Exhibits, Collections, & Archives
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites is home to more than 60,000 artifacts, including textiles, prints, furniture, toys, tools, and books. Our collections help us share Bethlehem's incredible history with others; they bring stories to life by taking us back in time.
- Explore a sampling of our collections in our online galleries.
- Fill out a Research Request Form HERE
- Learn about current, upcoming, and past exhibitions.
- Read our collections blog.
Research Requests
Our Library and Archives is one of the best places to research local history and includes: Thousands of local photographs from the 19th and 20th-centuries. Early city maps and documents City directories from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. The...
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites offers different changing and permanent exhibits across our museums and historic sites by utilizing our collections and in partnership with fellow organizations....
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites is home to over 60,000 artifacts. Our most sensitive objects are housed in our new 5,000 square foot Collections Resource Center at the Kemerer Museum. Below is a sample of collections pieces throughout the sites....
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Research at Historic Bethlehem Museums & SitesOur Library and Archives is one of the best places to research local history and includes: Thousands of local photographs from the 19th and 20th-centuries. Early city maps and documents. City directories from the late 1800s through...
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Stars of BethlehemDecember 5, 2014 Through March 29, 2015Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts427 N. New StreetThe Star of Bethlehem is one of the oldest, most recognized and well loved quilt patterns today. In general stars have always been a popular motif...
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