![Exploring-the-York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum Exploring the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Exploring-the-York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-696x584.jpg)
The York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum is a wonderful destination for history lovers of all ages!
![The Transportation Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Trolley-Car.jpg)
Housed in a former factory complex in downtown York, the museum features thousands of artifacts and exhibits highlighting York County’s contributions to the areas of agriculture, transportation, and manufacturing.
![The Agricultural Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Farming-Exhibit.jpg)
What You’ll See at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum
The museum is organized into galleries, each one highlighting a particular facet of York County history.
![The York Safe and Lock Company exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-York-Safes-Exhibit.jpg)
The Transportation Gallery
This exhibit hall highlights the many ways people and products have moved about York County over the years.
![The Transportation Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Air-Land-Water-Transportation-Exhibit.jpg)
There’s a 1916 trolley car that you can board.
![A 1916 trolley car on display in the Transportation Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Trolley-Car-Exhibit.jpg)
A 1940 train engine that you can sit at the controls of.
![A 1940 train switcher engine in the Transportation Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Locomotive-Exhibit.jpg)
And several rare Pullman automobiles on display, built in York County between 1905-1917.
![The Pullman automobiles exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Pullman-Car-Exhibit.jpg)
The Agricultural Gallery
The agrarian history of York County is on display in the Agricultural Gallery.
![Tractors in the Agricultural Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Tractor-Exhibit.jpg)
One of the highlights is this working 3-story grist mill.
![A grist mill at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Grist-Mill-Exhibit.jpg)
York-based Rutter’s sponsored an exhibit detailing how milk is produced, from farm to table.
![Milk production exhibit in the Agricultural Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Rutters-Milk-Exhibit.jpg)
The Local Industries Gallery
This gallery highlights the many and varied manufacturers that call (or have called) York County home.
![The Local Industry gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Made-in-York-Exhibit.jpg)
Some of the companies are synonymous with York, like York Barbells.
![The York Barbell Company exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-York-Barbells-Exhibit.jpg)
York Caskets is another company you may have heard of (or seen their tractor-trailers on a highway somewhere).
![The York Casket exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-York-Caskets-Exhibit.jpg)
Other names you may have heard of, but never realized they originated in York County.
![The Pfaltzgraff Pottery Company exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Pfaltzgraff-Pottery-Exhibit.jpg)
I, for one, didn’t realize Stauffer’s Animal Crackers originated in York County, despite having eaten a boatload of them over the years.
![The Stauffer crackers exhibit at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Stauffer-Crackers-Exhibit.jpg)
The Hall of Giants
The Hall of Giants contains exhibits too large to fit anywhere else in the museum.
![The Reddy Kilowatt exhibit in the Hall of Giants Gallery at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-Reddy-Kilowatt-Exhibit.jpg)
This massive ammonia compressor was used for producing ice in the early 1900s, when “artificial ice” was a new concept.
![An ammonia compressor used for producing ice in the early 1900s on display at the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-York-Ice-Compressor-Exhibit.jpg)
Directions | Hours | Admission Fees
The museum is located at 217 West Princess Street, York, PA 17401.
The York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum is open Friday-Saturday from 10 am-4pm.
![The York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania is housed in a former factory complex.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania.jpg)
Admission fees as of 2024 are: Adults: $20 | Students 6-18: $8 | Children 5 & Under: FREE
![Street parking in front of the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum in York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/York-County-Agricultural-and-Industrial-Museum-York-Pennsylvania-street-parking.jpg)
Nearby Attractions
The Colonial Complex in York commemorates the time period when this city served as the Capital of the Nation, for nine months during the Revolutionary War!
![Exploring the Colonial Complex in York PA.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Exploring-the-York-Colonial-Complex-in-York-PA.jpg)
The Haines Shoe House is one of PA’s most recognizable roadside attractions, and now it’s a vacation rental home.
![Spending the night at the Haines Shoe House vacation rental near York Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Spending-the-Night-in-the-Haines-Shoe-House-York-Pennsylvania.jpg)
In fact, this is where I spent the night when visiting the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum!
![The Instep Suite is the largest bedroom in the Haines Shoe House.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Haines-Shoe-House-York-Pennsylvania-Instep-Suite.jpg)
York, PA and the First National Thanksgiving dives into the fascinating backstory of this Revolutionary War-era event, which had nothing to do with Pilgrims and turkeys!
![York PA and the first National Thanksgiving Day.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/York-PA-Home-of-First-National-Thanksgiving.jpg)
Schull’s Rock Overlook in York County is a fantastic rock outcropping and vista on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, located at Susquehanna Riverlands State Park.
![Exploring Schull's Rock Overlook at Susquehanna Riverlands State Park in York County Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Exploring-Schulls-Rock-Overlook-Susquehanna-Riverlands-State-Park.jpg)
Find even more great spots to explore in York County and all across Pennsylvania with the interactive PA Bucket List Travel Map!
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