German-American
Historic Sites and Museums

United States

| Arkansas | California | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland |
Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oregon |
| Pennsylvania | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia | Washington, D.C. | Washington State | Wisconsin |

Germany

| Bavaria | Bremen | Baden Wurttemberg | Hamburg | Lower Saxony |
| North Rhine - Westphalia | Saxony-Anhalt | Schleswig-Holstein

Canada

| Nova Scotia |

Arkansas
• Stuttgart
  Stuttgart Agricultural Museum

California
• Coloma - Sutter's Mill and the Goldrush

Georgia
• Ebenezer -- The Georgia Salzburger Society

Illinois
• Chicago
  Virtual Tour of the historical German area
• LaSalle
  The Hegeler Carus Mansion
• Maeystown
  The Historic Village of Maeystown
  The picturesque village of Maeystown, nestled in the hills and among the spring-fed streams in one small spot of Southern Illinois was founded in 1852 by Jacob Maeys, who was born in Oggersheim, Bavaria, in 1828.

Indiana
• General information about travel and accommodations: VisitIndiana.com
• The Amish in Northern Indiana
• Jews in Indiana
  by Timothy Crumrin, Historian for Conner Prairie, and Sheryl D. Vanderstel (Fishers, IN)
• Berne
  
  The Story of Berne
• Dubois County
  
  Dubois County: Centered. Connected. Complete.
• Ferdinand
  
  Sisters of St. Benedict
• Fort Wayne
  
  German Fest, Fort Wayne, IN
  Fort Wayne Sister Cities International -- Gera, Germany, Relationship
• Indianapolis
          German-Americans in Indianapolis
  
• Jasper
          Jasper German Club
• Madison
  
  Ben Schroeder Saddle Tree Factory and Residence
• New Harmony
  
  Historic New Harmony
• St. Meinrad
  
  Saint Meinrad Archabbey
• Terre Haute
  
  Terre Haute German Oberlandler Club, Inc.

Iowa
• Amana
  
  Amana Colonies
  Amana Heritage Society
• Manning
  
  Housebarn

Kansas
• Dodge City
  Ford County Historical Society: The Mueller-Schmidt House (1881) Museum
  
  Also in German Das Mueller-Schmidt-Haus (1881)

Kentucky
• Covington
  
  MainStrasse German Village

Louisiana
• Minden
  Germantown Colony
• New Orleans
  Deutsches Haus

Maryland
• Frederick
  Schifferstadt Architectural Museum

Michigan
• Ann Arbor
  Zion Lutheran Church and Ann Arbor's German Community
• Wayne County/Detroit area
  Great Buildings by Albert Kahn

Minnesota
• New Ulm
  
  The History of New Ulm
• St. Joseph
  
  St. Benedict's Monastery, Minnesota
  Monastic roots go back to St. Walburga's Abbey in Eichstatt, Bavaria, from where in 1852 Benedicta Riepp led Benedictine women to Pennsylvania and then in 1857 to Minnesota

Mississippi
• Hattiesburg
  • Armed Forces Museum at Camp Selby - home of a former WWII German POW Camp (contains some artifacts); see also the following article: German Prisoners of War in Mississippi, 1943-46

Missouri
• Bethel
  Historic Bethel Germany Colony
• Hermann
  
  Deutschheim State Historic Site
  
  Visit Hermann, Missouri
  
• Marthasville
  
  Luxenhaus Farm - Annual festival - Deutsch Country Days
  
• St. Louis
  
  Exhibit: Lasting Impressions - German-Americans in St. Louis
  
• Wien
  
  A Brief History of Wien, Missouri

New York
• Buffalo
  
  German element in Buffalo, NY and Erie County; includes full-text information
  

North Carolina
• Old Salem
  Old Salem Online
• Ulrichsburg

North Dakota
• Minot
  
  The Kempf Family: Germans from Russia Weavers on the Dakota Prairies
  A special exhibit from the NDSU Libraries—Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
  
  View items from the exhibit
• Strasburg
  
  Birthplace of Lawrence Welk
  The Lawrence Welk Show: Then and Now
  
  From the NDSU Libraries—Germans from Russia Heritage Collection

Ohio
• Cincinnati
  German Heritage Museum
  Greater Cincinnati Memory Project (Contains many German-American references and images)
  Historic Over-the-Rhine
  • Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce
  • Old St. Mary's Church
• Columbus
  German Village Society
• Zoar
  Zoar Village

