1719 Museum — Attraction in West Lampeter Township

So, the Herr House is now the 1719 Museum, and the Mennonite Historical Society is now Mennonite Life...for marketing reasons (geared to the superior 21st century sensibility no doubt) and that "society" is now deemed off-putting. In whose mind, this group of yokels, solely? A society is an association of persons, and only these misguided individuals apparently agonized that it supposedly excluded some fictitious group of people. The tour itself was mediocre. Don't expect to learn much about the Herr Family or the house. Lots about the Indians, though. Apparently, our form of government comes from them. Really? Yes, just ignore Montesquieu, Rousseau, Locke, and all the Enlightenment philosophers. Likewise ignore the superior judgment of the Founders, who culled forth the cream of Enlightenment thought for our still-functioning government. Typical small-town myopia, while trying to emulate some other group of people in the hopes of...

We were thrilled to have a tour all to ourselves with Jim. The tour was excellent: a truly thoughtful explanation of an often turbulent and complicated period in American colonial history. The tour covers hundreds of years,yet Jim was able to take us from the 50k foot overview,to modern day restoration of the nearly intact Herr home. We would highly recommend this visit for anyone interested in the history of the area,colonialism, eastern American Indians and European...

They had a recreation of the local Indians lived until moving on complete with furs and bowls and fire in the middle! Very interesting. They had the oldest steps still standing, 300 years old and historians come just to examine these old stairs! Herr house was built in 1719, oldest home in western hemisphere. How they came over and settled in area. This was very interesting and would definitely stop and support this wonderful piece of...