The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts is housed in three interconnected mid-1800s homes featuring changing exhibits, period rooms, and galleries highlighting furniture, paintings, china, clothing, and silver. This museum speaks to the changes in style and design over three centuries. The Kemerer Museum is the only museum dedicated to the Decorative Arts in Pennsylvania, and one of only 15 decorative arts museums in the country.
This building is one of the three exhibit spaces for Checking In: Bethlehem's Alluring Accommodations, focusing on hotels and hospitality during the Victorian period. Guests will learn about the ways hotels created a sense of grandeur, while exploring late-nineteenth-century style, accessories, and culture. Guests will also learn about the rise of the Bethlehem bed and breakfast, hospitality in the home, and discover the role hotels played in Prohibition-era Bethlehem.
The next recommended stop on this tour is the location of the Indian Hotel from the 1750s. It is recommended to drive north on Main Street until you reach Goepp Street, then continue towards the direction of the Monocacy Creek. The Indian Hotel used to stand on the west side of the creek.
