FOCUS EXHIBITS
2025 Exhibit
April 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
1825: Lafayette in Lancaster
Our 2025 Focus Exhibit in the Snyder Gallery will re-trace the Marquis de Lafayette’s journey through Lancaster County in 1825, highlighting historic material culture which reflects some of the stops that he made during his visit.
To learn more about upcoming events, please visit our Special Events page.
Past Focus Exhibits
April - November 2024
A Time to Mourn: Death & Mourning in Pennsylvania 1750-1820
April - November, 2023
The Market Town & The Metropolis: 18th Century Lancaster and Its Artistic Connections to Philadelphia
June 1, 2022—October 30, 2022
Long Rifles of the American Revolution:
How Lancaster County Craftsmen Helped Win the War
Miss the focus exhibit?
Click here to read the April 2022 article in Early American Life,
written by Jeanmarie Andrews.
Visit our Museum Shop for more information about the exhibition catalog!
