Landis Valley: A Civil War Village - Lancaster Museum

  • Address: 2451 Kissel Hill Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601-4809
  • Phone: 717 / 569-0401
  • Website:www.landisvalleymuseum.org
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4.0
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Landis Valley: A Civil War Village
2451 Kissel Hill Rd.
Lancaster, PA 17601-4809

Landis Valley: A Civil War Village Details

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  • Hundreds of civilian and military Civil War reenactors recreate 1860s life in a village occupied by Union Troops. more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Landis Valley Museum, a Pennsylvania German living history village, invites you to visit a place where the present meets the past. -- The museum contains a diverse collection of artifacts and historic buildings. It tells a simple story with a common theme. -- We call it Pennsylvania German Life -... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Children can discover a one-room school house, try their hands at woodworking and mingle with lambs in this recreated 19th- ... more on TripAdvisor
  • This large outdoor museum of Pennsylvania German culture, folk traditions, decorative arts, and language had its start when George and Henry Landis established a small museum here in the 1920s to exhibit family heirlooms. After the state acquired the Landis Valley Museum in the 1950s, it blossome... more on Frommers
  • Village & museum - Living history demonstrations - Traditional crafts - Animals & farm activities - Educational programs ... more on entertainment.com

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5.0
Civil War Village *********

(February 04, 2010 00:00)

... By A Yahoo! Traveler, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Great Find!

My kids and I really enjoyed our visit to the Landis Valley Museum. It's off the beaten track, and we missed the entrance, but it's a wonderful place to go. The site has at least 20 buildings on it including a general store, school house, tavern, black smith shop, barn and museum. Most of the bui... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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5.0
A great day for families

(October 06, 2004 00:00)

If you're interested in history then you'll love the Landis Valley Farm Museum. It's great for kids and parents to experience how life was back in the day. There is plenty to see, from the animals, to the black smith, and even a preserved general ... By bradstrittmatter from Lancaster, Pa, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Great place for kids.

Arrived around 10:30 in the morning. We wondered if the place was opened (cars in the parking lot, but no people). Watched a film about the location. Then began to tour the village. About 10 of the buildings had people staffed to tell about the building or what it contained. Everyone was very nic... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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