Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Led by one of our certified guides in period dress, the tour will tell the 275-year history of Bethlehem’s unique beginnings since 1741.

You'll stop at the 1741 Gemeinhaus, 1762 Waterworks, 1758 Nain-Schober House, and the 1752 Apothecary to find out how Bethlehem residents have flourished.

Dates: Saturdays and Sundays in April at 1 pm and 3 pm

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

If you have a great experience on the Old Bethlehem Walking Tour, please consider tipping the tour docents who volunteer their time for us!

Leave from Steelstacks Visitor Center
711 East First Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Bethlehem Steel, once the 2nd largest steel producer in the country, helped build some of America's greatest landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. Discover the humble beginnings, monumental growth, and humbling decline of this 20th-century giant.

The one-hour walking tour features up-close views of the former steel plant and an in-depth look at the steel-making process and the roles the workers played in our country's history.

Dates: Saturdays & Sundays in April at 1 pm; Fridays-Sundays in May at 1 pm

As of April 17, the Hoover-Mason Trestle will be reopened for visitation and included on the tour! Read more.

Complimentary screening of The Christmas City documentary available one half hour before tour. Check ticketing page for details.

Price: NEW! Value Package includes admission to the National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH).

Adult - $20 tour only; $27 for tour and admission to NMIH
Child - $12 tour only; $20 for tour and admission to NMIH

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Walk, jog, or bike along the Historic Bethlehem Heritage Trail! Experience Bethlehem on your own time and at your own pace with the use of your own mobile device.

With 6 links, 80 stops, and 275 years of history, you'll meet the Moravian Founders, Monocacy Valley, Westward Expansion, Victorian Bethlehem, Farmland to Industry, and Bethlehem Steel.

Price: $12

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

How did the early Moravians establish the largest concentration of crafts, trades, and industries in the American Colonies--and learn to use them to become self-sufficient?

Explore the Colonial Industrial Quarter--America's first industrial park, with our costumed guide, to learn how it has morphed throughout the centuries from business center to junk yard to treasured museum site.

Dates: Fridays in May at 1 pm; Saturdays and Sundays in May at 1 pm and 3 pm

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Walk through history with a certified guide to discover the story behind Bethlehem's founders--the Moravians! What made the Moravian community unique? How do the historic buildings reflect their daily lives? Who lived in the Single Sisters' House, Nain-Schober House, the 1741 Gemeinhaus, and the 1810 Goundie House, and why?

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

If you have a great experience on the Moravian Story Walking Tour, please consider tipping the tour docents who volunteer their time for us!

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Your costumed guide will tell tales of the early Moravians' funerary traditions, stroll through God's Acre - Bethlehem's oldest cemetery, and hear the stories of the people behind the names you'll find there including men, women, and children of all races denoting equality in life as in death.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Unsolved murders, eerie premonitions, ghostly sightings...do spirits roam among the historic buildings of Bethlehem? There's a spooky side to the early Bethlehem Moravians that you'll year about as you explore the grounds at twilight.

Your costumed guide will take you on a journey through the Colonial Industrial Quarter's 1750 Smithy and colonial blacksmithing building, the 1762 Waterworks, and 1761 Tannery. You'll find out about the fire at the Luckenbach Mill and the other struggles the Moravians faced.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts
427 North New Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

A 16-room mansion, meticulously outfitted with curtains, rugs, and piano? A 19th-century kitchen with ice box, stove, and cupboards? You won't be able to tear yourself away from Elizabeth Johnston Prime's dollhouse collection--one of the largest in the U.S.

Dates: We'll open as soon as it's safe.

Price: $25 for Non-Members, $20 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

*Tickets must be purchased IN ADVANCE Walk-ins at the Kemerer Museum will not be accepted.

Leave from the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Bethlehem's oldest places of worship--the 1741 Geminhaus, 1751 Old Chapel, and the 1803-06 Central Moravian Church Sanctuary--still inspire visitors today.

Explore the history of the buildings, as well as the structure of the worship services that are still held here.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
66 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Early Moravians successfully treated the infirm with herbs and other plants collected from near and far. They also supplied medicines not only for Bethlehem but the for the surrounding areas as well.

Explore the Apothecary--the oldest continually operating drug store in the U.S.--to find out what other medicines they used between 1743 and 1952.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $15 Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Why did John Adams call Bethlehem “curious and remarkable town”? Find the answer to this, as well as the role Bethlehem played during the American Revolution during this tour led by a costumed guide.  

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price:$15 for Non-Members, $10 for Historic Bethlehem Members [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Designed especially for Christmas, this tour will focus on cherished traditions: candle-in-every-window, the renowned Bethlehem Star, and the community Putz set among Bethlehem's exquisite Victorian and colonial architecture and two National Historic Landmarks: the 1741 Gemeinhaus and the Bethlehem Waterworks.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: Historic Bethlehem Member Adult: $10; Historic Bethlehem Member Child: $4; Adults: $15; Children: $6 [Become a Member today and save!]

Leave from the front of Central Moravian Church
Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Nestle into a horse-drawn Christmas carriage to witness the beauty of Bethlehem's downtown National Historic Landmark District's sparkling lights, festive music, and imaginative decorations.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $75, carriage fits up to 4 adults and 2 children on laps

Leave from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center
505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

This bus tour, led by a costumed guide, includes a visit to the famous star atop South Mountain, a look at early and current local holiday traditions, and historic highlights in North and South Bethlehem, the city with two downtowns.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: Adults: $18.50, Children: $12

Combine a mesmerizing shopping trip to Christkindlmarkt--ranked one of the best holiday markets in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure--with the gilded Trees of Historic Bethlehem, Christmas trees from around the world, for one great price.

Ticket includes one-day admission to both Christkindlmarkt and Trees of Historic Bethlehem self-guided tour.

Dates: Dates will be posted shortly

Price: $27

Create a lasting, one-of-a-kind experience for your group, family members, wedding parties, clubs, or corporate teams. And do it safely.

Our staff will help you create a visit that is customized to your interests, time frame, and price points. We follow CDC guidelines in fashioning individual events.