Overview
Explore the 26th World Heritage Site in the United States: Moravian Church Settlements – Bethlehem. The first transnational serial nomination for the United States.
This comprehensive tour of Moravian Church Settlements – Bethlehem’s buildings and sites focuses on the approximately two-square block area of historic downtown Bethlehem that the Moravian settlers recognized as the center of their community, as well as the living heritage and traditions that the Moravian Church Settlements still carry out today.
On this tour, you’ll discover the Moravians’ history as you start out at the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, in the 1741 Gemeinhaus, the only 18th century Moravian Gemeinhaus still in existence in the world. Next, you’ll visit the Bell House Courtyard to see the 1746-1749 Bell House, the First Single Brethren’s House/the Single Sisters’ House and the 1768 Widows’ House. Following this, attendees will step inside the 1751 Old Chapel and the 1803-06 Central Moravian Church Sanctuary before walking through God’s Acre cemetery, the final resting place for Moravians from 1742-1911. The tour concludes on Main Street with a look at the 1748 Second Single Brethren’s House and the 1761 Tannery and 1762 Waterworks in the Colonial Industrial Quarter.
After your tour concludes, you are invited to return to the Moravian Complex for a more in-depth tour of the Moravian Museum.
Please Note: The Central Moravian Church Sanctuary is unavailable for the tours on 10/4 and 12/6. The Old Chapel is unavailable for the tours on 10/4 and 11/1.
Admission
Upcoming Dates
- Saturday, February 21
- Saturday, February 28
- Saturday, March 7
- Saturday, March 14
- Saturday, March 21
- Saturday, March 28
- Saturday, April 4
- Saturday, April 11
- Saturday, April 18
- Saturday, April 25
- Saturday, May 2
- Saturday, May 9
- Saturday, May 16
- Saturday, May 23
- Saturday, May 30
- Saturday, June 6
- Saturday, June 13
- Saturday, June 20
- Saturday, June 27
- Saturday, July 11
- Saturday, July 18
- Saturday, July 25
- Saturday, August 1
- Saturday, August 8
- Saturday, August 15
- Saturday, August 22
- Saturday, August 29
- Saturday, September 5
- Saturday, September 12
- Saturday, September 19
- Saturday, September 26
- Saturday, October 3
- Saturday, October 10
- Saturday, October 17
- Saturday, October 24
- Saturday, October 31
- Saturday, November 7
- Saturday, November 14
- Saturday, November 21
- Saturday, November 28
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