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October 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm
MCC Centennial: Immigration Stories
Most families in America have descended from immigrants or immigrated themselves. It ...
Learn MoreNovember 30, 2020 @ 6:30 pm
Rare & Used Book Auction
Absentee Bidder Only Bids are due by November 30, 2020 Lancaster Mennonite Historical...
Learn MoreDecember 31, 2020 @ 12:00 am
Christmas Candlelight Video Tour
What were the winter traditions of local Indigenous Peoples prior to European settlem...
Learn MoreJanuary 23, 2021 @ 12:30 pm
Winter Workshop: Fraktur & Grain-Painted Frame
REGISTRATION CLOSED Are you fascinated with the Pennsylvanian German folk art of frak...
Learn MoreFebruary 12, 2021 @ 8:00 am
Rare & Used Book Auction
The February 2021 Book Auction contains a wealth of interesting books for Mennonite a...
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Annual Music Night (Virtual)
Scheduled to Perform at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society’s Annual Music N...
Learn MoreApril 15, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Mini Bookworm Frolic
April 15 & 16, 9 am to 7 pm & April 17, 9 am to 4 pm $3 hardbacks, $1.50 pape...
Learn MoreApril 28, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Book Release (Virtual)
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society hosts author Beth Oberholtzer and photographer...
Learn MoreMay 31, 2021
Mini Bookworm Frolic
April 26 & 28, 9 am to 7 pm & April 28, 9 am to 4 pm $3 hardbacks, $1.50 pape...
Learn MoreJune 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Native Ways – A Plant for All Seasons: Cattail
Native Ways – A Plant for All Seasons: Cattail Presented by Mary Ann Robins. 2nd o...
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Did You Know?
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.