Learn about the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center
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Asia Tabb
Aired; November 25th, 2024.
The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center is an open-air folklife museum and research center dedicated to preserving and celebrating Pennsylvania German folk culture, history, and language in a unique educational setting at Kutztown University.
Patrick Donmoyer is the Director of the Center and has been involved since 2006 when he was a student.
“I had gotten involved back then because I was interested in textiles and the history of historic textile looms, and the center happens to have a number of significant artifacts. I started working on a student project. One thing led to the next, and I was hired on after I graduated and eventually, over time, worked my way up to being director of the center and have been in this role now for 12 years.”
Today, the Pa German Cultural Heritage Center has an extensive research library available for those who wish to study genealogical, historical, and cultural research.
“If people come to our new headquarters today, they can come in to do research any time between 10 a.m. and noon and one and four on Monday through Friday during our normal operation hours. They can also come in and let us know if they’re researching something in particular and we can connect them with those resources to do that research.”
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