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Exploring the Grice Museum in Clearfield County

The best things to see and do at the Grice Museum in Clearfield Pennsylvania.

If you’re looking for information about visiting the Grice Museum in Clearfield, you’re in the right place!

A grizzly bear guarding the showroom at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA
A grizzly bear guarding the showroom at the museum.

The Grice Museum features nearly 70 classic cars on display, along with hundreds of taxidermy mounts of wild game animals from around the globe.

Smokey the Bear greeting visitors to the Grice Museum in Clearfield.
Smokey the Bear greeting visitors to the museum.

Whether you’re a serious automotive history buff or just looking for some kitschy fun, here’s what you can expect to see when visiting this iconic Clearfield County museum.

Vintage Cadillac on display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA
Vintage Cadillac on display.

Directions | Hours | Admission Fees

The Grice Museum is located at 119 N 4th Street, Clearfield, PA 16830.


The museum is open Monday thru Saturday: 10:00 am till 4:00 pm | Sunday: Noon till 4:00 pm.

The Grice Museum is closed November 1 through the Friday before Memorial Day, making this a summer destination.

Front entrance of the Grice Museum in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
Front entrance of the Grice Museum in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.

Admission is $10/person, and parking is free.

Exterior of the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA.
Exterior of the Grice Museum in Clearfield

What You’ll See at the Grice Museum

As with any great museum, you enter and exit through the gift shop!

Gift shop at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA
Gift shop at the Grice Museum in Clearfield, PA.

The entrance to the actual display area is a replica of the small gas station operated by Scoot and Janet Grice, who through hard work and determination ultimately transformed that small-time operation into a successful gun store that is now one of the largest in Pennsylvania.

Vintage automotive repair tools and supplies at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA
Vintage automotive repair tools and supplies at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

In 1994 Scoot and Janet Grice constructed the Grice Museum and then donated it to the citizens of Clearfield.

Vintage Ford truck on display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.
Vintage Ford truck on display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

Vintage muscle cars are well represented in the Grice Museum collection.

Vintage Ford Mustang at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA.
Vintage Ford Mustang at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

There are also examples of some more modern muscle cars as well.

Dodge Viper on display at the Grice Museum on Clearfield.
Dodge Viper on display at the Grice Museum on Clearfield.

The Grice Museum is home to a rare collection of Crosley cars, a small, independent vehicle manufacturer based in Cincinnati from 1939 to 1952.

Crosley display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield Pennsylvania.
Crosley display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

If you enjoy collecting diecast vehicles, the Grice Museum has an extensive collection of those as well.

Diecast cars and motorcycles on display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.
Diecast cars and motorcycles on display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

And of course you can’t miss the hundreds of mounted game animals and fish, harvested by many hunters and fishermen from around the world, displayed on the walls and floor of the Grice Museum.

A taxidermy display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield Pennsylvania.
A taxidermy display at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

In short, if you love automotive history and the American “car culture”, you’ll find something to love at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

Pin-up airbrush art on one of the vintage cars at the Grice Museum in Clearfield PA
Pin-up airbrush art on one of the vintage cars at the Grice Museum in Clearfield

And if, like me, you enjoy photo-ops that will mortify your children in years to come, then you’ll love the Grice Museum even more!

A grizzly bear photo-op at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.
The author enjoying a grizzly bear photo-op at the Grice Museum in Clearfield.

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