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Moravian Historical Sites
Christiansfeld Initiative -- a proposed serial nomination of international Moravian communities to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Historic Bethlehem Partnership, Bethlehem, PA - operates the unique properties of the Burnside Plantation, the Colonial Industrial Quarter, 1810 Goundie House, HistoryWorks!, the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem to interpret the cultural, religious, and industrial heritage of Bethlehem.
Sun Inn, Bethlehem, PA - a restored 18th century Moravian inn, which includes a museum and restaurant.
Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC - an authentic restoration of the Moravian community that was started in 1766.
Historic Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem, NC - features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church, archaeological ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian War fort and colonial and medical gardens.
Schoenbrunn Village State Memorial, New Philadelphia, OH - The reconstructed village includes seventeen log buildings, gardens, the original mission cemetery, and a museum and visitor center. The site also includes natural areas and picnic facilities.
The 1803 House (The Ehrenhardt House), Emmaus, PA - the Federal-style home of Jacob Ehrenhardt Jr., whose father worked to establish a local Moravian church in the new settlement of Emmaus. Offers tours, classes, and other activities celebrating colonial Emmaus and the Enhrenhardt family.
Moravian Research Facilities
Moravian Archives, Herrnhut, Germany
Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, NC
Moravian Music Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC
Moravian Archives, Great Britain
Moravian Archives, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Online Moravian Resources
Bethlehem Digital History Project - "digitization and web publication of specific primary source materials relating to the early history of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania" organized by the Bethlehem Area Public Library and the Reeves Library of Moravian College and Theological Seminary.
Moravians in Labrador -- contains a full-text version of Spangenberg's An Account of the manner in which the Protestant Church of the Unitas Fratrum, or United Brethren, preach the Gospel, and carry on their missions among the heathen
Explore PA History (search "moravian")
Moravian Genealogy Links
A Narrative of the Missions of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, by John Heckewelder
Burial Records for the Heidelberg (PA) Moravian Congregation
Index to the Records of the Moravian Mission Among the Indians of North America, by John Fliegel (also known as the Fliegel Index)
Moravians Today
Moravian Church in America - official website of the American branch of the Moravians, a Protestant denomination of the Christian faith.
Comenius Foundation - non-profit organization in North Carolina dedicated to restoring morality to television.
Local History
Northampton County Historical and Geneological Society - museum in Easton, PA that explores the history of Northampton County through exhibits, artifacts, and a library of historical records.
Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, PA - Promotes knowledge, study, and the preservation of the history of Lehigh County, and of such regionally or thematically related matters as are relevant to properly understanding the county's history.
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA - Dedicated to stimulating active exploration of the arts and developing new audiences for the arts within the Lehigh Valley community and beyond.
Jacobsburg Historical Society, Nazareth, PA - Preserves and presents the art and industry of making early American firearms and the character of the individuals and community that created and sustained that enterprise.
Macungie Historical Society, Macungie, PA - Promotes the discovery, collection, preservation, archive, display, interpretation, and publication of the history, historical records, culture, landmarks, artifacts, memorabilia, and data of, and relating to, the Borough of Macungie and its surrounding area.
National Canal Museum, Easton, PA - Discover America's canal heritage!
Kutztown Area Historical Society, Kutztown, PA - Collects and preserves, in a museum environment, material culture artifacts relevant to the history of the greater Kutztown area, maintains a non-circulating library of publications and manuscripts relating to local and regional history, and encourages the local conservation of sites and structures of historical and cultural significance to the region.
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