Located at 2402 Lehigh Pkwy S, Allentown, PA 18103, the Mack Trucks Historical Museum is a great place to visit for young and old alike. Housing the historical records and documents for the Mack Truck corporation, as well as displaying trucks produced by the company from past to present, the museum has enough to appeal to everyone. Let’s take at look at Allentown’s Mack Trucks Museum, and explorer what it has to offer to locals and visitors alike.
Mack trucks are an inseparable aspect of American history and culture. The first Mack truck was introduced with the company’s founding in 1900. By 1905 they had based the company headquarters in Allentown, PA, and were a major part of the towns economy for over 100 years. While they moved the corporate headquarters to another state in 2010, the Mack Trucks Historical Museum still stands as a monument to the legacy that the Mack Truck corporation left in Allentown, PA.
The Mack Truck Historical Museum was founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization. The major role that the museum plays is in preserving documents and records pertaining to the Mack Truck Corporation’s long history. This service doesn’t just help the Mack Truck corporation, but it also helps anyone who owns a Mack Truck. They have blueprints, model specifications, parts and service information, photos, and pretty much any other document that you might ever need pertaining to Mack Trucks. To find historical records, you generally use a contact form located on their website. Keep in mind that they have to manually do the research, so it can take some time for them to fulfill your request.
Beyond actual historical documentation, they are also a fully functioning museum that caters to the general public. They have large displays of Mack Corporation memorabilia and many full scale models of Mack Trucks from the entire spectrum of the companies history. They also deal in restoring old and antique Mack Trucks for display purposes. For most of the vehicle exhibits, patrons are allowed to set inside the drivers seat and look around the cabin of the truck.
The museum generally welcomes visitors with a guided tour, led by a very knowledgeable tour guide. In general, you should expect to spend close to 2 hours on the tour. Some visitors dropped out from the tour group to browse the museum themselves, and it should be noted that the tour may not be very interesting or entertaining to children if you plan on bringing them. When you finish browsing the museum, there is a gift shop that has a lot of different souvenirs and other knickknacks.
If you plan on visiting Allentown, or even live there, you should make sure to stop by and visit the Mack Truck Historical Museum. They are open on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM, with the last tour being served at 3 PM. While Monday and Friday have guided tours with a museum staff member, Wednesday’s are self guided using a headset. No admission fee is necessary, but you are encouraged to donate $5 or more. This a similar policy to other museums in Allentown, such as the Haines Mill Museum.
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