Shaker Heritage Society

Historic Enclave in The City

Historic farm, settlement, nature trail, graveyard tells the story of the birth of Shakerism in the New World. Small museum, tours, walking, trails, and special events. Easy to get to, hard to forget.

Hidden gem

We enjoyed the film and the very helpful docent. She encouraged questions and shared interesting information. The meeting house was very large and there are many buildings on the grounds. We also visi...

Interesting people

Not a large village or building left as land has been sold off to the airport. Most buildings in a decayed condition and not able to enter. Some information via video at the startand some animals to s...

wonderful place if they can restore it worth going if you are in the area

I have been to 2 other shaker villages one in kentucky and one in Pitsfield Massachuttes this one needs a lot of capital to restore the old existing structures it is a shame since this movement s...

A Good Review of Shaker History

This was the first Shaker village in the US. The main building has been restored and open to the public. Besides the building they have a 20 minute video and a gift shop. The rest of the village is st...