Current Exhibitions
Currently on display in the Delight E. Breidegam Building, Headquarters of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, 15155 Kutztown Road, Kutztown, PA 19530. Hours Monday-Friday 10am-12pm & 1pm-4pm.
Healing Herbs, Vibrant Roots
Transatlantic Botanical Traditions Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
June 28, 2025 – February 28, 2026 in the Main Exhibition Gallery, Delight E. Breidegam Building.
Influenced by transatlantic immigration, herbal medicine flourished in early Pennsylvania, where over 81,000 German-speaking immigrants arrived prior to the American Revolution, bringing with them their vibrant healing traditions and illustrated herbal compendiums. From this diaspora, America’s first book of botanical medicine was published by printer and apothecary Christoph Saur Jr. between 1762 and 1778, inspiring the use of herbal medicine on a folk-cultural level for many generations to come.