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 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…
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…
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,…
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...
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,…