Mennonite Heritage Center


The Mennonite Heritage Center is a museum, library and exhibition space in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia, about the Mennonites of Eastern Pennsylvania.

Examples of exhibits

From April 2017 through March 2018 the exhibit "Opportunity & Conscience: Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania" runs, which includes:
There is a semi-permanent exhibit "Work and Hope: Mennonite Life in Eastern Pennsylvania", which uses images and artifacts to illustrate three centuries of Mennonite life in the region.
The center has a gallery of Fraktur.
In 2015 the Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a "hymnal series", that is, groups singing hymns of historical significance to the Mennonite community.

Events

Annual events include the Apple Butter Frolic autumn festival in October, the "Christmas Feast" show and craft and food sale, and a Used Book Sale.

Other facilities

There is a museum store selling framed Fraktur prints, Redware pottery, other stoneware pottery, textiles, CDs, notecards, cookbooks, genealogies, books and DVDs about Mennonites, local history and culture, etc.
Beginning in 2012 the Center renovated a 3,200-square-foot traditional barn, the Paul M. Nyce Barn, which it rents for events such as wedding receptions.
The Center maintains a blog on its website with histories of local families descended from Mennonite immigrants.

Official website

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