Summer is a wonderful time to connect with friends and family and it’s a great time to plan an organized trip to Mennonite Heritage Village.
Anyone who visits Mennonite Heritage Village is impressed by the size of our museum. It is difficult to fit a trip to MHV into your schedule unless you have two to four hours to spare in your day.
Museums are often places of certainty – spaces where artefacts are carefully labeled, stories are thoughtfully interpreted, and the past is presented with clarity.
May is an exciting month here at the Mennonite Heritage Village! On May 1st at 9am, our heritage buildings in the Village got unlocked for the first time in the spring season.
I was drawn to Mennonite Heritage Village because of my own family history. Raised a Mennonite in Jantsied, I grew up eating forma vorscht and schmaunt fat.
Spring in Manitoba is a wonderful time of year. Daylight hours are getting longer. The temperature is edging towards above zero for nighttime and double digits for daytime.
Why are museums important? For anyone working at a museum, this question comes up in conversations occasionally. And there are several reasons.
Attending a company business meeting isn’t everyone’s favourite way to spend an evening, but it is a legal requirement for all not-for-profit organizations.
Did you know that April is National Volunteer Month? Here at MHV, we rely heavily on our amazing team of volunteers!
Not-For-Profit organizations exist to meet a need in the community. Most of us have a job and we have obligations to look after our place of residence, whether an owned or a rented home. But a community requires more than that to thrive.