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Following the groundbreaking for the new Shaker Museum in Chatham, the museum is honoring construction in its latest pop exhibition. A Time to Build debuts at the Kinderhook Knitting Mill Saturday, May 31. Shaker architecture is known for its simplicity, utility, and beauty. This approach was so central to the Shaker belief system that it was even defined in their Millennial Laws, the rules to which all Believers adhered: Form followed function, superfluous decoration was eschewed in favor of clean lines, and built to be used by the entire community. Shakers approached this work communally, using the winter months to plan and design, then commencing construction in the spring. With so many skilled hands to contribute to the work, construction went quickly. Come see the objects with which they built.