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LancasterHistory

LancasterHistory is a museum in Lancaster, PA, part of the Lancaster & Amish Country guide. Cost: under $25.

230 North President Avenue · Lancaster, PA

Why you should go…

LancasterHistory tells the story of more than 300 years of Lancaster County life through rotating exhibitions and deep archival collections. A ticket also covers a guided tour of Wheatland, the 1828 Federal-style mansion where James Buchanan lived before and after his presidency, plus the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center on the fight for freedom and equality.

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