Current Exhibit: opened Friday, August 2, 2024. Exhibit carried over to the Spring of 2026 For generations, Low-German Mennonites have moved to different countries to keep living according to their […]
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Views from Manitoba 1890-1940 “Mennonite Village Photography” exhibit features a beautiful collection of never-before-seen photographs left behind by four Manitoba Mennonite photographers who lived and worked in the early twentieth […]
From 1923 to 1930, over 24,000 Mennonites fled the Soviet Union, having survived years of war, violence, hardship, and trauma. The Russländer commemorates the 100th anniversary of the start of […]
About the Exhibit: Since 2001, Margruite Krahn has been unearthing historical floor patterns in Mennonitehousebarns, documenting historical patterns from villages all over southern Manitoba. Herresearch has taken her from Manitoba […]
Exhibit Dates: June 4, 2022 to November 30, 2022 Exhibit Opening: June 5th Description: On March 1, 1922, a large group of Old Colony Mennonites gathered at the railway station […]
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Mennonites have a long-standing history of meeting violence with non-resistance. At various times, like in the 1870s when, faced with the threatened loss of military exemption in Russia, more than […]
Celebrate a century of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) with Mennonite Heritage Village’s exhibit MCC 100 Years. 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of MCC, a non-profit charity established in 1920 with […]
From 1923 to 1930 over 24,000 Mennonites fled the Soviet Union, having survived years of war, violence, hardship, and trauma. The Russländer explores the lives and stories of these immigrants […]
The Art of Mennonite Clocks An Exhibition of Mennonite Wall Clocks and Their Stories Spanning More Than Two Centuries The exhibition showcases 33 clocks and their stories. Mennonite Heritage Village […]
Main Gerhard_Ens Auditorium Art Hall At the Village Center we house a Main Gallery. This gallery features the history of the Mennonites from the 1500s to the present day. We […]
Explore a turn-of-the century Russian Mennonite street village on our 40 acre site. Taste traditional Mennonite fare at the museum’s Livery Barn Restaurant, and explore a classic Mennonite housebarn and […]
Explore Storied Places through the eyes of local students in both Elementary School as well as Highschool. See their Storied Places in their photo essays on display in the Auditorium […]
May 19, 2017 to June 9, 2017 Gerhard Ens Gallery Outlines the historical context of the Suffragist movement and commemorates the 100th anniversary of Manitoba women winning the right to […]
July 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 Gerhard Ens Gallery Storied Places will provide a basis for discussion about how everyone – immigrants and their descendants, Mennonites and non-Mennonites – […]