Village News

The spectacle of the threshing demonstration, with the steam engine roaring and golden straw flying through the air, sparks interest and a crowd of spectators on festival days at Mennonite Heritage Village.

Volunteers enrich any community. It’s been quite a while since we last wrote about volunteer opportunities at Mennonite Heritage Village.

New donations add to our collection of artifacts and our collection of stories. The stories are often as interesting as the artifacts.

For several years it has been obvious to us that our oldest heritage house, The Waldheim House, has been in need of significant repairs.

Pioneer Days, the Signature Festival of Mennonite Heritage Village, was successful in a number of respects. Attendance at this four-day event was up for the fourth consecutive year.

For the very first time at Mennonite Heritage Village, visitors will get a chance to listen to our newly restored player piano during Pioneer Days!

Healthy organizations spend a significant amount of time anticipating and planning for the future. This planning is likely to be more effective when the leaders of the organization understand and build on its foundations.

The first Mennonites to come from Russia to Canada arrived in Southeastern Manitoba in 1874, in the area then known as the East Reserve and today as the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

When we had to cancel our Spring on the Farm festival on Victoria Day, I made a point of telling people that when I acknowledge that God has created the weather which causes us to cancel such an event, the cancellation doesn’t upset me.

An intriguing new exhibit has recently been assembled in the Gerhard Ens Gallery at Mennonite Heritage Village.