Landis Valley Museum
Series: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide
Elizabeth Johnson, 2002. Landis Valley Museum, a complex of more than twenty-five buildings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, founded in the 1920's, preserves Pennsylvania Dutch rural life from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The guidebook surveys the Pennsylvania Dutch culture, profiles the Landis brothers who amassed more than 75,000 objects relating to Dutch heritage, and concludes with a tour of the buildings and the grounds. (Stackpole Books and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission) 48pp., 6 x 9, photos, maps. paperback
Landis Valley Museum, a complex of more than twenty-five buildings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, founded in the 1920's, preserves Pennsylvania Dutch rural life from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The guidebook surveys the Pennsylvania Dutch culture, profiles the Landis brothers who amassed more than 75,000 objects relating to Dutch heritage, and concludes with a tour of the buildings and the grounds.
A guide to the museum comples that interprets traditional Pennsylvania Dutch rural life through an exceptional collection of objects, historic buildings, and demonstrations of crafts, farming, and domestic practices.
