The Amish Experience is a complete interpretive center offering tours, theater shows, and meals. The Amish Farmlands Tour takes visitors deep into the beautiful countryside with a certified guide, and the Visit-in-Person Tour provides the opportunity to meet and talk to the Amish where they live and work.
The Amish Country Homestead & One-Room School provides visitors an inside look at how the Amish learn, dress, and live without electricity, with a guide to interpret the riddles of Amish culture. Certified Heritage Site.
Various entertainment options include the acclaimed "Jacob's Choice," about an Amish boys struggle to balance faith and family against the allure of the outside world, told on five screens with special effects. Also available are Magic Lantern Shows, a form of entertainment before the movies, presented by a live showman with music and images projected from a rare, authentic 1890's "triunial" magic Lantern.
Also on the property is the Plain & Fancy Restaurant, buggy rides, an upscale inn, and a country store, all in the heart of the oldest Amish settlement in America. www.AmishExperience.com
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