schwab had greatly expanded Bethlehem Steel in the prior decade, WWI provided the company with the resources that allowed it to become one of America's largest corporations. Explore how Bethlehem Steel responded to the opportunities and challenges created by the war in this special presentation with Professor John K. Smith. Professor Smith, trained […]

Housed in a 40,000 sq. ft. former Bethlehem Steel building, Factory LLC is a one-of-a-kind innovation and scale-up facility.

A talk on PA silk mills, where from 1913-1930 more silk goods were made than any other place in the world.

Learn more about NMIH's pump collection with our staff historian.

The upcoming presentation will provide stories of engineering innovation and enterprise creation in Milwaukee, focusing on Allis-Chalmers and Pawling & Harnischfeger. These two Milwaukee companies, along with seventy others, are chronicled in the Magnificent Machines of Milwaukee, a recent book that explores industrial Milwaukee during the Century of Progress—the hundred years following the US Civil […]

This presentation will describe the artifact every visitor to the Museum walks under, the massive P&H overhead crane in the lobby.

Coinciding with the exhibit extension of his gorgeous works of precisely machined sculptures, Baltimore-based self-trained machinist and sculptor Chris Bathgate will virtually present on his work and process on Monday, August 10th at 2pm and free to view live via the museum’s Facebook page or afterwards on our Facebook or YouTube pages. Mr. Bathgate utilizes […]

Celebrate Lehigh Valley Passport to History weekend with the National Museum of Industrial History by watching a massive 115-ton steam engine come to life!

Join us for a week of fun, educational virtual programs, and events that celebrate America’s rich industrial past, present and future.