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Registration for our tour guide training is currently at capacity. If you have interest, please contact Lois Miklas at museum@mennonitelife.org or 717.464. 4438. Would you like to learn about the earliest history of Lancaster County and share your knowledge with others? Consider becoming a volunteer tour guide at the 1719 Museum, a site that tells […]
Dirk Eitzen, PhD, is Professor of Film and Media at Franklin & Marshall College and author of Fooling with the Amish: Amish Mafia, Entertaining Fakery, and the Evolution of Reality TV. Eitzen considers the case of Amish Mafia, a Discovery Channel reality show released in 2012, to examine why the public is so taken with reality shows, the […]
In this winter workshop, explore the Pennsylvania German art of fraktur with local artists Lynn Sommer and Jim King. Create your own fraktur sampler booklet! Grain painting techniques will be demonstrated. Fraktur sample lettering and Pennsylvania German folk art designs (such as angels, tulips, and birds) will be available for participants to select. Choosing from […]
If you have wanted to know more about your family tree but are uncertain where to begin, this event is for you! Mennonite Life Archivist & Librarian Julia Wiker and Research Assistant Donna Stoltzfus share tips and tools to help you to research and discover your family tree on Monday, February 27 at 7:00 pm […]
