Visitor Center

Volunteers and staff can answer your questions at the Visitor Center.

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Your first stop should be the Hopewell Furnace NHS Visitor Center where you will find exhibits tracing the 112 years of furnace operations and the making of iron products. You will learn about Hopewell's community and the formidable skills and teamwork needed to make the iron products. The park's stove collection is also on display, including the original Mark Bird 1772 stove.

The park's 15 minute introductory film provides an orientation to the historic village and outstanding background pertaining to the park's purpose and national significance.

You can still shop for Hopewell Furnace NHS related items by visiting the Eastern National online Bookstore. Items include a variety of souvenirs, such as postcards, t-shirts, magnets, Junior Ranger items as well as Park Ranger-recommended books and films. Proceeds help fund programming at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. The Museum Store is managed by Eastern National, a not-for-profit cooperating association.In addition, park staff and volunteers are available to assist visitors with site orientation, directions and information.

 

One of the stamps available only at the Visitor Center.

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Stamp My Passport to Your National Parks

National Park Passport Stamps are only aviable at the visitor center during operating hours. Stamps include Hopewell Furnace NHS, Buckley and Brooke Office and Store, 1771-2021 250 Celebration, and a Junior Ranger Stamp.

Restrooms

Public restrooms are located outside on the lower level of the Visitor Center. A water fountain with a bottle filling station and doggie drinking station is located just outside the restrooms.

Pets

Pets on leash are welcome to accompany their owners in the historic village. Only certified service dogs are permitted to enter historic structures with their owners. Since Hopewell Furnace is also a working farm, visitors are asked not to feed the farm animals and keep dogs away from the livestock.

 

Operating Hours

Visitor Center and Grounds

The visitor center and grounds are open on Wednesdays- Sundays, 9am-5pm except for January 1, Thanksgiving, and December 25. It is open on all other federal holidays that fall between Wednesday and Sunday, and is closed on federal holdays that fall on Mondays or Tuesdays. The park is always open on Independence Day even if it falls on a Monday or Tuesday.

On days Hopewell Furnace is closed, its historic buildings, parking lot and visitor center are unavailable for use, but its trails (which interconnect with those of neighboring French Creek State Park) remain open.

Restrooms will remain open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on days that the park is closed between Memorial Day and Labor Day. During the rest of the year, restrooms will remain closed on days when the park is closed. Unscheduled closures may occur due to emergencies or inclement weather.

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