Mennonite Heritage Center
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The Mennonite Heritage Center is a museum, library and exhibition space in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, United States, {{convert|32|mile|km}} 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:{{cite web |url=http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20170503/NEWS/170509953 |title=Mennonite Heritage Center banquet, exhibit focus on immigration |website=www.thereporteronline.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503194731/http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20170503/NEWS/170509953 |archive-date=3 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.montgomerynews.com/northpennlife/communities/community-calendar-week-of-aug/article_9475520a-761c-11e7-8634-6f0d100163e7.html|title=Community Calendar: Week of Aug. 6|website=Montgomery News|accessdate=Apr 9, 2019}}
- a recreation of an immigrant ship during the late 1600s and early 1700s, in which Mennonites emigrated from Europe
- a recreated sitting room in an early immigrant home
- interview with or writings by recent immigrants
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.{{cite web|url=http://mhep.org/exhibits/|title=Exhibits|accessdate=Apr 9, 2019}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20150713/NEWS/150719956 |title=Mennonite Heritage Center celebrates 40 years with hymnal series |website=www.thereporteronline.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811222448/http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20150713/NEWS/150719956 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}
;Gallery
File:Quilt at Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.jpg|A quilt
File:Dishware at Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.jpg|Redware pottery
File:Bibles and hymnals at Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.jpg|Bibles and hymnals
File:Historic clothing at Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.jpg|Historic clothing
File:Model of interior of a house at Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania.jpg|A model of interior of a house
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.{{cite web|url=http://mhep.org/barn-weddings/|title=Feature Barn Wedding Rental near Philadelphia!|accessdate=Apr 9, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://mhep.org/nyce-barn-project/|title=Nyce Barn Project|accessdate=Apr 9, 2019}}
The Center maintains a blog on its website with histories of local families descended from Mennonite immigrants.
References
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Official website
- [http://mhep.org/ Mennonite Heritage Center]
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Category:Museums in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania