The Mennonite Life library will be OPEN on February 17, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
All are welcome to visit the library. Use of the library’s research materials and archives is complimentary for Mennonite Life members, and $7 for non-members.
The Mennonite Life Museum and museum store will be open as well.
The sandstone used for the Herr House was quarried on-site.
Christian Herr was a prominent leader in the 18th century Mennonite Community. Years after his death Lancaster Mennonites were still referred to as the Christian Herr Party.
Indigenous Peoples taught the Herr family and other Mennonites how to hunt game, clear heavily forested land, and how to identify native plants.
