The Rural History Confederation (RHC) is an association of museums formed for their mutual benefit and dedicated to preserving the past and to promoting historical awareness of the region. A visit to one of or all of these unique historic museums will give you a comprehensive view of how southeastern Pennsylvania blossomed from a time period before the Revolutionary War into the industrial age.

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Hope Lodge

553 South Bethlehem Pike Fort Washington, PA 19034 215-646-1595 Built in 1743-1748 by Samuel Morris, a wealthy Quaker entrepreneur, it Continue reading →

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

2 Mark Bird Lane Elverson, PA 19520 610-582-8773 Five Miles south of Birdsboro on Route 345 and at the center Continue reading →

John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove

1201 Pawlings Road Audubon, PA 19403 610-666-5593 Built in 1762, between 1803 and 1806 Mill Grove served as the first Continue reading →

Mennonite Heritage Center

565 Yoder Road Harleysville, PA 19438 215-256-3020 Mennonites came from Germany and Switzerland to Penn’s Woods over 300 years ago seeking Continue reading →

Morgan Log House

850 Weikel Road Lansdale, PA 19446 (West of Route 363, between Allentown and Snyder Roads) 215-368-2480 This splendid example of early Continue reading →

Newlin Grist Mill

219 South Cheyney Road Glen Mills, PA 19342 610-459-2359 The Newlin Grist Mill is a private non-profit organization dedicated to historical Continue reading →

Pennsbury Manor

400 Pennsbury Memorial Road Morrisville, PA 19067 215-946-0400 Pennsbury Manor is the reconstruction of William Penn’ country estate.  It is Continue reading →

Pennypacker Mills

5 Haldeman Road Schwenksville, PA 19473 610-287-9349 This turn-of-the-20th-century Colonial Revival mansion of former Pennsylvania Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker is in Continue reading →

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