Education For All
Dear Friends, In August 1892, Enfield Shaker Eldress and Church Family schoolteacher Mary Ella Briggs described her school’s closing ceremony: “One speaker told the scholars they had the cosiest,…
Enfield Shaker Museum Commemorates Juneteenth, June 19, 2021
Juneteenth, the national holiday just signed into law, commemorates the day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and informed over 250,000 enslaved Black people that they were free. Two…
Weather-Wise: The Great Snow of 1717
Get ready for more weather and climate related posts as our staff continues to research historic weather for our Weather-Wise 2021 programming! In a recent social media post, we mentioned...
Virtual Tuesday Tour: Dwelling with the Shakers
Are you sick of looking at the rooms in your house? If so, join Education Coordinator Kyle Sandler for a virtual Tuesday tour of Enfield Shaker retiring rooms. The video...
Ann Lee and the Rights of Women
On October 18,1893, the Enfield Shakers celebrated the community’s centennial with a day of speeches and sermons in the 1793 Meeting House. One of these commemorative addresses was delivered by...
Online Tuesday Tour: Shaker Basements
Join Education Coordinator Kyle Sandler for a behind-the-scenes online tour at Enfield Shaker Museum. In this video, we will explore the basements of several buildings at the Museum while discussing...
Tuesday Tour: Shaker Attics
Join our Museum Education Coordinator for a video tour of Shaker attics. We will explore the attics of several buildings at the Museum while discussing architectural details and the roles...
Online Tuesday Tour: Great Stone Dwelling
In the mid-nineteenth century, Giles Avery, Freegift Wells, Nancy Moore, and other Shakers visited the Enfield Church Family’s brand new stone dwelling house. By reading their journals, we have gained...