Good Library Exhibit: Hutterite Life – Communal Anabaptists

Mennonite-Amish Museum Exhibit: Hutterite Life (from 1528): Communal Anabaptists

Where: Good Library Gallery

Public Reception: Sunday, March 16, at 2 p.m.

Exhibit Dates: March 9 – November 16

The Hutterites, beginning in Moravia but now living in the Western U.S. and Canada, are the oldest and most successful communitarian society in the world. This exhibit displays recent Hutterite material culture in the context of their history (since 1528) and the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Anabaptist movement (1525). The exhibit features textiles, costumes, needlework, woodwork, basketry, toys and other handicrafts. The exhibit will honor the scholarly work of Leonard Gross of Goshen and Robert Friedmann (1891- 1970). It is sponsored by the Mennonite-Amish Exhibit Committee of Goshen College, which will hold a public exhibit on March 16 at 2 p.m.