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Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA

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Moravian Museum of Bethlehem

Docent-led museum inside the 1741 Gemeinhaus, telling the story of Bethlehem's Moravian founders.

66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018 · Bethlehem, PA

About Moravian Museum of Bethlehem

The museum occupies the Gemeinhaus, a building dating to the 1740s that is among the oldest in Bethlehem and a National Historic Landmark. Docents guide visitors through the story of the early Moravian community, covering its daily life, medical practices, missionary efforts, relations with local Indigenous peoples, and its early school system. The building has served as a community home, church, and classroom, and it later housed a residence for women before the museum opened there in 1966. The Gemeinhaus is also part of the Moravian Church Settlements in Bethlehem, a World Heritage Site.

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