Historic Adventist Village — Attraction in Battle Creek

Unfortunately having Multiple Sclerosis (MS), my mobility has declined in the last 24 years of my illness. The tour wasn't disability friendly, which I understand being it a historical site. However, the worst of it was the way I was treated by the director of archives, statistics and research of the NAD, Pastor Micheal Campbell. Inside Ellen White’s house, I was siting on my walker, purposefully in a corner out of the way, when I was pointed out by him, in front of a group of PBE pathfinders to which he said that "this lady is in the way so please squeeze in more”. I apologised for being inconvenient, for being a burden to the tour, that my family was seeing the house and I was just waiting for them to help me out. With hurt, I expressed that the comment had just made my tour experience end right then and there. I felt discriminated due to my disability, I was belittled in front of a grand group of SDA members. Right there, I felt no love, no kindness, no understanding. It was completely disheartening, disappointing and honestly disgusting. I deserve to see Ellen White’s house like everyone else no matter my disability. I am not, and was not, a liability, because, one I had my family there to physically support me and, two I was able to make it inside the house even though it is not disabled friendly, which as said before, is understandable. Overall, as an SDA member since birth and having been raised in church, I lament how I was treated and, I hope no one, in the future will feel the same. I pray to God to give me the understanding of the situation. And I ask that more love and kindness may be shown to the next disable visitors in the Battle Creek...

Although we are not Seventh-Day Adventists, me and the fam really enjoyed learning about the Whites and how they founded the Seventh-Day Adventist religion. Tours embark at 10a.m., 12:30p.m., and 3p.m., so make sure you preregister a day in advance and show up a few minutes early. Sabbath tours on Saturdays are at 2p.m. and generally last an hour and a half to 2 hours. On the tour, your guide (who is fully clothed in 19th Century apparel) will lead you through 10 buildings important to the Seventh-Day Adventists and tell stories of famous pioneers of the religion. So if you love learning about different religions, old villages, or even just history, the Adventist Village is more than worth attending. And the best part...

Great museum about Dr. Kellogg and really incredible historical buildings to go in. I am not a member of their church and I still really enjoyed and recommend visiting to anyone who enjoys history or learning about religion. I grew up in Battle Creek and it was a lot of fun learning about the town I grew up in. Everyone that we met were very friendly and we also had a private tour of the buildings and the museum, not sure if that is typical. The tour also wasn't preachy about their faith, I never felt uncomfortable or that I was being preached to. They have a very reasonably priced gift shop filled with books, videos and a few coffee mugs,...