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…
SAVE THE DATE: 2023 Collectors Weekend
SAVE THE DATE: Shaker Collectors Weekend Saturday, August 5 – Monday, August 7, 2023. Mark your calendar now for the 2023 Shaker Collectors Weekend, to be held Saturday, August 5…
Museum To Open For the Season on May 17
Museum To Open For the Season on May 17. Enfield Shaker Museum will open for the 2023 Season on Wednesday, May 17th, Acting Director Carolyn Smith announced today. “For many…
Museum Hires New Garden Coordinator
Susan Quinlan To Be New Garden Coordinator. Canaan resident Susan Quinlan was hired recently to be the new Garden Coordinator at Enfield Shaker Museum. Members and visitors may remember meeting…
SAVE THE DATE: 2023 Spring Shaker Forum
Mark your calendar now for the 2023 Spring Shaker Forum to be held April 21 – 23, 2023 at Enfield Shaker Museum. A weekend of lectures by Shaker scholars, special…
Call For Papers: Spring Shaker Forum
The Enfield Shaker Museum’s Annual Spring Forum on the Shakers will be held April 21st-23rd, 2023. The Museum is seeking proposals for papers and presentations for the weekend. Preference will…
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…