Pennsylvania Liberty Bell replica
Update: 7.15.23: I just got a comment from someone who was not able to see the bell. After some digging, it looks like the museum closed on April 1, 2023 — no joke. All artifacts will be transferred to the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown. I’ll reach out to them to see if they have a timeline on when the bell might return to public display. I’ll keep yizall posted. Let me know if you hear anything before I do.
Future Location:
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum
432 West Walnut Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Serial Number: 4
Can I ring it? The bell is in ringable condition, so hopefully, you can ring it in its new location.
Hours: Temporarily inaccessible
First stop on our Northeast Bell tour, The Liberty Bell Museum and shrine in Allentown. 
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For anyone headed to PA to see this replica, the Liberty Bell Museum is only open 12-4pm Mon-Sat and charges $5 admission. (We learned this the hard way today after driving 2 hours out of the way, only to find that we would not be able to see it due to timing. ☹️ We called last night several times and this morning before heading to Allentown to find times. No answer. No voicemail.)
Heidi, That sucks. I’m sorry you had that experience. I just did some searching and found an article from April 2, 2023 that the Liberty Bell Museum is closing. Looks like all artifacts will go to the Lehigh Valley Heritage Center, also in Allentown. I’ll reach out to them and see if they have a target date for when the bell will be back on display. More of the bells are nearly or completely inaccessible than any time since 1950 (KY, MA, PA, KS, WY, WV). I’ll update the site now. Hopefully the bell will return to public display soon.
Did the PA liberty bell travel PA in 1976? I thought I saw it before I saw the original.
Sara, While a number of the replicas hit the road again for the Bicentennial, it seems the PA replica stayed put at the Liberty Bell Shrine in Zion’s church in Allentown. What you might have seen was the Liberty Bell Trek, a 4-day recreation of the OG Liberty Bell’s trip from Philly to Allentown. This was done with a fairly good-looking fiberglass model on a flatbed wagon. See a pic of it here.
Sara, While a number of the replicas hit the road again for the Bicentennial, it seems the PA replica stayed put at the Liberty Bell Shrine in Zion’s church in Allentown. What you might have seen was the Liberty Bell Trek, a 4-day recreation of the OG Liberty Bell’s trip from Philly to Allentown. This was done with a fairly good-looking fiberglass model on a flatbed wagon. See a pic of it here.
I was there in the early 2000s. They had a long pole with a hook so you could reach under to pull the clapper. I’ve seen all the ones in the U.S. except for the one in front of the Treasury building in DC and the one in New York because there was some sort of a hearing and couldn’t go up the stairs. In Boston I was there around lunchtime and a guard let me in the office that looked out on the bell. In 2000 I started visiting the state capitol buildings and after I’d seen a few discovered the bells in each state. When I started there was a website about them that was managed by someone a couple of towns away from where I live in Connecticut. I seem to think that he might have died. I contributed a few photos of bells, I remember a South Dakota named me as a credit. So many either have the clapper removed or otherwise out of action but the ones where you can use the clapper really produces a very loud ring.
Ledge, Thanks for the comment. Yeah, we had the same experience in Allentown. It was a cool museum and I’m sad it didn’t make it. Seems like they’re trying to install a gigantic Liberty Bell replica outside of the church soon. We also had a similar experience to yours in Boston. It’s in a much more accessible spot now. I imagine you’re talking about Rick Brock who had a Facebook page (now private). He was very helpful in the process of confirming / correcting the serial numbers. The museum in Allentown handed out a photocopied list in the olden days. It was helpful, but had a number of errors. I did hear that Rick passed a few years ago, sadly.