Calendar of Events

Stay overnight at the Museum and learn about the Shaker way through lectures, demonstrations and tours. Put your “hands to work, hearts to God” and help the Museum. Rooms and meals included.

Children and adult caregivers are invited to experience daily hands-on Shaker crafts activities and projects to work on progressively through the week. Children will learn about planning a garden as well as Shaker stories and songs. These activities are appropriate for ages 5-11.

Organists George and Donna Butler will give an organ demonstration on the Casavant organ, open to the public.

This will be a HUGE sale - Items include: stoneware, woodworking tools, firkin, dressers, dining room table & leaves, oak chairs, Wallace Nutting print, framed art, vintage kitchenware, English dinnerware, washstand, yarns, serger, hooked & braided rugs, upholstered chairs, shelving, books, bikes, toys, exercise equipment, much more! Refreshments will be served. Held at the Museum’s 1849 Stone Mill.

Celebrate living in harmony with the land! Sample the Upper Valley’s cheeses, honey, herbs, cider, maple syrup and more! Watch demonstrations of crafts; take a horse-drawn wagon ride! See locally bred animals and participate in special events scheduled throughout the day. Many booths and activities will be held in the Museum’s historic buildings, so this event will be held rain or shine. Take a break in the Great Stone Dwelling for lunch and musical performances. Walter Paine will read “Cousin John,” a favorite among all ages. The day will end with a “hoe down,” with bales of hay, contra dancing, chuck wagon supper, complimentary bandanas, and evening campfire and ghost stories!

In recognition of her recent title “2008-2009 Artist of the Year” given by the Vermont Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Donna Butler will perform on the Casavant organ in the Mary Keane Chapel. Donna is a trustee of the Museum. She and her husband George Butler will host the program. This performance is open to the public.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Center for Advanced Musical Studies will present the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar at the Museum, providing extraordinary faculty and performance artists from around the world. Free public performances will be held in the Mary Keane Chapel, showcasing music from the 17th century to the present. Internationally acclaimed Seminar Director Edward Carroll will present pre-concert introductions.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

Organized by the Enfield Village Association, the Shaker Seven Road Race is an annual tradition that starts at the Museum, runs across the bridge and beautiful Mascoma Lake, and through our beautiful downtown. In the spirit of helping the local community, the Museum will host the post-race brunch for the competitors and the public.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

To celebrate the national holiday, George and Donna Butler will lead this participatory program in the Mary Keane Chapel with patriotic music. Bring your flag to wave! Veterans are invited to come in uniform. Open House in the Great Stone Dwelling follows. Free admission.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

Tour private and public gardens and exhibitions you might never see. Watch artists demonstrating their skills. A map will guide you. The final stop will be the Museum’s Herb Garden, where refreshments will be served. A Silent Auction of enchanted fairy houses with other garden-related items will be held in the West Brethren Shop next to the Herb Garden. Proceeds benefit Enfield Village Association and Enfield Shaker Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

Experience a magical summer evening with magnificent views as the sun sets over Mount Assurance. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to cocktail music by Donna Butler in the Great Stone Dwelling. Under the stars, dine on a continuous feast of sumptuous dishes, and dance the night away surrounded by moonlight and candlelight.

Organized by Hancock Shaker Village, the Shaker Seminar will convene at Enfield Shaker Museum this year for five days of lectures, tours, and camaraderie. The historic accommodations of the Museum’s Great Stone Dwelling, with its spacious and sunny rooms, high ceilings and private baths, will be part of the experience. Many tours and hands-on experiences are being planned.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

At this annual event, active volunteers from the past year are invited to attend a pancake breakfast, hosted by the board of trustees.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will give tours of the Museum’s Herb Garden as part of the admission to the Museum.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

The Wood’s Tea Company gives a lusty performance of Celtic tunes, bluegrass, sea shanties and folk songs. Their dry Vermont wit is guaranteed to entertain. The quartet has toured nationwide, including the Lincoln Center, Chautauqua Institute, and 50 college campuses, and has appeared on National Public Radio. The Irish Heritage Foundation presented them with an Outstanding Innovations Award. Join us at 6:30 p.m. for a light Irish supper! Dinner and concert will be held in the 1849 Stone Mill.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

The Enfield Farmers' Market offers a wide range of fresh locally-grown produce, meats, flowers, prepared foods, and crafts. Special activities for children. Visit the museum and hike the trails as part of your visit. Rain or shine.

Enjoy a weekend of fun and festivities at Enfield Shaker Museum! Enjoy a Shaker Harvest dinner Friday night in the 1841 Great Stone Dwelling dining room. On Saturday, the whole family will participate in hands-on activities in the Old Stone Mill. Take a horse-drawn wagon ride and hunt for pennies in a haystack! Make your own cider, churn butter and crank your own ice cream! Create cornhusk dolls, pinecone feeders, no-bake cookies, and child-sized scarecrows! Dip hand-made candles and make bookmarks from natural materials. Traditional crafts, animal demonstrations, and a storytelling session by Mary Lyn Ray will be included. Our harvest lunch includes Eldress Bertha’s Rosewater Apple Pie.

Imagine an entire day devoted to the history of food! Lectures and demonstrations will be paced with tours, opportunities to network and demonstrations.

Artisan Barbara Brady will teach you how to tape a chair with fabric Shaker tape. Your chair should be in good condition and finished. Shaker tape – in a beautiful array of colors – is for sale in the Museum Store.

Join us for an evening of food, fun and festivities! The Upper Valley’s top purveyors of fine foods will offer sample culinary works of art - “signature” appetizers, entrees and desserts. Complimentary wines and non-alcoholic beverages will be served.

Retired Herbalist Happy Griffiths will prepare herb sauces, tea blends, spice and herb rubs and more from the kitchen along with a discussion on how to grow and preserve some of your favorite herbs. From the bath, a wonderful peppermint foot balm and other natural cosmetics will be made, and for household preparations a useful anti-microbial cleaning agent along with other ways to create your herbal home will be prepared. All these will make wonderful gifts to give. Everyone will take home samples, recipes and information sheets.

Join us for a holiday celebration! The Great Stone Dwelling will be decorated for the holidays. Our Museum Store and Gallery will feature locally handcrafted items. Author Mary Lyn Ray will provide storytelling. Enjoy wassail, music and more!

Enjoy a traditional dinner in the Great Stone Dwelling, the Shakers’ greatest architectural achievement. Designed by Ammi Burnham Young (later the architect for the U.S. Treasury), the “stone house” captures the Shaker ideals of simplicity, spirituality and order. This will be the last dinner served by Betsy Oppenneer, who has served as the Enfield Shaker Museum’s executive chef for many years. Betsy is an award-winning member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and has clients across the U.S. and has made many national TV appearances. Sign up while you can!

Select from more than 100 different varieties of homemade cookies – festively arranged for the season! Sold by the pound.

The Museum and Store will be open from 10a.m. – 4pm, Monday-Friday and 12 - 4pm Sunday. The Museum will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1st.