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.

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 has been selected as a 2024 Americana Corner Preserving America Grant recipient with a $7,500 award to preserve ten windows in its historic Meeting House. Awarding more than $1.4 million in 2024, the Preserving America Grant Program was established to assist nonprofit organizations in telling “the incredible story” of America from its founding through its first century as a nation.

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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $24,000 to Canterbury Shaker Village to develop a humanities-based program of historic site interpretation that connects Shaker tenets and history to contemporary human rights and social justice issues.

By spring, staff at Canterbury Shaker Village expect to complete restoration of the Schoolhouse (c. 1823/63), a project made possible through key financial contributions, including a $10,000 grant from Daughters of the American Revolution. Begun in 2021, the multi-year project has included a new roof, repair and partial replacement of deteriorated clapboards, gutters, rainwater leaders, and other exterior features, along with repainting and restoration of 26 windows.