All Tours: 4

Campus History Walking Tour

23 Locations ~ Curated by Special Collections & Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
Founded in 1848 as the Allentown Seminary, Muhlenberg College was reconstituted in 1867 as an institution of higher education whose purpose was to educate young men from the Lutheran community. Prior to 1905, the College and the affiliated Allentown…

Through the (Alternative) Red Doors: Unbuilt Muhlenberg

6 Locations ~ Curated by Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
Every once in a while, we in the archives come across evidence of Muhlenberg buildings that were planned but never came to be....or sketches that show very different ideas of what campus buildings could have looked like. This tour is designed to…

"Building" Fraternity & Sorority Life at Muhlenberg

30 Locations ~ Curated by Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
When we think about Greek houses at Muhlenberg, the few campus staples immediately come to mind: ATO, SigEp, PKT. But Muhlenberg's Greek history stretches back further than just these few organizations and campus houses. In fact,…

Muhlenberg College Public Sculpture Tour

7 Locations ~ Curated by Sophie Kolakowski '24
It’s hard for present day Muhlenberg students to imagine their school without the iconic steel giant, Victor’s Lament, on the front lawn and the other sculptures that populate campus. However, many of these college landmarks were not constructed and…