America On Wheels Museum — Attraction in Allentown

What can I say this is the best car museum around here lol Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the only one around here. We just went there on August 12, 2019 the 1st time since it had opened in 08. Reason being is that my previous wife was an not into cars so her eyes didn't light up when she saw the classic cars. The history of the area that's in the museum as well is America on wheels. Now I have a girlfriend that appreciates classic cars and loves to look at them and she even knows some the cars that have been out over the years and has recognized the classic cars that are there. My advice if you plan to go alone that's fine but it's always really good to go there with someone who enjoys American on wheels! The easy part for her was and for myself is that she knows what a classic car is not to mention the museum has a really good explanation of the cars there on the front of the cars that are displayed that tells what the cars are that also helps me. As for me as soon as I walked in I saw the old Park and Shop signs from when the parking decks had those displayed years ago at the parking decks. I explained to her what thet were. She is from Jersey. I was a tour guide for her to show her what were the local historical items in the museum And it also coincided with things I had already shown her and she got to see what they look like when they were newer.. Such as the 7th street monument I have shown her that in a tour of Allentown so now she got to see what it looked like when it was surrounded by the older buildings not the new buildings that are that they are now like the PPL center.The history of the Pennsylvania turnpike was interesting for both of us I've always been intrested in the turnpike cars my dad used to work there back in the 60's When the service Plazas were run by Howard Johnson's. And I told her at that time there are even more like there used to be one down by Quakertown which in the last 20 years has been removed. She travels the turnpike North East extension 5 days a week. I showed her on one of the trips that a went down with her where it was at. The best part that I found there since my last visit was the display that included the Supreme Auto Body sign That everyone knows so well that was hanging on outside of the building. I had taken my 1970 canery yellow Dodge Dart there for body repair in the 1980s a few time years ago. They always did outstanding work and well everyone knew that anyways that took theirs to them. My dad had even taken his cars throughout the years to supreme as well.

The museum was clean and well maintained no cobwebs or anything well Kept. The guides there were friendly and very helpful and I told them about what I experience with supreme auto body sign and the park and shop sign very pleased...

America on Wheels is an outstanding transportation museum in Allentown, PA. Altogether there are two floors of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. Currently, there is an outstanding LEGO exhibit complete with a life size LEGO Batmobile and a LEGO transportation city. The museum has a great collection of antique cars. Some of the best include their extensive collection of Ford Model T’s. They even have an early “horseless carriage” built by a native Henry Nadig who lived near Allentown. Some other gems in their car collection include early steam powered cars, early electric powered cars, cars with wooden doors, and even carriages that horses pulled. You really get the idea of the evolution of the automobile from these exhibits. Another gem in the museum is the collection of Mack Trucks. Mack Trucks are made in Allentown so they feature a few of them. Again, like the automobiles they show early trucks and have more recent designs as well. You can even sit in one! Finally, there is a nice collection of Harley Davidson and Indian motorcycles. The current LEGO displays are amazing. The variety featured in the displays is outstanding. There is a cafe on the second floor of the museum and there is a gift shop at the entrance. The staff here was helpful. If you’re in Allentown you will want to check...

We loved this museum. Super unique, and the volunteer at the front desk was so helpful and friendly. What a cool little find that's not far from home! We were disappointed at the actions of one employee; I don't know her name, but she was shorter with glasses and short hair and quite loud. The front room was being worked on, and there weren't barriers up; we went into this section to look around, not knowing we shouldn't be there, and this lady went crazy saying we couldn't be in there. Then, after enjoying the whole museum, we were interested in buying a print that we saw upstairs was advertised for sale. It said "#3" on it and to mention this number in the gift shop to buy prints. We told the gentleman at the desk, and hee called in someone who could get into the room with prints, which happened to be this same lady. Acting like we were being a total inconvenience, she goes, "What is the #3? I don't know #3, and I need to hurry up because I have something else I need to do." We waited patiently for about 5 minutes, and she said they were out. It was really a shame she was so rude because we loved the museum. Don't let this review stop you from going. It was a great place full of motorcycles, race cars, trucks and some fun interactive...