Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

A nonprofit organization

$41,010 raised by 292 donors

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum (LVVFM), www.landisvalleymuseum.org, has been preserving Pennsylvania German history and heritage since 1925 which means that we will be celebrating our Centennial very soon! Working with the assistance of Landis Valley Associates since 1959 and our hundreds of dedicated volunteers, we have built the 100 acre site into a well known destination for people from all over.

A living and working Village & Farm Museum, the LVVFM retains and curates The Landis Valley Collection: the largest collection of 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania German artifacts in the United States. The Education Department hosts numerous educational programs for the benefit of area school students, and their chaperones, in the form of on-site field trips, workshops, and retreats. Adult programs feature: lecture/demonstrations, special programs such as Civil War Days (July), demonstrator enhancements, and virtual programming. Under the Landis Valley Associates, the Heirloom Seed Project is the centerpiece of LVA's annual Herb and Garden Faire (May), Harvest Days (October), and Holiday Bonfire and The Belsnickle (December) and many other on-site activities. Of course, LVA hosts a broad array of group tours, corporate events, weddings, baby showers, anniversary parties, and memorial services year-round. Built around the talented fine craftspeople in south central PA, many of whom sell their work at our popular Landis Valley Museum Store, we also host an interesting mix of high-end artist-taught classes throughout the year. 

Your generous gift is absolutely needed to help us support that which makes Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum the critical entity that it is in connecting us to our shared past and our future. Thank you for your consideration and support! 

Mission

Landis Valley Associates is a Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation incorporated on August 6, 1959, and is a tax-exempt charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It maintains an active volunteer recruitment program; has a membership program, including an established dues structure, distribution of newsletters, programs for members and related activities appropriate to a membership organization; has community and public relations programs and will work with the PHMC and its representatives in further development of the same; and conducts fund raising appeals and other activities to achieve site goals. The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum educates the public about the history, material culture and agriculture of the Pennsylvania Germans from the 1700s through the 1900s. The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum is administered by the PHMC and is actively supported by Landis Valley Associates which is a non-profit community support organization.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

Tax id (EIN)

23-1573202

Budget Size

$1-$999,999

Causes

Education, Arts & Culture

Address

2451 Kissel Hill Road
Lancaster, PA 17601

Phone

7175690401

other

717-569-9312