Berks History Center Museum & Research Library
Museum featuring the history of Berks County from Lenni Lenape Indians to the present. Hands-on-history room for children. Changing exhibitions. Research library.
940 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA
Museum Hours: Tues. – Fri. 10 am – 3 pm, Sat. 9 am - 3 pm
Research Library Hours: Wed.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm, Sat. 8 am-4 pm
Phone: 610-375-4375
Email: history@berkshistory.org
Website: berkshistory.org
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles
Transportation history museum, Exhibits feature horse drawn and motorized vehicles, including electric and steam powered vehicles, rare Pennsylvania cars, motorcycles, and trucks. Gift shop.
85 South Walnut Street, Boyertown, PA
Hours: 9:30 am – 4 pm except Mon. year-round
Phone:610-367-2090
Email: mail@boyertownmuseum.org
Website: boyertownmuseum.org
The John Updike Childhood Home
A museum-in-progress organized for educational purposes. The house where author John Updike lived from “age zero” to 13, after which he and his parents moved to a farmhouse in Plowville that had been in his mother’s family.
117 Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA
Hours: By appointment
Email: Sue Guay, sue.guay@alvernia.edu
Website: johnupdikechildhoodhome.com
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Tells the story of aviation by preserving, restoring, and operating historic aircraft. The collection includes military trainers, transports, bombers, helicopters, experimental types, classic airliners, antique, and classic general aviation types. See a P-61 “Black Widow” night fighter, one of only four in existence.
11 Museum Drive, Reading, PA
Hours: Open daily except major holidays 9:30 am – 4 pm
Phone: 610-372-7333
Email: maam@maam.org
Website: maam.org
The Museum at Crystal Cave
Presentation of the history of Pennsylvania’s first “show cave.” Historical announcements, advertising, photos, postcards, furnishings, 1891 “Opera Bus,” totem poles, and more.
963 Crystal Cave Road, Kutztown, PA
Hours: Opening Memorial Day. June and September, 11 am – 4 pm on weekends. July and August, 11 am – 4 pm daily.
Phone: 610-683-6765
Website: crystalcavepa.com
Reading Area Fire Fighters Museum
A historic 1854 National Register firehouse houses the Museum.
501 South 5th Street, Reading, PA
Hours: Hours by appointment
Phone: 610-655-6080
Email: readingfirechief@aol.com
Website: readingareafirefightersmuseum.com
Reading Public Museum
Established in 1904, it is home to one of the greatest collections of art, science, and civilization of any regional museum.
500 Museum Road, Reading, PA
Hours: Daily 11am - 5pm; for Planetarium show schedule call or check website
Phone: 610-371-5850
Website: readingpublicmuseum.org
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
Features exhibits, “The Reading Railroad Shaped Communities,” informative video, historic rail cars, locomotives, and museum store.
500 South 3rd Street, Hamburg, PA
Hours: Sat., 10 am – 4 pm, Sun. 12 pm – 4 pm
Phone: 610-562-5513
Email: museum@readingrailroad.org
Website: readingrailroad.org
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