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The German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA® serves as the national membership association for German-American heritage. GAHF cultivates a greater awareness for German-American heritage and history through outreach efforts that deepen cultural understanding. 

In March 2010, the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA (GAHF) opened the German-American Heritage Museum (GAHM) as the first national inspiration for German-American heritage and culture.

GAHF is an educational organization and serves as the national umbrella organization in which German Americans work together on vital issues of common concern and promote their heritage. Our mission is to preserve and inform about the history of  Americans of German-speaking ancestry and their role in building the United States. We want to excite the next generations to rediscover their roots, while strengthening political, cultural, and economic transatlantic relations. GAHF was founded in 1977 and chartered in 1978 as the United German-American Committee of the USA, Inc. as an independent, tax-exempt educational not-for-profit organization.

Our museum tells the story of all Americans of German-speaking ancestry and how they helped shape our great nation today. We collect, record, preserve, and exhibit this rich cultural legacy. We are a place for continuing discussion, study, and development of ideas about Americans of German, Austrian and Swiss descent, their shared heritage, their values, and their future.