Museo Menonita (Mennonite Museum) in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico

Opened in December 2001, this museum tells the story of the Mennonite colonies of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Mennonites are considered the most numerous of the Christian Protestant denominations known as Anabaptists. Of Central European origin, the group also includes similar groups such as the Amish, and tend to be known for a shunning of several types of modern technology and generally only using modern machinery for essential tasks. By some estimations, the world’s largest Mennonite population is in Canada, and it is thought that Mexico’s migrated from Manitoba…

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