Village News

Regular readers of this blog will recall that I spent the first 20 years of my life in the Burwalde School District between Winkler and Morden.

Every morning I receive an email from a clipping service at the Canadian Museums Association providing me with museum-related articles from various media sources.

The Waldheim House, built in 1876 by Julius Dyck (1852-1909) in the former village of Waldheim (near Morden), is the oldest building on the grounds of Mennonite Heritage Village.

It was a pleasure to recently have lunch with a small group of volunteers at Mennonite Heritage Village. Predictably Christmas became a key part of our conversation around the table.

On an exceptionally beautiful November morning, with the sun shining and the temperature well above freezing, approximately 120 interested people gathered near the sawmill on the Mennonite Heritage Village grounds.

It might have been my farm background that piqued my interest in this year’s Mennonite Studies Conference at the University of Winnipeg.

At 11:00 a.m. on November 12 a cairn honoring Mennonite Conscientious Objectors during World War II will be unveiled at the Mennonite Heritage Village.

As someone who works in a museum, I find it so interesting to see items considered so precious that families have kept them for many years.

Several weeks ago I was elected to the Council (Board of Directors) of the Association of Manitoba Museums at its Annual General Meeting in Boissevain, Manitoba.

The ending of our summer season marks the beginning of a new and different season of activity at Mennonite Heritage Village.