Oregon
• Aurora
  Aurora Colony

Pennsylvania
• German Society of Pennsylvania

• Ambridge
  Old Economy Village, the Third Settlement of the Harmony Society
• Berks County
          Gabelsville, Bahr's Mill
  
• Bethlehem
  City of Bethlehem
  The Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
• Ephrata
  Ephrata Cloister
• Harmony
  
  The Harmony Museum
• Harrisburg
  
  Pennsylvania State Archives - Ephrata Cloister Collection
• Kutztown
  
  Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, at Kutztown University
• Lancaster
  Lancaster County Amish Village
  Landis Valley Museum, Outdoor Museum Complex
  Pennsylvania Dutch Country Information Center
• Lititz
  Story of Lititz, Pennsylvania, A Moravian Settlement
• Mohnton (Berks County)
• Montgomery County
  East Greenville, Goschenhoppen
• Nazareth
  C.F. Martin Guitars, since 1833
• Pennsburg
  
  Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center
• Philadelphia
  Germantown
• Strasburg
  Lancaster County Amish Village
  Historic Strasburg, Pennsylvania
• Trappe
  Old Trappe Church of 1743, built by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
• Valley Forge
  Valley Forge National Park
• Womelsdorf
  Conrad Weiser Homestead
• Zelienople
  Zelienople, founded by Baron Dettmar Basse in 1802

Tennessee
• Franklin
  
  The Lotz House Museum
  Completed in 1858, this historic home, built by Johann Albert Lotz, stands on the battlefield of Franklin.
• Memphis
  
  Heritage Tours - Slavehaven
  Home of Jacob Burkle, one of the conductors on the "Underground Railroad."
Texas
• Fredericksburg
  
  Gillespie County Historical Society Museums
• Jefferson County
  
  Smith’s Bluff and Grigsby’s Bluff
• San Antonio
  
  German San Antonio
• Schertz
  
  History of Schertz

Virginia
• Germans in Virginia
• Staunton
  
  Museum of American Frontier Culture
  Contains information on the museum including the real German farm that was brought over from the Rheinland; has a map that you can click on to find out more about the German farm

Washington, D.C.
• Goethe Institute German-American Sites in Washington, D.C.
  Virtual Walking Tour of German-American sites in Washington, D.C.

Washington State
• Leavenworth

Wisconsin
• Milwaukee
  
  Mansion of Beer Baron Frederick Pabst
• New Glarus

Germany

• German cities - panoramic views
• The German Fairy Tale Road (Bremen, Lower Saxony, North Rhein-Westphalia, Hesse)

Bavaria
• Open-Air Museums in Lower Bavaria - Massing and Finsterau

Baden Wurttemberg
• Haslach
  Black Forest Trachtenmuseum

Bremen
• Bremerhaven
  Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven

Hamburg
• Hapag-Halle-Cuxhaven (in German and English)

Lower Saxony
• Cloppenburg
  Museumsdorf Cloppenburg in Niedersachsen (in German)
• Delmenhorst
  Emigration from the former District of Delmenhorst to America (in German and English)

North Rhine - Westphalia
• Hiddesen bei Detmold
  
  Hermannsdenkmal (in English and German)
• Kommern (near Cologne)
  Rhenisch Open-Air Museum and Regional Heritage Museum
  Special exhibition: "Brave New World - Rhinelanders conquer America" (currently in German, English version planned)

Saxony - Anhalt
• Freyburg (Town of Turnvater Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Father of Gymnastics)

Schleswig - Holstein
• Dithmarschen
  
  "Heide Photo Chronicle 1860-1930" (German with English explanations)
  215 historical photographs provide Americans with German ancestors an
  idea what a northern German small town looked a century ago.

Nova Scotia
• Lunenburg County

United States

| Arkansas | California | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland |
Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oregon |
| Pennsylvania | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia | Washington, D.C. | Washington State | Wisconsin |

Germany

| Bavaria | Bremen | Baden Wurttemberg | Hamburg | Lower Saxony |
| North Rhine - Westphalia | Saxony-Anhalt | Schleswig-Holstein

Canada

| Nova Scotia |

Updated: 27 July 2008, BAS Comments to: IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center, mkgac@iupui.edu This page sponsored and maintained by IUPUI University Library. URL: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/gahist.html

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