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The Enfield Shaker Museum is open year-round. Monday thru Saturday The Museum is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Contact the Museum for additional tour information. 447 NH Route 4A
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Calendar of Events2012 Programs & EventsThe Enfield Shaker Museum is open year-round. The museum is open from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Monday through Saturday and noon to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday. Evening programs are available and hours may vary. Call ahead (603) 632-4346 for additional hours and group tours. More programs will be added throughout the year. The Museum is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Year Round
Guided tours of the Great Stone Dwelling are offered every day. Enfield Shaker Museum Spring Events
Saturday and Sunday,
May 18 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, May 19 Noon to 5:00 pm
Benefit Yard
Sale
Just in time for spring-cleaning: the Museum is
looking for donations and volunteers for its annual Benefit Yard Sale. The
event will take place on the lawn next to the Great Stone Dwelling and will
feature a variety of unique items!
To donate or volunteer: call the Museum at (603)
632-4346 or email events@shakermuseum.org.
Summer Events
June 16 through July 14
Center for
Advanced Musical Studies Concerts
Students and faculty from the Center for Advanced
Musical Studies will perform four, free concerts in the Mary Keane Chapel.
Watch for concert dates and times.
Thursday, July 4 11:00
am
Patriotic
Sing-along and Pie Sale
Celebrate the 4th of July in the Mary
Keane Chapel with organists George and Donna Butler. Veterans are invited to
come in uniform and refreshments will be served. We will also be selling
homemade pies.
Cost: Free
If you are interested in baking and donating a pie
for the Pie Sale, call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or email events@shakermuseum.org.
Saturdays in June, July,
August and September 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Family
Programs
Join us for these family oriented educational
workshops. Your whole family will share the experience of Shaker pastimes and
learn about the history and heritage of the Shakers.
Cost: Free with purchase of Museum admission.
Saturday, August 10 6:00
pm
Dragonfly
Ball
Join us for another fundraising event! It begins on
the back promenade with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres surrounded by the
beautiful scenery of the Museum. A delicious dinner and dancing with a live
band follows. A silent auction and a variety of raffle prizes complete the
evening.
Cost: $65 per person; members receive 10% off.
For tickets: call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or
email events@shakermuseum.org.
Wednesday, August 21
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Tasty Pickles
Have you ever wanted to practice pickling? Sign up
for this new (and tasty) workshop. Participants will learn how to make homemade
pickles with herbs from the garden. Take home your own jars of pickles.
Cost: $20.00/members and $25.00/non members.
To register: call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or
email events@shakermuseum.org.
Fall Events
Saturday, September 21
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Harvest
Festival
This autumn festival is a bushel of family fun!
Take a horse-drawn wagon ride and hunt for prizes in a haystack. Make your own
cider, churn butter and crank your own ice cream. Dip hand-made candles and
learn other traditional crafts. Purchase a harvest lunch, which includes savory
soups.
Adults – $12, Ages 13 to 17 – $8, Ages
12 and under – $5, families of 3 or more – $20.
To register: call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or
email events@shakermuseum.org.
Thursday, October 17
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Preserving
Fruits of the Harvest
Make your own chutney, apple butter and preserves.
Participants will take home techniques, recipes and jars of delicious
preserves. Join us for this new workshop.
Cost: $20.00/members and $25.00/non members.
To register: call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or
email events@shakermuseum.org.
Sunday, November 10
4:00 pm
Annual
Meeting
Museum members and the public are invited to our
Annual Meeting for an update on our accomplishments and projects throughout the
year and a review of next year’s plan.
To RSVP: call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or email events@shakermuseum.org.
Holiday Events
(Enfield Residents admitted free in
December)
Friday, December 13
10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Holiday Open
House and Extended Gift Shop Hours
View our beautiful holiday decorations and help us
celebrate the start of the holiday season! There will be music, refreshments
and several fun, themed Christmas trees. Our Gift Shop will be open late for
holiday shopping so be sure to check out our selection of handmade gifts and
local items.
Donations accepted.
To decorate or sponsor a tree: call the Museum at
(603) 632-4346 or email events@shakermuseum.org.
Sunday, December 14
9:00 am to 11:00 am
Breakfast
with Santa
Mr. and Mrs. Claus are
stopping by the Museum to enjoy homemade pancakes with you and your family! We
will be serving pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit, hot chocolate, coffee, and more.
Little ones will receive a special surprise straight from Santa’s workshop
Adults – $8, Children under 12 – $5,
Children under 3 – free
No reservations required.
Sunday, December 15
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
The Cookie
Fair
Our annual Cookie Fair is back and better than ever!
Our volunteers will make tasty homemade confections to be sold by the pound.
All proceeds benefit the Museum. Come early as cookies sell out fast!
If you are interested in baking and donating
cookies for the Cookie Sale, call the Museum at (603) 632-4346 or email events@shakermuseum.org.
Enfield Shaker Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational institution dedicated to interpreting and preserving the complex history of the Enfield Shaker Village and the Missionaries of La Salette. |
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