Your US Bucket List: Top Museums in Pennsylvania!

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Learn, Play, Experience, Relax, and Enjoy Yourselves with These Great Museum Experiences! Learn about World History, US History, State History, and Local History! Prehistoric Creatures, Indigenous History, Culture, Language, Art, Music… Historic Homes, Antiques, Agriculture… Hands-On Experiences with Wildlife, Marinelife, Plants, Fossils, and so much more!

Fun and learning collide when you bring the pages of your favorite books to life! Make deeper connections with Science, History, Art, Culture, Creative Play and MORE by spending an afternoon at your new favorite Museum!

Top Museums in Pennsylvania!

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Aaronsburg, PA

Airville, PA

Albion, PA

Alburtis, PA

Allentown, PA

Allison Park, PA

Altoona, PA

Ambler, PA

Ambridge, PA

Andalusia, PA

Annville, PA

Ashland, PA

Athens, PA

Audubon, PA

Avella, PA

Bangor, PA

Barto, PA

Bear Run, PA

Beaver, PA

Beaver Falls, PA

Bedford, PA

Bellefonte, PA

Bellevue, PA

Bethel, PA

Bethlehem, PA

Bird-in-Hand, PA

Birdsboro, PA

Blooming Grove, PA

Bloomsburg, PA

Boalsburg, PA

Boston, PA

Boyertown, PA

Bradford, PA

Bridgeville, PA

Bristol, PA

Brockway, PA

Brookville, PA

Broomall, PA

Brownsville, PA

Bryn Athyn, PA

Bryn Mawr, PA

Bushkill, PA

Butler, PA

Caln Township, PA

Canton, PA

Carbondale, PA

Carlisle, PA

Castanea, PA

Catasauqua, PA

Chadds Ford, PA

Chambersburg, PA

Chester, PA

Chester Springs, PA

Christiana, PA

Clarion, PA

Clearfield, PA

Cogan Station, PA

Collegeville, PA

Columbia, PA

Concord Township, PA

Conestoga, PA

Coolspring, PA

Coplay, PA

Cornwall, PA

Corry, PA

Coudersport, PA

Cresco, PA

Dallas, PA

Dalmatia, PA

Danville, PA

Darlington, PA

Delaware Water Gap, PA

Delta, PA

Dingman Township, PA

Donora, PA

Doylestown, PA

Drexel Hill, PA

Eagles Mere, PA

East Stroudsburg, PA

Easton, PA

Ebensburg, PA

Edinboro, PA

Eldred, PA

Elizabethtown, PA

Elizabethville, PA

Elkins Park, PA

Elverson, PA

Emmaus, PA

Ephrata, PA

Equinunk, PA

Erdenheim, PA

Erie, PA

Erwinna, PA

Fairview, PA

Fallsington, PA

Felton, PA

Fleetwood, PA

Fort Washington, PA

Foxburg, PA

Franklin, PA

Freedom, PA

Gabelsville, PA

Gallitzin, PA 💜

Gardners, PA

Gettysburg, PA

Gibsonia, PA

Gladwyne, PA

Grantham, PA

Green Lane, PA

Greencastle, PA

Greensburg, PA

Greenville, PA

Grove City, PA

Hamburg, PA

Hanover, PA

Harleysville, PA

Harmony, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Hatboro, PA

Haverford, PA

Havertown, PA

Hazleton, PA

Hershey, PA

Homestead, PA

Honesdale, PA

Hookstown, PA

Horsham, PA

Hummelstown, PA

Huntingdon, PA

Indiana, PA

Intercourse, PA

Irvine, PA

Jeannette, PA

Jenkintown, PA

Jim Thorpe, PA

Johnstown, PA

Kinzers, PA

Kutztown, PA

Lackawaxen, PA

Lake Ariel, PA

Lakeville, PA

Lancaster, PA

Landisville, PA

Langhorne, PA

Lansdale, PA

Lansford, PA

Laporte, PA

Latrobe, PA

Laughlintown, PA

Lebanon, PA

Leechburg, PA

Leesport, PA

Lewisburg, PA

Ligonier, PA

Lititz, PA

Lock Haven, PA

Loretto, PA

Lower Saucon Township, PA

Macungie, PA

Malvern, PA

Manheim, PA

McConnellsburg, PA

McKeesport, PA

Meadville, PA

Mechanicsburg, PA

Media, PA

Mifflinburg, PA

Milford, PA

Millersburg, PA

Montrose, PA

Morrisville, PA

Mount Joy, PA

Mt. Bethel, PA

Muncy, PA

Natrona Heights, PA

Nazareth, PA

Nether Providence Township, PA

New Berlin, PA

New Brighton, PA

New Castle, PA

New Holland, PA

New Hope, PA

Newtown Township, PA

North Braddock, PA

North East, PA

North Huntingdon, PA

Northampton, PA

Northumberland, PA

Norwood, PA

O’Hara Township, PA

Oakmont, PA

Oaks, PA

Orwell, PA

