Liberty Bell Museum

The Liberty Bell Museum tells Allentown's best Revolutionary War story: the hiding of Philadelphia's bells here during the British advance. It is a small museum, but the local connection is strong and genuinely worth knowing.

Do not expect the scale of a national museum. Go for the specific episode, the church setting, and the reminder that famous objects often survive because smaller towns did the unglamorous work.

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A story
During the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777, the State House bell now known as the Liberty Bell was hidden in Allentown under the floorboards of Zion's Reformed Church. The story is easy to miss if you only follow the bell's better-known Philadelphia trail.