Take a virtual tour of the Mount Gretna Area Historical Society Museum. This 15-minute video begins with an historic overview of Mount Gretna and includes photos and descriptions of some of our most notible exhibits. Special “Thank You” to Anne Brossman Sweigart Center for History.
Learn about Mount Gretna history and how you can help to preserve it by reading, The Gretna Chronicles, our bi-annual newsletter. Visit our Newsletter Archives Page or click the image here to open the Fall 2025 edition.

Latest Publication

GLIMPSES OF THE PAST VOLUME 8: SUMMERS ON THE EDGE OF THE WOODS

We continue to explore yet another area of our beloved Mount Gretna through our Glimpses of the Past series. This booklet, Summers on the edge of the Woods, is #8 in the series. Its focus is on Abraham Kauffman’s Heights. The author is Elizabeth Wein,  an award-winning author. Most importantly, she has deep roots in Mount Gretna as she spent many summers with her great-grandmother, Mae Berger Saylor, who was a Heights resident. Elizabeth now lives in Scotland but makes yearly visits to Mount Gretna Abraham Kauffman was quite the entrepreneur, and this booklet uncover many unknown facts about him as a person as well as his ventures into amusement park developer, hotelier, dance hall operator and more. Other key players in the development of the Heights are introduced along with the challenges of building the infrastructure that exists today. Be ready to learn how the term “riff raff” is used in this entertaining and informative newest publication.

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Cottage Histories

Have you ever wondered what your cottage would tell you if it could talk?  In fact, we used to have a program with that title: “If Cottages Could Talk.” At the program, cottage owners shared the results of their research, enlightening all in attendance about the cottages and the broader history of the community.

One of the most often asked questions we get is, “What can you tell me about my cottage?” The Mount Gretna Area Historical Society would love to add your story to our collection and compile a database of such information and encourages all owners to research and share with us what they learn about the history of their properties.

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Local History

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28th Infantry Division Association

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