Canterbury Shaker Village Receives $2,500,000 Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc
Canterbury Shaker Village has received a $2,500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support the Village’s reinvigoration of its on-site and online interpretive experiences to emphasize the history and culture of the Shaker faith at the core of its visitor engagement strategy.
Challenge Gift Boosts Annual Fund Campaign at Canterbury Shaker Village
Jon and Constance Old have pledged a $25,000 challenge gift to Canterbury Shaker Village’s Annual Fund Campaign, matching donations dollar for dollar up to $25,000 through December 31, 2024, to inspire holiday giving. The campaign goal is to raise $400,000 for the Village’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.
The Meaning of Beans
As people across the United States gather around their Thanksgiving tables, they participate in a social ritual ages old and rich with meaning. Anthropologists who study commensality know that this activity creates and strengthens relationships.
What Stone Walls Do
From the very first time the Shakers were gathered at Canterbury in 1792, stone walls were on their “to do” list. As Brother Henry C. Blinn observed, “The f[e]lling of trees, the clearing of the land, the building of stone walls, and the multiplied laborious duties of the farm, as well as the burden of obtaining suitable dwellings, called into active service every able bodied man.”
The Room Where Starch Happened
We recently reopened to visitors to the Canterbury Shaker Village the galvanized iron- and tin-lined room in the Laundry Complex. It is yet another example of the Canterbury Shakers’ labor-saving ingenuity.
David Katz elected Trustee Chair of Canterbury Shaker Village
Bringing years of project and construction management experience and having held leadership positions on multiple municipal boards, David Katz was elected Board Chair of Canterbury Shaker Village on May 6, 2024. Katz has served as a Village Trustee since January 2022.
Canterbury Shaker Village Receives $10,000 Grant
Canterbury Shaker Village has received a $10,000 grant from the N.H. Preservation Alliance in partnership with The 1772 Foundation to replace the failing roof on the Brethren’s Shop.
Canterbury Shaker Village to Host Stone Wall Workshop
On Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, Canterbury Shaker Village will host its popular Stone Wall Workshop, a two-day experience in which participants help restore sections of deteriorating stone walls.
Canterbury Shaker Village to Reopen May 11
On Saturday, May 11, Canterbury Shaker Village will open for the 2024 season with several special events and indoor guided tours scheduled.
Canterbury Shaker Village Offers “Extraordinary” History
While Ethel Hudson, the last sister in residence at Canterbury Shaker Village, passed away in 1992, the Shaker legacy may never be more relevant than it is today.