CLOSED DECEMBER 24 & 25 | All operations of LancasterHistory will be closed to the public on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25. We reopen to the public for regular operating hours on Friday, December 26, EXCEPT the Research Center which will remain closed. Thank you!
Open Mon – Sat, 9:30am – 5pm | Wheatland Tours 10am – 3pm
Perhaps the best way to spend a warm Lancaster County day is cooling off by the Susquehanna River. Swimming, fishing, boating, enjoying the summer breeze, sitting in a Susquehanna Pothole. Yes. Susquehanna Pothole. Those well-worn rocks – dimpled, donut-holed, deeply dug out – all a testament to the eroding powers of sediment-laden water and most […]
Read MoreDuring President James Buchanan’s twenty years residing at Wheatland, he kept several animals (domesticated and otherwise) on the property. Buchanan’s beloved 170-pound Newfoundland, Lara, was a frequent presence at Wheatland and remains among the largest dogs to ever occupy the White House. Less traditional pets at Wheatland included two Sierra Nevada eagles. The eagles were […]
Read MoreLancaster General Hospital admitted its first patient on December 18, 1893.