Della Madeline Haskell came amongst the Alfred, ME Shakers in 1907 when she was seven years old. She was placed at the Second Family of Shakers from her home in Portland. At the Second Family she was under the care of Eldress Harriett Coolbroth, one of the outstanding ingatherers of the Shaker church in Maine in the twentieth century. From Eldress Harriett, Della received one of the best types of upbringing any child could receive in any environment- an upbringing filled with Christ love.
Always the first Saturday in December! A traditional holiday fair with gifts for all ages, held in nine rooms of the 1816 Trustees’ Office and the Merry Christmas Garage at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Highlights include but not limited to Shaker home made baked goods, herbs, oval boxes and yarns, and the White Elephant Room full of bargains. “Come one, come all.”
A beautiful old Shaker village in Alfred, Maine, comes alive on Sat. Sept. 24, & Sun. Sept. 25, 2011, from 10-4. Juried arts & craft fair, Shaker Museum exhibits & demonstrations, book & yard sales, silent auction, apple & pumpkin picking, wagon rides of Shaker village, live music, children’s activities, horse-drawn carriage rides, antique car rides, pig raffle, farm & food booths, Museum shop, continental breakfast, Giles Family Farm Store, pie sales, chili & chowder lunches, Bakery at Notre Dame, Brothers’ Apple Store, Tim Janis performs on Sat., apple crisp. Free Parking & Free Admission
Hello again! Summer may seem a long way away but we wanted to let you know about an important conference taking place at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in July. The title of the conference is “We Will Sustain the Structure: The Built and Natural Environments of the Shakers.” The July 15-17 event will cover a lot of topics related not only to the Shakers but to important issues of architecture, design, nature and the environment, even music. Presentations by the Shakers and people from a variety of backgrounds will form the core of the conference along with nature hikes, historic site visits and tours and media presentations. The conference is designed to complement our exhibit “Creating Chosen Land: Our Home 1783-2010.”
Shaker Village escaped the heavy snow that hit Washington, DC and the mid-Atlantic states during the first full weekend of February. We were glad to avoid all that shoveling. However, [...]
Happy New Year! The new year started at Shaker Village with four days of snow-total accumulation was 15″. Hooray! Please note that on or about March 1st our 2010 flyer [...]
