• Planting Utopia Viewing & Tour

    Join us for light refreshments and a viewing of Julia Whitney Barnes art installation, Planting Utopia. After there will be a tour of our demonstration herb garden, including a talk

  • The Shakers’ Physic Garden of Remedies

    The Shakers are credited with establishing the first herbal medicine industry in the US in 1820. The Watervliet Shakers’ herbal medicine industry began in 1827 with about 140 products and

  • Ornament Weaving Workshop

    Time to make some Holiday ornaments!  Participants will make three festive woven ornaments. Guided by local basket weaver, Sandy Salada, you will create an eight-pointed snowflake and a puffy heart,

  • Farm Momma Sip & Soap – POSTPONED

    This workshop will be rescheduled for the Spring, please check back! Sit back, relax, drink, and make soap! Shaker Heritage Society has teamed up with the Farm Momma again to

  • Paper Weaving Workshop

    Weave and dye paper scrapes into new works of art in this new workshop at Shaker Heritage Society! The simple process of weaving paper strips can yield magical results of

  • Arthur Brooks & Lori Goldston Concert

    Join us for an evening of music in the Meeting House. Arthur Brooks Ensemble V: The Arthur Brooks Ensemble V is an improvisational group led by musician, composer, trumpeter/flugelhornist Arthur

  • Holiday Market Preview

    Get a sneak peek into the festive season! For the first time ever Shaker Heritage Society is opening their doors a day early for their locally famous annual Holiday Market.

  • Stories and Spirits at the Shaker Cemetery

    Far from seeing the spirit world as threatening, the Shakers fully embraced visions, dreams, and communication with the spirits. Don’t be fooled by the modest gravestones in this cemetery established

  • Stories and Spirits at the Shaker Cemetery

    Far from seeing the spirit world as threatening, the Shakers fully embraced visions, dreams, and communication with the spirits. Don’t be fooled by the modest gravestones in this cemetery established