Museum of Indian Culture

Museum of Indian Culture
Established 1980
Location 2825 Fish Hatchery Road
Allentown, Pennsylvania USA
Coordinates 40°34′22″N 75°30′16″W / 40.572762°N 75.504313°W / 40.572762; -75.504313
Type Cultural
Website www.museumofindianculture.org

The Museum of Indian Culture is a non-profit organization and educational center. Founded in 1980, it is dedicated to presenting, preserving, and perpetuating the history of the Lenape and other Northeastern Woodland Indian cultures.[1] The Museum of Indian Culture is located in the Lehigh Parkway at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Information about the museum and its programs and events may be found through its website.

The museum was founded by Dorothy Schiavone and her daughter, Carla Messinger. The building in which the museum is located is a historic Pennsylvania German stone farm house and two-story stone spring house built by the Bieber family around 1750.[2]

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References

  1. Museum of Indian Culture/History About Us, retrieved 2008-06-17
  2. Troy, Liz (April 27, 1998), "Lenni Lenape Society Trying To Save Little Lehigh Parkway Springhouse.", The Morning Call, pp. D.1

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