Updated: 5/3/2025
The Friends of Old Economy Village, a non-profit fundraising organization supporting Old Economy Village, is open and active.
The Harmonie Associates volunteer organization, now known as the Friends of Old Economy, was established in 1956 to preserve and interpret Old Economy Village, a property of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. This attraction includes buildings, grounds, a library and archive, and more than 16,000 original artifacts. It is interpreted for visitors by costumed volunteers playing prominent Harmonist Society figures and offers a hands-on learning environment and curriculum-enhancing programs for area students.
A visitor’s center is located at the gateway to Old Economy Village and the Ambridge Historic District. Thousands of townspeople and tourists enjoy ethnic food, music, and entertainment at the annual Ambridge Nationality Days festival in the Downtown Commercial District. An annual tour of historic churches also draws heritage tourists and increases appreciation for churches ranging from St. John’s Lutheran Church, built by the Harmonist Society in 1838 and one of the oldest churches in southwestern Pennsylvania, to Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, built in 1917.
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