Celebrate spring and the opening of the Park’s 2025 season by playing Colonial games; learning about historic farming techniques; hand plowing a row in the garden; planting seeds and taking...
Get your hands-on-history by interacting with an eighteenth-century candle maker, blacksmith, woodworker, and potter; sampling food cooked over an open fire; playing Colonial games; touring the 1788 Gemeinhaus and 1834 Log House; watching a soap making demonstration; participating in a water relay; examining archaeological ruins and artifacts; and more. Admission is FREE!
Learn about the connections between the Cherokee People and early Moravians through interactions with the Atsila Anotasgi Cultural Specialists from the Museum of the Cherokee People; a hands-on exhibit of North Carolina Native American artifacts and displays presented by the Lam Museum of Anthropology; and an informative tour around the Park grounds. Admission is FREE!
Spend the first Saturday of fall visiting with artists and artisans; tapping your toes to the sounds of regional musicians; listening to Ken Bloom play the bowed dulcimer; exploring history with eighteenth-century craftsmen; playing Colonial games; having your face painted; purchasing and eating apples; enjoying a meal from your favorite local food vendor; and more!...
Enjoy listening to spooky song selections in the 1788 Gemeinhaus; meeting a few “spirits” of Bethabara’s past during a walk to God’s Acre; gathering under a tent to hear ghost stories by acclaimed storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown; making a corn husk doll; watching Glen Yost’s sleight of hand magic show; playing Colonial games; getting your...
Celebrate the season by touring the decorated 1788 Gemeinhaus and listening to a performance by Duo Licht; tasting Christmas treats made by Moravians in the 1800s; enjoying the sounds of a Moravian Brass Band; making Christmas crafts; dipping a candle; observing a potter, blacksmith, and woodworker; and meeting Sister Anna Catharina (a first-person dramatization). Admission...