Pennsylvania National Fire Museum — Attraction in Harrisburg

The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum is a very important testament to time and of history of not only the local Harrisburg PA fire department but the fire department in general as a whole from its humble beginnings and where it started to what it has become over the years all the way up to today. I recently visited with my wife and kids, and we had a great time exploring all there is to look at. Whether you want to explore for yourself or have someone show you around they will accommodate you. When we went it was on a Saturday, so I figured there would be more people there but there was not. The museum does apparently run at least partly on the admission fees and or donations from the public so your visit would not only be interesting and fun for you for whoever you go with but go toward a good cause as well. The museum is also very well laid out, the pictures speak for themselves. It is also filled with many fire-department artifacts, and they even let the kids and I ring the bell in the bell tower...

We went on Saturday morning, they had a boy scout group and some extra people but the volunteers still made sure felt welcomed especially barry. He explained everything well gave us some extra information. The exhibits was greatly created informative and had some fun local history but firehouse, firefighters, and tools used by them in general. It was even more crazy with them getting ready for the st. Patty parade and taking one their trucks out to parade. So it was def a cool sight. Again barry popped up gave us more information about trucks and answered questions we had. We paid twenty bucks was a Great value for the museum. Def amazing place for the value. The place was clean, informative and great for...

Open from 10am-4pm, The Pennsylvania Fire museum holds an abundance of well preserved fire related items such as motorized fire apparatus, fire-related toys, and so much more! The museum itself is inside of a 3 story 1899 fire house that was rebuilt using the original blueprints. The museum is ran entirely on volunteers, all of which are very nice and are dedicated to the fire history of Pennsylvania. There is a 30-60 minute explanation of the history of both the building and fire-fighting in general and then it is a self-guided tour. There is a gift shop as well.

Tickets are paid for after you do a tour of the firestation and cost 7 dollars for adults, 6 dollars for children 6-18, and 6 dollars...