On August 9 we celebrated the opening of our latest exhibit in the Gerhard Ens Gallery. Along the Road to Freedom is a collection of 26 paintings created by artist Ray Dirks, who is also the Curator at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg.
Last weekend my family held our twenty-ninth annual family gathering at Clear Lake, in Manitoba’s Riding Mountain National Park.
As you may be aware, Mennonite Heritage Village is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Manitoba by concentrating on Mennonite women both, in our exhibits and in our interpretation of the Village.
Pioneer Days is one of Steinbach’s signature summer festivals and the climax of our summer season at Mennonite Heritage Village.
This year’s first session of Pioneer Day Camp at Mennonite Heritage Village was a great success! The camp ran July 11-15 for 5 to 8-year-olds.
It is not uncommon to be asked, “Who owns Mennonite Heritage Village?” This is a reasonable question, in light of the size and complexity of our museum and the fact that museums are often owned by municipal governments.
We are grateful for the many generous financial donations we have been receiving recently. This week one of those gifts was accompanied by a card in which the donor expressed gratitude for the work we do at Mennonite Heritage Village and specifically reminded us not to forget the faith of our forebears.
As you might have heard, we opened our new exhibit, Beyond Tradition: The Lives of Mennonite Women, on Monday, June 13th in the Gerhard Ens Gallery.
At Mennonite Heritage Village we hope that many visitors will take a look at the latest exhibit in its Gerhard Ens Gallery, also known as the Temporary Gallery.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Manitoba. Mennonites had been disenfranchised for their refusal to fight in the First World War, so neither men nor women were allowed to vote.
