Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center is an open-air folklife museum and research center dedicated to preserving and celebrating Pennsylvania German folk culture, history, and language in a unique educational setting at Kutztown University.

Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center

Online Folklife Resources

Online Folklife Resources

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center is an open-air folklife museum and research center dedicated to preserving and celebrating Pennsylvania German folk culture, history, and language in a unique educational setting at Kutztown University.

Virtual Tours

Exhibitions

Folklife Posts

Presentations

Digital Folklife Portal

Welcome to the Digital Folklife Portal, a project of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. Highlighting the robust and colorful folk culture of the region, this portal provides online access to selections from the Heritage Center’s cultural collections, folklife posts, educational presentations, and a virtual tour, in keeping with our mission to preserve and celebrate the folklife, history and language of the Pennsylvania Germans and the broader folk culture of Pennsylvania.