Pedaling History Bicycle Museum (closed)

Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, in Orchard Park, New York, features one of the world's largest collections of antique and classic American bicycles, including thousands of items of cycling-related memorabilia. From the antiques through the classics to modern bikes: social, design, manufacturing, marketing, and sports aspects are all reflected in our displays.

The Pedaling History Bicycle Museum would like to relocate its collection to the Erie Canal Harbor and re-establish bicycling heritage within a new structure, on the original footprint of the George N. Pierce & Company bicycle manufacturing building, that will evoke the original look and feel of what was once within the historic street grid of the Erie Canal Harbor.

The Master Plan for the Erie Canal Harbor Project provides a vision that the “Erie Canal Harbor will be a dynamic year-round site that celebrates Buffalo's local history and role in our nation's growth and development.” The re-creation of this site has been identified to take on a historic preservation approach providing an interpretive landscape that conveys the significance of the canal district and a realistic impression of its physical character. Within the Erie Canal Harbor Project, incorporation of the historic street pattern and capitalization on transportation related tourism through the preservation and interpretation of historic elements such as original building foundations and a transportation related industry, Pedaling History Bicycle Museum can make a strong case for its re-location to the Erie Canal Harbor.