Shaker Museum and Library The research library in Old Chatham remains open year-round by appointment, although the museum galleries are now closed. The Shaker Museum and Library is located in Old Chatham, New York which is in rural Columbia County. The Shaker Museum and Library is the premier center...

Enfield Shaker Museum When the Shakers settled on the site of Lower Shaker Village they called their home the "Chosen Vale." Nestled in a lush valley between Mt. Assurance and Mascoma Lake, it is easy to see why this site has been cherished for two hundred years. Founded in 1793, this village was th...

White Water Shaker Village White Water is one of 24 communal villages founded between 1787 and 1824 by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, generally called "Shakers." It is the only one of four Ohio Shaker villages retaining most of its original buildings in their original ...

The Shaker Historical Society and Museum Featuring a Collection of Artifacts From the North Union Shaker Colony The Shakers The Shaker sect was founded in England by Mother Ann Lee. In 1774 Mother Ann and eight followers came to America seeking religious freedom and established their first permanent...

Canterbury Shaker Village Come experience a living Shaker community - Canterbury Shaker Village. Discover the purposeful way of life practiced by the Shakers from the 1780's to today. Shakers lived apart in self-contained communities from Maine to Kentucky. Within their villages they practiced equal...