Our Vision
Promote awareness and understanding of anabaptiste life and culture in Switzerland.
Our Mission
- Create and maintain an interdisciplinary center for the preservation and exhibition of Anabaptist objects and documents
- Encourage encounters an exchange through exhibitions and events
- Facilitate the connection between the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition and research as well as interested cultural stakeholders
Foundation Board
President
Markus Jost, representative of the Swiss Mennonite Association of Anabaptist History; scientific librarian at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Vice-president
Nicolas Gerber, representative of the Swiss Mennonite Conference (SMC); musician, piano teacher at the Biel/Bienne School of Music
Treasurer
Béat Gerber, notary
Secretary
Sibylle Habegger, records managerin within the Biel/Bienne City Administration
Assessor
Nelly Gerber-Geiser, representative of the Evangelical Mennonite Community of Sonnenberg; pastor, member of the SMC-Archive Committee
Assessor
Hansuli Gerber, retired minister, member of the Anabaptist Forum for Peace, Justice and Creation
Assessor
Emeline Perret-Gentil, Sindependent MA conservator-restorer of archaeological and ethnographic objects, SBB train driver
Foundation Committee
Markus Jost
Nicolas Gerber
Béat Gerber
Sibylle Habegger
Governance
Bylaws of the Foundation (in French)