Village News

At Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV), we are excited to collaborate with Eastman Tourism when we can. Currently, they are helping our region develop experiential tourism.

This past week I had the privilege of attending the Association of Manitoba Museums’ (AMM) annual conference.

It can be argued that you need us museums. Museums like Mennonite Heritage Village can expand your mind, provide a great venue for multi-generational interaction, care for your well-being and more.

Mennonites are a driven people. As the Leaving Canada exhibit at Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) shows we often don’t stay in one place for long.

Slowing down for our children as we drive by their schools should not be the only time that we slow down for them.

There is a stereotype of Mennonites being austere, severe, serious, and much less concerned with aesthetics than with practicality, but when visitors walk into the Summer Kitchen at Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV), all those assumptions are turned on their heads.

This year Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) has started a new initiative called ‘All My Relations’. ‘All my relations’ is a common Indigenous phrase that emphasizes the value of family relations and the relationships we share with all human beings and the earth.

At the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) we are happy to have trees and plants surrounding our historic buildings and algae in our pond.

On September 5th, with warm temperatures and a cool autumn breeze in place, Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) hosted our Fall on the Farm festival.

Mennonites like starting movements. From the Radical Reformation to justice initiatives like the Canadian Foodgrains Bank that helps feed the world’s poor, to several peace initiatives including the Peace Trek and the Dirk Willems Peace Garden that we just completed in August.