Explore the 26th World Heritage Site in the United States – Moravian Church Settlements – Bethlehem – on this exciting 90-minute tour.
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.
