Night at the Museum – The Sun Inn

Historical Private Dining Experience

Enjoy a Historic Dining Experience in a Private Museum Room

You can include a Christmas City Spirits Tasting!

Not Available during Musikfest or the Months of November and December

Your Night at the Museum

Name(Required)

First Last

*No Availability for the first three weeks of August or November/December

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Desired Date *No Availability for the first three weeks of August or November/December(Required)

Number of people in your party? (2-10 people)(Required)

What experience(s) would you like in your private museum room?(Required)

Dinner in the Museum – $15/person (dinner priced separately)

Christmas City Spirits Tasting – $25/person (dinner priced separately)

Dinner in the Museum and Spirits Tasting – $25/person (dinner priced separately)

Dining is subject to availability Wednesday through Saturday during Restaurant hours. Spirit tastings can be requested anytime but subject to availability.

Are you a member of the Sun Inn?(Required)

Yes, I’m a member (Will be verified)

No, but I’m interested in becoming a member

No, thank you

Members receive one free tasting and 10% off full-price food orders.

Would you like to add a docent from the Sun Inn Preservation Association to guide you through a history of the Sun Inn?(Required)

Yes

1 – $50 extra charge to the party.

Museum Room Descriptions

The Gaststube or “Guest Parlor”

Pronounced Gash-tooba

This is the guest welcoming/departing room in which guests of the Inn would have been entertained while waiting for their room or for a coach later in the day. The room includes a large functioning fireplace, a representative table with items you may have found in a colonial-era home, a timeline of the Inn’s history, and a period clock made locally in the early 1800s.

The Colonial Kitchen

A replica of a traditional colonial hearth anchors the room’s ambiance. This is where the meals were prepared for guests. The cuisine of the Inn became so well known that many dignitaries would plan to stop here on their way north and south between New York City and Philadelphia. The room includes the hearth and a plethora of other period tools and artifacts you would have found around a traditional Moravian homestead.

The Martha Washington Suite

Dine as the first First Lady would have in a private suite known to be located where she stayed while at the Sun Inn. The Sun Inn was the first place of lodging in the New World to have a private suite. This made it very attractive to people of means to stay here and dine on the Inn’s famous cuisine in their own private space. The room is set up to let you experience where special guests would have stayed. Two bedrooms connect to a common area. The room has a traditional finish and includes a locally produced period clock and a set of original shutters.