List of tourist attractions in Allentown, Pennsylvania
The following is a list of sites of interest in Allentown, Pennsylvania and parts of the city's metropolitan area, the Lehigh Valley.
Historic sites
The Lehigh County Historical Society controls Allentown's historic sites.
- Bethlehem Steel
- Burnside Plantation
- Claussville Schoolhouse
- Colonial Industrial Quarter
- George Taylor House
- Goundie House
- Haines Mill
- Lockridge Furnace
- Sun Inn
- Trout Hall
- Troxell-Steckel Farm Museum
Museums
Art
- Allentown Art Museum
- Baum School of Art
- Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts
Science
- Da Vinci Science Center
History
- Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum
- Liberty Bell Museum
- Moravian Museum
- Saylor Park Cement Industry Museum
Automotive
- America On Wheels
- Mack Trucks Historical Museum
Other
Outdoors
Amusement parks
Arboretums
Animal life institutions
- Lehigh Parkway Fish Hatchery
- Lehigh Valley Zoo
Parks and squares
- Allen Park
- Bicentennial Park
- Buck Boyle Park
- Cedar Beach park
- East Side Reservoir
- Fellowship East Lot
- Fountain Park
- Franklin Park
- Hanover Acres Play Lot
- Herbst Park
- Howard Keck Juniata Play Lot
- Irving St Park
- Ithaca Play Lot
- Jordan Meadows
- Jordan Park
- Keck Park
- Kimmett's Lock
- Lehigh Canal
- Lehigh Landing
- Lehigh Parkway
- Lumber & Benton Play Lot
- Municipal Golf Course
- Nice 13 Tot Lot
- Old Allentown Cemetery
- Old Fairgrounds Playground
- Patriots Park
- Percy Ruhe Park
- Roosevelt Park
- Salisbury Drive Play Lot
- South Mountain Reservoir and Park
- Trexler Nature Preserve
- West Park
Performing arts centers
- Allentown Symphony Hall [1] – classical music (performances by Allentown Symphony Orchestra)
- Civic Theatre of Allentown [2] – plays, musicals
- Crocodile Rock [3] – hip-hop/rock
- Maingate Nightclub – hip-hop/rock
- Zoellner Arts Center [4] – plays, musicals, lectures
Bands
Allentown is home to the oldest civilian band in the United States, the Allentown Band. The city also has these civilian bands: Marine Band of Allentown, the Municipal Band of Allentown and the Pioneer Band of Allentown, which all perform at the West Park Bandshell.
Religious buildings
Shopping areas
- The Crossings Premium Outlets, outlet mall located outside of the Lehigh Valley
- Lehigh Valley Mall, large indoor shopping mall with mid-range to upscale stores
- Palmer Park Mall, average sized indoor mall
- Phillipsburg Mall, moderate sized indoor mall with average-priced stores
- The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, open-air mall with high-end retailers
- South Mall, indoor shopping mall with mid-range stores
- Westgate Mall, small indoor shopping mall
- Whitehall Mall, indoor and outdoor shopping mall with mid-range stores
Defunct
- Hess's, five-story department store located in Center City
- Neuweiler Brewery complex
- Trexler Mall, converted into a shopping center with big-box retailers
Sports arenas and stadiums
Professional
- Bicentennial Park, home of the Philadelphia Force
- Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, a minor-league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies
- J. Birney Crum Stadium, home of the Pennsylvania Stoners and Northampton Laurels
- Lehigh Valley Velodrome
Eateries
- The Brass Rail
- Maingate
- Ritz Barbecue at the Allentown Fairgrounds
- Stahely's
- Yocco's Hot Dogs
- Zandy's Steak Shop
