Between Mt. Assurance & Mascoma Lake Photographer: Roy Knight

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HELP THE MUSEUM WITH A MATCHING GRANT OPPORTUNITY!

Enfield Shaker Museum has been offered a $35,000 Matching Grant to fund new electrical wiring and life safety systems in the Great Stone Dwelling. The Museum must raise $35,000 by July 31, 2008 to receive a $35,000 matching gift from the Butler Foundation. The total $70,000 raised will fund these necessary code requirements. Built in 1841, the Great Stone Dwelling is the Museum’s most important artifact. The granite building was designed by Ammi Burnham Young – later the architect for the U.S. Treasury. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Great Stone Dwelling was intended to house nearly 100 Shaker Brethren and Sisters. It was where they dined, slept and worshipped. It incorporates the Shaker ideals of order and simplicity and represented the Enfield Shakers’ hope for the future.

Please help us by sending your check (payable to Enfield Shaker Museum), or credit card information to Enfield Shaker Museum 447 NH Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748. Or call 603-632-4346, or email us at info@shakermuseum.org. We hope to hear from you by July 31.

Thank you.

Imagine a place so beautiful and serene that the Shakers called it the "Chosen Vale."

Nestled in a valley between Mt. Assurance and Mascoma Lake, in Enfield, New Hampshire, the Enfield Shaker site has been cherished for over 200 years. At its peak in the mid 19th century, the community was home to three "Families" of Shakers. They practiced equality of the sexes and races, celibacy, pacifism and communal ownership of property. Shakers farmed over 3,000 acres of land, educated children in model schools and worshipped in the "Shaker Way."

Today, their story is preserved by the Enfield Shaker Museum

Great Stone Dwelling House

• Tour the Great Stone Dwelling, the largest Shaker dwelling house ever constructed and home to the Museum.
• Discover a world of faith and harmony through the Museum's collection of Shaker furniture, tools, clothing, photographs and agricultural implements.
• Explore the Museum's herb and flower gardens, fields and hills.
• Enjoy exhibits, special programs, concerts, guided tours and craft demonstrations.
• Hike to the Shaker Feast Ground for a spectacular vista of the Shaker Village nestled along Mascoma Lake.
• Shop at the Museum Store, filled with Shaker-inspired reproductions, books, local crafts and farm products, as well as products from the Museum's renowned herb garden.

"Of all the main dwellings in the nineteen Shaker Communities from Maine to Kentucky, the Great Stone Dwelling was the largest and, in the minds of many, the most stately. In one hundred and forty odd years of its existence it has withstood the ravages of time in perfect condition, excepting the many inside changes that have been made in the past fifty years. It is a lasting monument to the Shakers of Enfield!" Wendell Hess, Enfield, NH (1993)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the site is a vibrant cultural, community and educational center.

The Museum offers spectacular views and splendid accommodations

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 LaSalette.

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