Winters Heritage House Museum, Elizabethtown

About Winters Heritage House Museum

Winters Heritage House Museum in Elizabethtown preserves the area's colonial heritage through restored log cabins built by Scots-Irish and German settlers in the 1760s. Visitors explore these original structures and discover how early families lived by examining hearth cooking demonstrations, historic tools, textiles, and traditional crafts. The museum offers self-guided tours, guided docent tours, and extended tours that include the gardens and a community mural. Hands-on activities and arts and crafts occupy a dedicated area for children. The Seibert Genealogy and Research Library, housed at the museum, contains family records, tax documents, oral histories, maps, photographs, and deeds for visitors researching their ancestry. Programs including Colonial Story Hour, sewing circles, quilting classes, and gardening activities run throughout the season. Located a block from Elizabethtown's square with free parking, the museum suits history enthusiasts, genealogy researchers, families seeking weekend activities, and those curious about local heritage.