Team
Jean Kilheffer Hess
Executive Director
Paul Garber
Administrator, Visitors Center
Heather Strahin
Administrator, 1719 Museum
Kevin Bradford
Used Books Manager
Verle Brubaker
Visitors Center Associate
John Denlinger
Visitors Center Associate
Lowell Gerber
Visitors Center Associate
Abby Hershberger
Storyteller: Digital and Communications
Nancy Hess
Visitors Center Associate
Emily Immel
Collections Curator
Ruth Martin
Customer Care
Laura Metzler
Manager, Visitors Center
Lydia Nolt
Educator
Don Sharp
Visitors Center Associate
Deborah Siegrist
Retail Specialist
Donna Stoltzfus
Library & Archives Assistant
Julia Wiker
Archivist & Librarian
Guang Yang
Visitors Center Associate
Board
Dan Hess
Board Chair
Mike Burkholder
Board Treasurer
Ashley King
Board Secretary
Board Vice Chair
Marlin Hershey
Board Member
Lois Ann Mast
Board Member
Steve Nolt, PhD
Board Member
Kent Richard
Board Member
Myrna Smucker
Board Member
Javan Lapp
Board Member
Carolyn Weaver
Board Member
Harold R. Mast
Board Member
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Featured Stories
March 18, 2025
Fifty Years of the Biblical Tabernacle Experience
DirectionsBiblical Tabernacle Experience (at the Mennonite Life Visitors Center)…
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October 27, 2021
Introducing Mennonite Life
It’s an exciting time to be a Mennonite history…
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October 11, 2021
Welcome, Refugees
For Mennonites in Lancaster, loving your neighbor means welcoming…
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October 4, 2021
Mennonite Artists
Beyond folk arts, Mennonites contribute significantly to visual, language,…
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May 6
Exhibit: ‘They Went Out from Us’: Zwingli and the Radical Reformation
Mennonite Life joins our global faith community in celebrating…
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May 10 @ 9:30 am
50th Anniversary Community Celebration of the Biblical Tabernacle Experience
Celebrate 50 years of the Biblical Tabernacle Experience in…
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Community Hymn Sing: 500 Years of Anabaptism
Join us for a community hymn sing celebrating the…
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June 9
Discovery Days at the 1719 Museum: Celebrating Culture through Craftsmanship
This is a week-long day camp for youth age…
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