Village News

Every year we hear from numerous not-for-profit organizations about the value they bring to a community and the ‘good’ they are doing for community members.

Many of us know facts about our family’s history, including experiences from our own growing up years, and stories we have heard from our parents and our grandparents.

The Mennonite Heritage Village preserves and exhibits the experience and story of the Mennonites who came from present day Ukraine to settle in Manitoba in the 1870’s and onward.

The province of Manitoba is our home and in 1986, the government of Manitoba officially designated May 12 as Manitoba Day.

Mennonite Heritage Village hires youth and young adults every spring to assist our permanent staff with various aspects of operating an outdoor museum and tourist attraction.

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.

We are one week away from the MHV Volunteer Orientation on April 24th. We start off with a BBQ at 6:00pm and then have a brief update and orientation for returning and new volunteers at 7:00pm.

This past week the Mennonite Heritage Village held its Annual General Meeting where members gathered to hear MHV staff and MHV board members report on the activities, programs, events and decisions that occurred in the previous year at the museum.

When you are travelling with family or with friends, and you stop at a hotel for night, it is common to check out the literature at the front desk or search the internet for ‘things to do’ at your overnight location.

The Mennonite experience in Manitoba during the late 19th and early 20th centuries is a story of resilience, change, and cultural adaptation, detailing the community’s transformative journey in a new land.