Allegany Museum

Allegany Museum

Allegany Museum
4.5
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Lena H
Bowie, MD425 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Family
Nice little museum with lots of history. We loved the first floor. My kids who are 2 and 4 were able to touch some things and press buttons, and we spent about an hour there. I loved learning about the evolution of cars and road conditions.
The second floor was a Smithsonian exhibit but, surprisingly, much less interesting and the kids couldn’t touch most things. So I would recommend going if your kids are older and know how to read.
The two wife and husband volunteers were very welcoming and friendly. Both did a great job engaging with our girls.
Written 15 January 2023
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jerrys01
Bel Air, MD652 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
My wife and I toured the museum to dodge the rain showers hitting Cumberland. While I liked the museum, there were two exhibits that really stood out, both on the second floor.

The first is an exhibit of Russian puppets re-enacting scenes from Sleeping Beauty. There is actually some animation in the exhibit, and I think both adults and children would enjoy it.

The second exhibit, which spanned several rooms, is for the history of Kelly-Springfield tires, which used to be made in Cumberland. The rooms trace the history of the company, including samples of tires from different time periods, along with advertisements through the decades.
Written 5 August 2022
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STEVEN P
Ithaca, NY73 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022
The museum is well enough funded to host some excellently designed exhibits. Reminds of much larger national-scale museums in large cities. Modestly sized Cumberland was a nexus of trade and travel, and this reports how that developed very well.
Written 14 June 2022
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LAURIE S
Buckhannon, WV610 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Couples
Located in a former post office, this county museum resides on two floors. It is free to enter and has specific exhibits from the canal age and local employers-glassware, dept stores, tire manufacturer, etc. This museum provides a great overview of life from a different era.
Written 25 October 2024
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Regina M
Shrewsbury, MA48 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Family
We showed up to tour this museum at 2:45pm. The hours say closes at 4. The doors were locked to the museum. We then found a worker who said that no volunteers showed up. We asked if he could give us a tour. He said no “I’m getting ready to close”. He was a bit arrogant. There was not much to do here. They should have posted they were closed, so we wouldn’t have wasted our time.
Written 26 August 2021
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Ricmar60
Lansdale, PA1,068 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
One of the nicest things to visit in Cumberland. This place has 2 floors of interesting exhibits and information. The staff were very nice. You can easily spend 2-3 hours here. Just a couple of minutes walk from the visitor's center. Free admission.
Written 1 August 2021
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Barbara H
Bedford, PA87 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2014 • Friends
This museum is located on the 2nd floor of a beautiful older building in the heart of Cumberland, Maryland, and highlights the several industries that once made Cumberland the 2nd largest city in the state of Maryland, Baltimore- the King City- being the largest. Thus, Cumberland became known as Queen City, and many industries incorporated this name. The museum owns the building, and municipal offices are tenants on the first floor, providing much-needed revenue to the museum to help it forward its mission.

The museum has several exhibit rooms - beautiful glassware made in Cumberland from the early 1900's until the early 60's. Most of these burned down as they were built of wood and glass making requires very high heat for the ovens and fires were common. There were several breweries, two railroads and the C&O Canal transportation terminus,and until 1998 the Kelly Springfield Tire Company had its headquarters in Cumberland. In addition to rooms devoted to these industries, there was a room of historical fire fighting memorabilia (including an old horse-drawn hand pump wagon), as well as a room displaying hand carved wooden items made by the patriarch of a local Amish family named Yoder. (A very famous bird carver named Gary Yoder still lives in Garrett County, Maryland and his work is known world-wide). A charming display in this room is of carved peach pits - the story told was that each day Claude Yoder's wife packed a peach in his lunch, and after he ate the peach, he would wash the pit and begin whittling!

If you are here in the morning or at lunch, stop in the Cumberland Café on the first floor of the building. Small, but great sandwiches! Also, a caveat for those with accessibility issues ... there is only one handicapped entrance to the building, a ramp in the back of the building. It opens on a parking lot, however, not a single spot is marked for handicapped parking. Every single one is reserved for municipal offices which are on the first floor. And there is only street parking in front of the building, with a few lots that are crowded. When we got into the cafe, however, we were told that if you have a handicapped hangtag or license plate, you could park without a problem in any of the spaces in the back where the ramp is. Would have been nice if they had posted a sign somewhere that told us that before we made the arduous search for a space and had to walk a block and then climb a flight of stairs.

If you have a few hours to spare, this is worth a visit.
Written 6 August 2014
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Linda D
Baltimore, MD25 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2016 • Friends
The folks behind the desk could not have been friendlier or more helpful. Each room has its own theme. Glass, tires, fire department, geological history, etc. It is worth the stop. There is an elevator to take you to the 2nd floor.
Written 30 December 2016
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Deborah T
Maryland276 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2016 • Couples
From Glassware to Whittling, B&O Railroad to the C&O Canal, Kelly Tires to The National Road it is all here. They have a very nice collection of local brewery and distillery items. I also enjoyed the archeology and wildlife exhibits.
Written 10 July 2016
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Jennifer W
Portland, Oregon, United States33 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2016 • Solo
Small, but very nice and interesting museum. There is so much history in Cumberland I was surprised I could not find a larger museum.
Written 28 June 2016
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