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Museums & Sites

Step into history: Visit our museums and sites

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites — a National Historic Landmark District in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania — proudly preserves 20 historic sites in the heart of the city.  We work to restore, educate, and learn all we can about these beautiful buildings and their storied pasts — including the first Moravian settlement from 1741.

The Moravian Museum, the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe & Museum Store have regular open hours. Our other sites are primarily viewed on our tours. We are happy to arrange a custom tour for you at any time that includes any of our historic museums and sites.

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Moravian Museum of Bethlehem – National Historic Landmark

66 West Church Street

View incredible history and architecture at the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, located in the 1741 Gemeinhaus, a National Historic Landmark,…

Hours
  • Monday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving
  • Friday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Saturday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Please use the “Book a Tour” button to schedule a Custom Tour.

Single Sisters’ House

50 West Church Street

Experience the daily life as a Single Sister in 1700s Bethlehem. The Single Sisters’ House, originally built for the Single…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: Custom Tours Available
  • Saturday: Custom Tours Available
  • Sunday: Custom Tours Available

Please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

1752 Apothecary

418 Main Street

The 1752 Apothecary is a part of the Moravian Church Settlements – Bethlehem World Heritage Inscription, the 26th World Heritage Site…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: Custom Tours Available
  • Saturday: Custom Tours Available
  • Sunday: Custom Tours Available

Use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

Nain-Schober House

429 Heckewelder Place

The Nain-Schober House is the only extant 18th-century building that was built by and lived in by Indigenous Peoples in…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: Custom Tours Available
  • Saturday: Custom Tours Available
  • Sunday: Custom Tours Available

Please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a custom tour.

1762 Waterworks – National Historic Landmark

The 1762 Waterworks, recognized as a National Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and an American Water Landmark, was the…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: Custom Tours Available
  • Saturday: Custom Tours Available
  • Sunday: Custom Tours Available

Please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

Colonial Industrial Quarter

145 Ohio Road

Explore America’s first industrial park As a part of Historic Moravian Bethlehem National Historic Landmark District, the Colonial Industrial Quarter…

Hours
  • Monday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Tuesday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Wednesday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Thursday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Friday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Saturday: Open Dawn to Dusk
  • Sunday: Open Dawn to Dusk

The grounds are open from dawn to dusk. For specific building hours, please refer to that building's hours.

1869 Luckenbach Mill

459 Old York Road

Once the original site of the flour mill, the 1869 Luckenbach Mill was in continuous use well into the 20th…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Sunday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

1761 Tannery

The Tannery was constructed in 1761 in the Colonial Industrial Quarter to tan hides into leather. It is a part…

Hours
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: Closed
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

The building is currently not accessible. Learn more about the Tannery on the Colonial Industrial Quarter walking tour.

1750 Smithy

425 Main Street

Discover the treasured art of metalworking at Bethlehem’s functioning 1750 Smithy; where blacksmiths used their skill to create tools for…

Hours
  • Monday: Custom Tours Available
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Custom Tours Available
  • Friday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Sunday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts

427 North New Street

The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts is housed in three interconnected mid-1800s homes featuring changing exhibits, period rooms, and galleries highlighting furniture, paintings, china, clothing, and silver.

Hours
  • Monday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Wednesday: Custom Tours Available
  • Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving
  • Friday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Saturday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Please use the “Book a Tour” button to schedule a Custom Tour.

Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe

505 Main Street

Opened May 23, 2024, the Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe is a charming store inspired by the town’s original dry goods…

Hours
  • Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving
  • Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Sunday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

1810 Goundie House Welcome Center

501 Main Street

The 1810 Goundie House Welcome Center is the place to start your visit to Bethlehem! Purchase museum admission, tickets for our…

Hours
  • Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving
  • Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
  • Sunday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Burnside Plantation

1461 Schoenersville Road

This historic 6.5-acre farm-in-the-city, Burnside Plantation, opened doors to early American agricultural life. The property includes a restored 1748/1818 farmhouse,…

Hours
  • Monday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Tuesday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Wednesday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Thursday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Friday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Saturday: Dawn – Dusk
  • Sunday: Dawn – Dusk

The grounds are open from Dawn-Dusk, the buildings are open during events. If you are interested in touring the buildings, please use the "Book a Tour" button to schedule a Custom Tour.

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