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Shaker Museum wants the circle unbroken
CHATHAM, N.Y. – Imagine if every single object in your home was exquisitely crafted, aesthetically pleasing and worked perfectly, from your kitchen utensils to your reading lamps. That ideal world of beauty and functionality was what the Shakers…set out to build 250 years ago. Read the full...
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SHAKER MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL MAKERS' CIRCLE
CHATHAM, NEW YORK. November 16, 2021 – Shaker Museum, which stewards the world’s most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today the members of its inaugural Makers’ Circle. Members of the new advisory group include Emily Adams Bode, Ini Archibong, Nacho Carbonell, gt2P...
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Financial Times: Whole lotta Shaker goin’ on — a furniture revival
CHATHAM, N.Y. – They invented the flat broom, the circular saw and a wheel-driven washing machine. A new museum will celebrate their contribution to seed banking and racial and gender parity too. Meet the Shakers. Read the full article in the Financial Times here.
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SHAKER MUSEUM NAMES MATTHEW MALIN TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHATHAM, NEW YORK. AUGUST 9, 2021 – Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today the appointment of Matthew Malin to its Board of Trustees. Shaker Museum’s Board of Trustees now has seventeen members. Malin, who has extensive exp...
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Selldorf unveils plans for a remade Shaker Museum campus in Upstate New York
Plans for the new home of Upstate New York’s Shaker Museum have been unveiled this week, offering the public a glimpse at the multimillion-dollar makeover that has given new life to a restored former Hudson Valley hotel. Selldorf Architects is responsible for the effort which will add some much-needed sh...
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The Shaker Museum reveals its Selldorf Architects-designed new home in Chatham, New York
New York’s Shaker Museum has revealed renderings of its forthcoming $18 million permanent home in the Hudson Valley village of Chatham. Once complete, the museum will house an expansive collection of objects, archival materials, and, of course, furniture, associated with the United Society of Believ...
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Regarding the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Section 106 Review of Building a New Shaker Museum
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has offered the Shaker Museum and Library a grant to construct a construct and outfit a climate-controlled collections storage facility in its new museum building. NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting...
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SHAKER MUSEUM PRESENTS “THE FUTURE IS A GIFT” -- AN EXHBITION OF ICONIC SHAKER OBJECTS AND A PREVIEW OF THE MUSEUM’S NEW PERMANENT HOME
CHATHAM, NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 – Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today its latest exhibition The Future is a Gift. Giving a glimpse of what’s to come to Chatham, NY, the exhibition showcases some of the most iconic pie...
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