Village News

A question I commonly hear is, “So now that the summer season is done, I guess the off-season is pretty slow for you at the museum, isn’t it?” The question always makes me chuckle because it assumes there is an “off-season” at Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV).

It was 4:30pm, and the voice quietly reminding me the past few afternoons to make a call, was saying ‘call now’.

Last week I talked about ‘think about such things’ (Philippians 4:8), that reflection on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, and lovely will help us to live the good life, instead of a judgemental life.

As we celebrated Remembrance Day this past weekend – what concerns me is not the possibility of another world war, but how as a people we are nurturing those things that can lead to it.

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.