Paoli, PA

Paupack, PA

Pennsburg, PA

Perkasie, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Pithole, PA

  • Pithole City

Pittsburgh, PA

  • American Jewish Museum
  • Andy Warhol Museum
  • August Wilson Center for African American Culture
  • Bicycle Heaven
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History
  • Carnegie Science Center
  • Center for PostNatural History
  • Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
  • The Clemente Museum
  • Elmer H. Grimm Sr. Pharmacy Museum
  • Fort Pitt Museum
  • The Frick Pittsburgh
  • Hartwood Acres Mansion
  • Heinz History Center
  • Kelso Museum of Near Eastern Archaeology
  • Mattress Factory
  • Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Miniature Railroad & Village
  • Nationality Rooms
  • Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History
  • Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  • Pittsburgh Glass Center
  • Randyland
  • Silver Eye Center for Photography
  • Society for Contemporary Craft
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum
  • Stephen Foster Memorial Museum
  • ToonSeum
  • Trundle Manor
  • University Arts Gallery
  • University of Pittsburgh Dental Museum
  • Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at the History Center
  • Wood Street Galleries

Plum, PA

  • Carpenter Log House

Point Marion, PA

  • Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Portage, PA

  • Portage Station Museum

Pottsgrove, PA

  • Pottsgrove Manor

Pottsville, PA

  • Jerry’s Classic Cars and Collectibles Museum
  • Schuylkill County Historical Society Museum

Punxsutawney, PA

  • Weather Discovery Center

Quarryville, PA

  • Robert Fulton Birthplace

Reading, PA

  • Berks County Heritage Center
  • Berks History Center
  • Central Pennsylvania African American Museum
  • Freedman Gallery
  • Historical Society of Berks County Museum
  • Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
  • Reading Area Fire-Fighters Museum
  • Reading Public Museum

Richmond Township, PA

  • John Brown Farm, Tannery & Museum

Robertsdale, PA

  • Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum
  • Friends of the East Broad Top Museum

Robeson Township, PA

  • Joanna Furnace Complex

Rockhill Furnace, PA

  • East Broad Top Railroad
  • Rockhill Trolley Museum

Rome, PA

  • Philip P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum

Ronks, PA

  • Bible History Exhibits

Royersford, PA

  • Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum Complex

Sayre, PA

  • Sayre Historical Society Museum

Schaefferstown, PA

  • Historic Schaefferstown

Schwenksville, PA

  • Pennypacker Mills

Scottdale, PA

  • West Overton Museums

Scranton, PA

  • Catlin House
  • Electric City Trolley Museum
  • Everhart Museum
  • Hope Horn Gallery
  • Houdini Museum
  • Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
  • Marywood University Art Galleries
  • Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
  • Scranton Iron Furnaces
  • Steamtown National Historic Site

Selinsgrove, PA

  • Lore Degenstein Gallery

Sewickley, PA

  • Sewickley Heights History Center

Sharon, PA

  • Vocal Group Hall of Fame

Shartlesville, PA

  • Roadside America

Shippensburg, PA

  • Shippensburg Historical Society
  • Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum

Sinking Spring, PA

  • Sinking Spring Historical Society & Heritage Park

Skippack, PA

  • Indenhofen Farm

Smethport, PA

  • Old Jail Museum

Smock, PA

  • Smock Heritage Museum

Somerset, PA

  • Somerset Historical Center

Sonestown, PA

  • Endless Mountains War Memorial Museum

South Fork, PA

  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial
  • Oliver Miller Homestead

