Landis Valley Museum

Landis Valley Museum is a historic site in Lancaster where buildings from different periods are spread across a larger property to show life between 1740 and 1940. The location includes working farmsteads, workshops, and exhibition buildings that give a clear view of the routines and spaces of that era.

Brothers Henry and George Landis founded the museum in 1925 on their family farm and brought together their personal collections. They transferred the entire site to Pennsylvania in 1953.

The museum displays the craftsmanship traditions of Pennsylvania Germans through demonstrations of weaving, blacksmithing, and pottery that visitors can watch. These skills shape how people today understand the daily practices of this community.

Visitors can freely explore the grounds and join guided tours to learn how people worked back then. The best time to visit is on days with craft demonstrations or seasonal events, when the life of that period becomes clearer.

The collections contain original Conestoga wagons and long rifles from Lancaster County that show important developments in the region. These vehicles and firearms demonstrate how craftsmanship and innovation came together during frontier times.