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WHACK & ROLL Croquet Tournament
Date: 5/10/13
May 31 and June 1, 2013. The tournament is open to all who enjoy croquet with thirty croquet courts set up on the MHC campus for two days of competition and camaraderie. Spectators welcome!

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Welcome to the Mennonite Heritage Center

The Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, Pa. is a museum and historical library dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of Mennonite faith and life in eastern Pennsylvania. Mennonite Christians first settled in the Delaware Valley in 1683 and have been part of eastern Pennsylvania’s community and religious life for over 300 years. You are invited to visit the heritage center to see changing exhibits, use our historical library and take part in events, programs and workshops throughout the year.

For more information on the Mennonite Church, click here.

To view the current issue of the Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pa. Quarterly, click here
Feature article: "Surveying Nineteenth Century Mennonite Meetinghouses"
by Janette L. Amstutz

Click here to search our online collections catalog

This is a work in progress.  Rare books, photographs, museum objects and archival material will be added continually.  If you are unable to find something you are looking for, please contact the Collections Manager at 215-256-3020 ext.111 or alderferjoel@mhep.org

ARTIFACT OF THE WEEK: Painting of "Rising Sun Bridge" by H. Theodore Hallman.  Gift of Ted Hallman, Jr.