South Williamsport, PA

  • Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum

Springdale, PA

  • Rachel Carson Homestead

Springfield, PA

  • Springfield Heritage Museum

Springs, PA

  • Springs Museum

State College, PA

  • Centre Furnace Mansion
  • Palmerton Area Heritage Center

Sterling Run, PA

  • Little Museum

Stewart Township, PA

  • Kentuck Knob

Strasburg, PA

  • National Toy Train Museum
  • Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg, PA

Sunbury, PA

  • Hunter House Museum

Susquehanna Depot, PA

  • Susquehanna Depot Area Historical Society Museum

Tarentum, PA

  • Allegheny-Kiski Heritage Museum
  • Tour-Ed Mine and Museum

Tidioute, PA

  • Simpler Times Museum

Tionesta, PA

  • Forest County History Center

Titusville, PA

  • Drake Well Museum

Towanda, PA

  • Bradford County Museum
  • French Azilum

Trappe, PA

  • Speaker’s House

Tredyffrin, PA

  • Old Eagle School

Trexler, PA

  • Albany Township Historical Society Museum

Troy, PA

  • Bradford County Farm Museum and The Heritage Village

Tunkhannock, PA

  • Wyoming County Historical Museum

Tyrone, PA

  • Tyrone History Museum

Ulysses, PA

Pennsylvania Lumber Museum

Union City, PA

  • Union City Historical Society Museum

Uniontown, PA

  • Fort Necessity National Battlefield

University Park, PA

  • Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery
  • Frost Entomological Museum
  • HUB-Roberson Galleries
  • Mascaro-Steiniger Turfgrass Museum
  • Matson Museum of Anthropology
  • Palmer Museum of Art
  • Pasto Agricultural Museum
  • Penn State All-Sports Museum
  • Zoller Gallery

Upland, PA

  • Caleb Pusey House

Upper Darby Township, PA

  • Collen Brook Farm

Upper Frederick Township, PA

  • Henry Antes House

Upper Gwynedd Township, PA

  • Evans-Mumbower Mill

Valley Forge, PA

  • Gen. Frederick Von Steuben Headquarters
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park
  • World of Scouting Museum

Vandergrift, PA

  • Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical Society

Walnutport, PA

  • Walnutport Canal & Locktenders House

Warminster, PA

Washington, PA

  • David Bradford House
  • Duncan & Miller Glass Museum
  • F. Julius Lemoyne House
  • Olin Art Gallery
  • Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Washington Crossing, PA

  • Washington Crossing Historic Park

Waterford, PA

  • Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society Museum

Wattsburg, PA

  • Wattsburg Historical Society Museum

Wayne, PA

  • Finley House

Waynesboro, PA

  • Renfrew Museum and Park

Waynesburg, PA

  • Greene County Historical Society Museum
  • Paul R. Stewart Museum

Weatherly, PA

  • Eckley Miners’ Village

Wernersville, PA

West Chester, PA

  • American Helicopter Museum & Education Center
  • Antique Ice Tool Museum
  • Chester County History Center
  • William Brinton 1704 House

White Mills, PA

  • Dorflinger Glass Museum

Whitehall, PA

Wilkes-Barre, PA

  • Luzerne County Museum
  • Sordoni Art Gallery

Williamsport, PA

  • Gallery at Penn College
  • Peter Herdic Transportation Museum
  • Rowley House Museum
  • Thomas T. Taber Museum

Willow Grove, PA

  • Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum

Willow Street, PA

  • 1719 Hans Herr House & Museum

Womelsdorf, PA

  • Conrad Weiser Homestead
  • Livingood Museum

Worcester, PA

  • Peter Wentz Farmstead

Wrightsville, PA

  • Historic Wrightsville Museum

Wyalusing, PA

  • Wyalusing Valley Museum

Wyoming, PA

  • Swetland Homestead

Wyomissing, PA

  • Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead

York, PA

  • Police Heritage Museum
  • York College Art Galleries
  • York County History Center

York Springs, PA

  • Eastern Museum of Motor Racing

Zelienople, PA

  • Buhl House
  • Passavant House

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