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EXHIBITIONS

A Time to Build

Opens Saturday, May 31

Shaker architecture is known for its simplicity, utility, and beauty. A Time to Build, featuring Shaker tools and other architectural objects, debuts at the Kinderhook Knitting Mill Saturday, May 31. 

EXHIBITIONS

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

JUNE 7 - SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

The Shakers: A World in the Making explores the design legacy of the Shakers, a religious group whose values of community, labor, and equality shaped their furniture, architecture, and everyday objects. Through works by contemporary artists influenced by the Shakers, alongside original Shaker-made pieces, the exhibition considers how their design principles remain relevant today.

Upcoming events

The Fix-It Picnic

MAR 20, 2024

A free, monthly textile reuse, mending, upcycling, and crafting community meet-up

A person weaving colorful fabric strips on a loom.
A collage of people in blue and white.