Ephrata Cloister was one of America's earliest communal societies. Housed in a unique collection of medieval style buildings, this community of religious celebrants practiced an austere lifestyle which emphasized spiritual and mystical goals rather than material objectives. Ten of the original buildings have been restored and interpreted to recreate this unusual 18th century communal site. Hours are Mon. Closed holidays except Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day.
Admission is charged.
632 West Main Street, Ephrata, Lancaster County, 17522. The Fort Pitt Museum unfolds the saga of the bitter struggle between Britain and France for control of North America. The museum is located in a re-created eighteenth century bastion of the famous British fort on the forks of the Ohio River in Point State Park, Pittsburgh. On this point the British and French erected the fortifications that protected their claims to the early west and the Indian trade. The exhibits recount the struggle that exploded into the French and Indian War and develop the story of the founding of Pittsburgh.