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Coordinates: 40°5′36″N 76°16′48″W / 40.09333°N 76.28000°W / 40.09333; -76.28000
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Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Landis House in September, 2012
Landis Valley Museum is located in Pennsylvania
Landis Valley Museum
Landis Valley Museum is located in the United States
Landis Valley Museum
Nearest cityLancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°5′36″N 76°16′48″W / 40.09333°N 76.28000°W / 40.09333; -76.28000
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1940
NRHP reference No.99001578[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 2000
Designated PHMC1957[2]

The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum is a 100-acre living history museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It collects, conserves, exhibits, and interprets Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940. The museum was founded by the Landis brothers--Henry K. Landis and George Landis.[3]

The museum celebrates the many inventions developed in the Lancaster area. Because this was the birthplace of the Conestoga wagon, visitors see how wagons were made, including the critical process of making spoked wheels. Because Lancaster County is where the Pennsylvania longrifle – also known as the Kentucky longrifle – originated, visitors see how gunsmiths of the 18th century manufactured rifle barrels.

The features of the museum include:

  • Isaac Landis house, built 1875
    Isaac Landis house, built 1875
  • The Landis Valley Hotel, built in 1855-56
    The Landis Valley Hotel, built in 1855-56
  • Yellow barn, built 1939
    Yellow barn, built 1939
  • The Tavern, a recreation of one from the early 1800s
    The Tavern, a recreation of one from the early 1800s

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania Farm Museum - PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Callanan, Laura Knowles (1995). "Landis Valley Museum: The Legacy of Two Brothers Lives On!". Trails of History. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
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