Spring Cleaning, Spring Gleaning: Gathering Fragments and Preserving History
As the Village’s staff this spring prepares the site for opening day on May 16, we are thinking about how the Shakers may have thought about the season and its work.
Mother Ann Lee and Her Relics at Canterbury Shaker Village
Mother Ann Lee left a lasting imprint as the founder of Shakerism, when she moved from England to the Britsh Colonies in 1774. Some of the relics that help tell her story and that of Shakerism are a part of the collection at Canterbury Shaker Village.