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Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

Museum Name: Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Schedule: Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Monday
Established: 1946
Address: 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA
Phone Number: 215 679 3103
Fax Number: 215 679 8175
Email: info@schwenkfelder.com
Director: David W. Luz
Website: www.schwenkfelder.com
Focus: Art and material culture of the people of SE Pennsylvania, with a focus on PA German traditions.
Ages: 6-18
Costs: $1.00 per student
Notes: The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center offers a genealogical and theological library and archive in addition to the display of the museum collections. It also provides a variety of family and adult education programming.

Programs

Class Trip Programs:
Grades K-3 Schwenkfelder Detectives
Grades K-3: Pennsylvania German Stories
Grades 1-4: Immigrant Chests
Grades 3-4: Weaving
Grades K-8: Family Histories A Genealogy Program
All Grades: Guided Discussion Tours

Class Trip Pricing:
All field trips are $1.00 per student for grades K-12 and homeschool groups.

Exhibits

Major Exhibits
Permanent Schwenkfelder Heritage Gallery- rotating artifacts that interpret the history of the Schwenkfelders in Europe and America, into the 20th century.

2007 Exhibits:
March 1 2007- September 15 2007 Teaching Tools: PA German Education Before 1835

May 1 2007- August 19 2007 New Quilts

May 5 2007- August 30 2007 Valley Baseball Exhibit

May 15 2007- September 30 2007 Marguerite DeAngeli, Perkiomen Valley Author and Illustrator

September 1 2007- December 31 2007 On the Path to an Organization of the Schwenkfelders

September 30 2007- November 2007 John Bosler Photographs

October 2007 Hose Hook and Fire: Boyertown Opera House Fire

November 2007- February 2008 Beaded Whimseys

November 2007- February 2008 Irwin Mensch Drawings

November 2007- February 2008 Christmas Putz

March 2008- September 2008 Christopher Sauer Imprints

March 2008- September 2008 By the Sweat of their Brow: Work and Workers in the Perkiomen Region