Oct 5 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Old Bethlehem Walking Tour

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Mapped location of Old Bethlehem Walking Tour
Goundie House Welcome Center
501 Main St. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
1-800-360-TOUR

Overview

The Old Bethlehem Walking tour shares the 280-plus-year history of Bethlehem’s unique beginnings starting in the early 1740s. On this approximately 90-minute tour through the Moravian Church Settlements – Bethlehem World Heritage site, you’ll stop at the 1741 First House and Gemeinhaus, 1750/61 Smithy, 1762 Waterworks, 1748 Single Brethren’s House, 1744/52 Single Sisters’ House, and the 1768 Widows’ House as you discover how Bethlehem’s earliest residents not only lived but flourished.

Join Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites for their Old Bethlehem Walking Tours, held Saturday through Sundays. Led by a certified guides in period dress, learn the story of Bethlehem’s unique beginnings in 1741. The walk will cover 275 years of Bethlehem history speaking on the 1741 Gemeinhaus, 1762 Waterworks, 1758 Nain-Schober House, and the 1752 Apothecary.
Experience "The Christmas City" on a 90-minute walking tour of one of America's National Historic Landmark Districts.

Learn about:

  • Bethlehem's exquisite Victorian and colonial architecture
  • Two National Historic Landmarks, the 1741 Gemeinhaus and the Bethlehem Waterworks
  • The colonial multicultural community
  • Tour leaves from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center at 1 p.m. at 505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA.

Please note that the tour stops at buildings listed but does not enter them.

Admission

$15 members, $20 non-members

Upcoming Dates

  • Sunday, October 5
  • Monday, October 6
  • Wednesday, October 8
  • Thursday, October 9
  • Friday, October 10
  • Saturday, October 11
  • Sunday, October 12
  • Monday, October 13
  • Wednesday, October 15
  • Thursday, October 16
  • Friday, October 17
  • Saturday, October 18
  • Sunday, October 19
  • Monday, October 20
  • Wednesday, October 22
  • Thursday, October 23
  • Friday, October 24
  • Saturday, October 25
  • Sunday, October 26
  • Monday, October 27
  • Wednesday, October 29
  • Thursday, October 30
  • Friday, October 31
  • Saturday, November 1
  • Sunday, November 2
  • Monday, November 3
  • Wednesday, November 5
  • Thursday, November 6
  • Friday, November 7
  • Saturday, November 8
  • Sunday, November 9

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