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Welcome to Berks County, Pennsylvania.

This site is your guide to our rich heritage. Use it to chart your trip back more than 250 years through our storied history.

Berks County Museum Council

The Berks County Museum Council is supported in part by a grant from the
Berks County Commissioners.

 

Take a ride
 


Berks County –

Go where Pennsylvania German culture, exciting historic sites and fascinating museums make you feel welcome.   Be where rich resources for discovering the history of your own family and of your Country make you feel like a proud part of it.

Take a ride to enjoy the beautiful countryside, the covered bridges, canals, mills, and distinctive architecture.  Introduce your family to frontiersman Daniel Boone.  Get acquainted with automotive pioneer Charles Duryea or Indian treaty maker Conrad Weiser.

Stop awhile and take in the important railroad and automobile transportation history of Pennsylvania.  Feel the heat of the early iron furnaces and the thrill of antique aircraft. 

It all comes together for you in remarkable Berks County, Pennsylvania!

 


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