Make sure and taste the sausages smoked aver apple wood in the museum's 18th century smokehouse, and take home a snitz pie or jar of fresh apple butter. Snitz Fest hours are 10 am to 3 pm. Candlelight Tours of the 1719 Herr House feature wintertime and holiday activities in every in every room of the oldest original building in Lancaster County, specialy illuminated and decorated for this weekend evening event. After arriving visiters will be conducted in small groups down to the Herr House in a Conestoga wagon drawn by oxen. An hour long tour of the 1719 House will be followed by free refreshments, caroling around a bonfire and additional demonstations such as blacksmithing, fur trapping, and other special exhibits.
Lines can be long so come early.
These special events at the Hans Herr House are open to the general public. PA 272 to the west. April 1st through November 30th. December 1- March 31, the museum is open by appointment only.