The Enfield Shaker Museum is open year-round.

Monday thru Saturday
10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M.
Sunday
Noon to 4:00 P.M.

Guided tours of the Great Stone Dwelling are offered Friday through Monday.

Self-guided tours of the site and use of the trails are offered everyday.

Contact the Museum for additional tour information.

447 NH Route 4A
Enfield, NH 03748
Phone: (603) 632-4346
Info @ ShakerMuseum.org

FOR RELEASE

Sugaring Off Dinner (Saturday, March 13, 6:30 p.m.) and
Maple Sugar Weekend (March 12-14) at Enfield Shaker Museum

Enfield, NH – Enfield Shaker Museum is celebrating spring the old-fashioned way, with a Maple Sugar Weekend, March 12-14, with many activities and a Sugaring off Dinner on Sat., Mar. 13, at 6:30pm.

Saturday night’s Shaker-inspired menu, catered by Stone Wall Catering, will feature maple-infused winter squash soup; rolls with maple butter; mixed greens with maple balsamic vinegar; baked chicken with cider, apples and maple liqueur; seasonal vegetable; Shaker-inspired corn pudding and maple mousse. The fee of $30/member; $35/non-member includes complimentary wine. Seating is limited; reservations must be made by Wed., Mar. 10.

For those who sign up for the entire weekend, they will stay overnight in the spacious rooms of the elegant 1841 Great Stone Dwelling. On Fri., Mar. 12, from 4-6 p.m., guests will enjoy a welcome reception, complimentary cocktail and customized tour. On Saturday, they will begin with a continental breakfast, followed by sugar house tours, demonstrations, wagon rides, a reception and the Sugaring Off Dinner. On Sunday, the experience will end with an elegant crepe breakfast. The weekend package includes dinner, two breakfasts, two receptions and all activities, just $169/person.

Each spring, the Enfield Shakers produced hundreds of barrels of sap and thousands of pounds of maple sugar. Maple sugar was a popular flavoring in their diet. They also made maple candy for sale and for their own pleasure. The Enfield Shakers were particularly famous for their beautiful wooden sap buckets. Many are now part of the Museum’s historical collections.

“Sugaring off” describes the process of boiling down the sap to make the maple syrup and maple sugar. It also describes an informal social gathering in which guests help make the sugar.

Enfield Shaker Museum’s Great Stone Dwelling and Museum Store are open year-round. Guided tours of the Great Stone Dwelling are available daily. Winter hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am – 4pm and on Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

The Museum is located on Route 4A, in the town of Enfield, between Andover and Lebanon. Free parking is available on the site.

For more information, contact the Museum’s Event Coordinator at (603) 632-4346 or Events @ ShakerMuseum.org. Or check the website at www.shakermuseum.org.

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CONTACT: Events Coordinator Sara Parris
Enfield Shaker Museum
447 NH Route 4A
Enfield, NH 03748
Events @ ShakerMuseum.org
www.shakermuseum.org
(603) 632-4346