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Collection

The mission of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles is to collect and preserve vehicles built in Pennsylvania. Contained in our collection are examples of motorized, horse-drawn, and man-powered road transportation — from wagons and trucks to bicycles and cars. Many of the manufacturers’ names may be unfamiliar, but all were made right in our own backyards here in Pennsylvania.

In addition to dozens of road vehicles, the Boyertown Museum also counts related literature and memorabilia amongst its collections. Also popular is our Fegely’s Reading Diner exhibit, a pristine example of 1938 roadside architecture.

Visiting the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles is a truly unique experience because the Museum buildings themselves are historic. The main gallery of the Boyertown Museum is in the former main factory building of the Boyertown Auto Body Works. From 1926 until 1990, the Boyertown Auto Body Works manufactured truck bodies for commercial and government use. Some of those trucks are now on display in the Boyertown Museum – in the very building in which they were designed and constructed.

In addition, the original 1872 Jeremiah Sweinhart Carriage Factory, where vehicle building began in Boyertown, still stands and is part of the Museum complex. Currently under restoration, the Jeremiah Sweinhart Carriage Factory will soon be open to the public, complete with Boyertown-built carriages.