Tag: Mennonite Heritage Museum

  • Housebarn recreates the past

    Housebarn recreates the past

    A glimpse into how Mennonites lived and farmed a century ago awaits those who tour the recently opened housebarn at Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford, B.C. The design is a slightly scaled down replica of a housebarn owned by Mennonites in the Russian village of Neu-Osterwick near Zaporizhzhia. According to museum executive director Richard Thiessen,…