Programs & Events

january 26, 2012

Book Signing at the Apollo Grill

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

at the Apollo Grill, 85 W. Broad St., Bethlehem

Authors William G. Weiner Jr. and Karen M. Samuels will be signing copies of their latest publication Bethlehem in Postcards at the Apollo Grill on Thursday, January 26.

Buy your copy of the book at the book signing and proceeds of the book will go to the Moravian Archives.

March 11, 2012

Friends' Day:

Moravians and the End of Times

Recently there has been much talk about the world coming to an end. According to the calendar of the Mayans the apocalypse will come on December 21 of this year. In 2011 a man from Florida announced several dates for the rapture to take place.

At the 2012 Friends’ Day Moravian archivist, Paul Peucker, will speak about when Moravians expected the end of times. A little known fact is that even Zinzendorf tried to calculate the year the world would come to an end.

All Friends of the Archives (and future Friends!) are welcome to join us at 3:00 pm on March 11, 2012.

march 11 - december 21, 2012

Exhibit: Lehigh Valley Landscapes

June 4 - 15, 2012

German Script Course

A two-week intensive course in reading 18th and 19th century German manuscripts. The Moravian Archives is the only place in the country that offers such a course in German paleography.

For more information click here.

October 11 - 14, 2012

Third Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music

This conference is sponsored by the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Moravian College, and the Center of Moravian Studies at Moravian Theological Seminary, in partnership with the Moravian Music Foundation, the Moravian Historical Society, and the Historic Bethlehem Partnership.

The conference will examine various aspects of the history and culture of the Moravians (also known as Unitas Fratrum or Herrnhuters) within their context.

Find the call for papers on the conference website.

For more information go to the conference website.