World Heritage Tour
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
- Thursday, October 22
- Friday, October 23
- Saturday, October 24
- Sunday, October 25
- Monday, October 26
- Thursday, October 29
- Friday, October 30
- Saturday, October 31
- Sunday, November 1
- Monday, November 2
- Thursday, November 5
- Friday, November 6
- Saturday, November 7
- Sunday, November 8
- Monday, November 9
- Thursday, November 12
- Friday, November 13
- Saturday, November 14
- Sunday, November 15
- Monday, November 16
- Thursday, November 19
- Friday, November 20
- Saturday, November 21
- Sunday, November 22
- Monday, November 23
- Friday, November 27
- Saturday, November 28
- Sunday, November 29
- Monday, November 30
- Thursday, December 3
- Friday, December 4
- Saturday, December 5
- Sunday, December 6
- Monday, December 7
- Thursday, December 10
- Friday, December 11
- Saturday, December 12
- Sunday, December 13
- Monday, December 14
- Thursday, December 17
- Friday, December 18
- Saturday, December 19
- Sunday, December 20
- Monday, December 21
- Saturday, December 26
- Sunday, December 27
- Monday, December 28
- Thursday, December 31
- Saturday, January 2
- Sunday, January 3
- Monday, January 4
- Thursday, January 7
- Friday, January 8
- Saturday, January 9
- Sunday, January 10
- Monday, January 11
- Thursday, January 14
- Friday, January 15
- Saturday, January 16
- Sunday, January 17
- Monday, January 18
- Thursday, January 21
- Friday, January 22
- Saturday, January 23
- Sunday, January 24
- Monday, January 25
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