Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum — Attraction in Goessel

One of a kind covering unique history in the area. A number of historic buildings have been moved to the site: a one-room school, a much more rare preparatory school (effectively 2-room) building, a bank, several houses, and a house/barn combination. The Wheat Palace has all sorts of agricultural history items, from early tractors to hand-operated tools, a horse-drawn cook wagon, early engines, etc. In the main building, you'll find artifacts from the Mennonite families that settled the area in 1874, including items in German from Ukraine, clothing, models... and old dental equipment! Two large murals in the Wheat Palace also.

It's one of those "no frills" sorts of museums where everything is genuine and the prices...

What a gem sitting in the middle of Goessel. It was really interesting seeing all the different Mennonite families and their possessions. Maybe especially interesting since some of those people are our relatives. I really loved the large building with the farm equipment, one tractor is in there that my mom remembered riding. So neat to have a place to house things that are important to communal memory but to necessarily useful to own individually. Loved learning about...

This is a neat off the beaten path museum that you shouldn't overlook. The sheer amount of items they have is impressive, almost all of it authentic items donated by descendents of the original settlers. There are also several original buildings that were moved to the museum that you can walk through. The staff were all happy to answer questions, and the gift shop had a lot of neat...