Historic Adventist Village

I had an amazing time at Historic Adventist Village! My guide, Werlei, was fantastic--he explained everything in great detail and made history come alive. He was incredibly knowledgeable and patiently answered all my questions. Thanks to him, I truly understood the importance of this place. I highly recommend visiting with kids to explore and experience history firsthand. Be sure to ask for Werlei as your guide!

Several historical buildings that help tell the history of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. My group had a very good tour guide who was very informative and was able to answer our questions. Unfortunately the Welcome Center that houses several of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's inventions is closed for a few days while the floors are being redone. I hope to visit again so I can see them. The tour is free but they do accept donations.

It was definitely an interesting tour and experience. The grounds are definitely needing some work. The homes need some restoration on the exterior parts. The tour guide could have been a little more interesting. Perhaps dress in character and have lines memorized instead of reading from books. All and all, not a bad experience!

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 Historic Adventist Village.

Wow what a wonderful time we had. Our study group decided to take a field trip to see Adventist Village. It was a beautiful day we ate lunch on picnic tables and went on our tour. The tour was free, and they had volunteers that dressed up in the time period of the late 1800s. They gave tours of all the different buildings and the history that came from them. I would highly recommend calling ahead and scheduling a free tour to see this historic place, you will enjoy it!

Best place ever! to see how God uses humans to spread the gospel.

Interested in history And how health reform progressed in America? Want to know about one of the greatest cereal makers ever known? Interested in How the Seventh Day Adventist church combined health reform with religion? Then you should definitely come here and get some of everything. The tour guide was very informal and friendly and let us take lots of pictures and try some of the exhibits. It's like a tiny science center for health with all of the interactive exhibits.

A wonderful tour of the 1800's. Specifically, the inventions of John Harvey Kellogg. As well as the early history of the ministry & formation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Did I mention it is free? Though donations are appreciated.