• Reading Room Closed 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    The MAB reading room will be closed from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm for a Lecture: “When Billy Sunday Comes to Town: Moravian Reactions to America’s Most Sensationalist Evangelist” by Jared Burkholder.   To register for this event please visit, Lecture: “When Billy Sunday Comes to Town: Moravian Reactions to America’s Most Sensationalist Evangelist”r

  • Moravian Archives Closed

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Moravian Archives Reading Room will be closed for an event

  • Lecture: Poetry, Companionship, and the Divine: The Life Journey of Bishop Georg Heinrich Loskiel (1740–1815)

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    noontime lecture at the Moravian Archives by Dr. Māra Grudule in person at the Moravian Archives; online via Zoom (for online participation, please fill out the form below) Georg Heinrich Loskiel (1740-1814), a Baltic German, is known for his history of the Moravian missions among the Native American. He served as pastor of the Bethlehem […]

  • Reading Room Closed 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    The MAB reading room will be closed from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm for the event Lecture: Poetry, Companionship, and the Divine: The Life Journey of Bishop Georg Heinrich Loskiel (1740–1815) by Māra Grudule.   To register for the lecture in person or via zoom please visit, Poetry, Companionship, and the Divine: The Life Journey […]

  • Moravian Archives Closed

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    It is Moravian University’s Heritage day and we are looking forward to welcoming a team of volunteers from Moravian University!

  • Lecture: An Establishment of Order and Prosperity: Outsider Visitation to Moravian Bethlehem

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Lecture at the Moravian Archives, with reception to follow, and via Zoom (registration below) Christopher J. Malone, Curator at Historic Trappe Our lecture series is sponsored by Campbell, Rappold & Yurasits LLP The Moravian town of Bethlehem went through a series of developmental changes that saw the community go from a closed-form of church-controlled communalism […]

  • Summer Soirée

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Reception under the tent adjacent to the Moravian Archives building, 41 W. Locust Street, Bethlehem

  • Bingo Night at the Sun Inn

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Join us for a Bingo Night at the Sun Inn Courtyard! MAB Staff will be calling games all night and offering exciting prizes! Join us for a game, rain or shine. Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Sun Inn Courtyard 564 Main Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 $35 for 10 games, 4 boards per game Registration opens at […]

  • Archives Closed

    Moravian Archives Closed
    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    The Moravian Archives is closed to volunteers and researchers due to our annual German Script Course.

  • German Script Course

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    This intensive course on learning to read German script is now in its 55th year and is the longest-running course of its kind in the country. The course is taught by Dr. Paul Peucker and Thomas McCullough, experts and experienced instructors in reading and writing German script. To learn more or to register for the […]

  • Spring Book + Print Sale (Reading Room closed to researchers)

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Spring Book + Print Sale May 15th - May 16th: 9am - 3pm May 17th: 9am - 1pm Moravian Archives 41 West Locust Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 This May, we are hosting a big book and print sale in our reading room at the Moravian Archives! Browse from a wide selection of new, used, German-language, […]

  • Spring Book + Print Sale (Reading Room closed to researchers)

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Spring Book + Print Sale May 15th - May 16th: 9am - 3pm May 17th: 9am - 1pm Moravian Archives 41 West Locust Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 This May, we are hosting a big book and print sale in our reading room at the Moravian Archives! Browse from a wide selection of new, used, German-language, […]

  • Spring Book + Print Sale (Reading Room closed to researchers)

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Spring Book + Print Sale May 15th - May 16th: 9am - 3pm May 17th: 9am - 1pm Moravian Archives 41 West Locust Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 This May, we are hosting a big book and print sale in our reading room at the Moravian Archives! Browse from a wide selection of new, used, German-language, […]

  • Coffee Hour with an Archivist: Using MAB Online Search Tools

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    Topic: Using MAB Online Search Tools Format: Online (Zoom) Presenter: Tom McCullough, assistant archivist Participants: 40 (max) Interested in learning more about how to identify relevant resources held in the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem? This Coffee Hour with an Archivist focuses on helping researchers identify and access both archival materials and publications preserved in the Moravian Archives, […]

  • Lecture: Modernizing the Southern Province Moravian Archives

    Address 41 West Locust Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

    online lecture by Meaghan O'Riordan, Archivist of the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province When Meaghan O’Riordan arrived to serve as archivist for the Moravian Archives in the Southern Province in August of 2022, the archives had been without an archivist for two years. It was clear that this was a well-loved and treasured collection […]