Mennonite Heritage Village

The Mennonite Heritage Village is an open air museum outside of the Canadian town of Steinbach, Manitoba. It was founded in 1990 and documented the lives of the immigrant to Canada Mennonites.

The approximately 17 -acre museum has reconstructed and restored historic buildings that date back to the entire Canadian space and the history of Mennonite immigrants to Canada documented until the 20th century. There are, among others, several churches, a school, a blacksmith ( Blacksmith ), a sawmill ( Sawmill Shelters ), several shops, a historic granary, a Dutch windmill. A large part of the building dates from the late 19th century as well as the 1881 finished Mennonite school from the Canadian site Blumenhof in Altona. The first windmill built in 1877 was destroyed by fire in 2000 and was rebuilt with the help of Canadian and Dutch craftsmen again the following year. The museum also features a sod house is issued, which was often used by newly arriving immigrants as the first dwelling. In the General Store, among other crafts are sold. The museum also documents the development and production of quilts.

In 1990 completed Village Centre is a documentary that gives an overview of the Anabaptist- Mennonite history and culture of the last 500 years. The auditorium spaces for larger gatherings. Before the Village Centre is a monument in memory of the history of the persecuted and emigrated to North America Russia Mennonites. The place where the museum is located, was also founded in 1874 by immigrants from Russia Mennonites. On the site there are two more memorials for Jacob Hoeppner and Johann Bartsch. The museum has a bookstore and a restaurant serving traditional Mennonite food.

In addition to the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach there under the same name another museum in Saskatchewan under the name Amish Mennonite Heritage Center & a similarly -designed museum in Ohio.

Gallery

Residential house of 1876 from Waldheim

Exhibited quilte