Shaker Museum Now Open for 2023 Season
Shaker Museum Now Open for the 2023 Season. Enfield Shaker Museum owns, preserves, and interprets the historic core of the original Enfield Shaker Village: nine Shaker-built structures, two Shaker cemeteries,…
La Salette Shrine in Enfield to Close
La Salette Shrine in Enfield to Close. The Missionaries of La Salette will be leaving Enfield on September 30, 2023, the Very Rev. William V. Kaliyadan, Provincial Superior, announced recently….
Carol Medlicott Receives Prize
Carol Medlicott Receives Prize. During the Spring Shaker Forum, held at Enfield Shaker Museum April 21-23, Carol Medlicott was awarded the Shaker Workshops Prize for her presentation entitled, “Fall on…
New Exhibit Opens at Spring Shaker Forum
New Exhibit Opens at Spring Shaker Forum. Participants at the annual Spring Shaker Forum will be the first to view the newest exhibit at Enfield Shaker Museum–“Enfield Shaker Trustees 1795-1904:…
New Bibiography Available at Forum
New Bibiography Available at Forum. From Randy Ericson: “I am very pleased to announce that the new Shaker bibliography, The Shakers: A Bibliography has been sent to the printer and…
Tale of Two Enfields Exhibit Opens
“A Tale of Two Enfields” Exhibit Opens in New Britain, Connecticut. A new exhibit, “Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields,” opened recently at the New Britain Museum…
Museum Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant
Museum Receives Save America’s Treasures Grant. Enfield Shaker Museum has received a $129,667 matching grant from the Department of Interior, National Park Service funded through the Historic Preservation Fund and…
Enfield Shaker Museum Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Enfield Shaker Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $49,943 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through funding provided by the American Rescue Plan…
Enfield Shaker Museum Awarded Competitive Preservation Grant
Keep your eyes on the Stone Mill–even more preservation work is on the way, thanks to a New Hampshire Preservation Alliance Grant and the 1772 Foundation! Once the center of…
Enfield Shaker Museum and Richard W. Couper Press Announce New Shaker Forum Publication
Enfield Shaker Museum and Richard W. Couper Press are pleased to announce the establishment of a new publication series, based on the Enfield Shaker Museum’s annual Spring Shaker Forum. Beginning…
Enfield Shaker Museum Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Enfield Shaker Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $78,610 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities through funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,…
In Memoriam: Gregory C. Schwarz, 1951-2020
In the very first year of Enfield Shaker Museum’s existence, when then-director Carolyn Smith’s desk was a folding table in the Great Stone Dwelling’s front hall, a young historian walked…