The Shakers’ Home & Shaker Cultural Center

We Make You Freely Welcome

Established in 1783, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine is home to the only active Shaker Community in the world.

Celebrate Maine with the Shakers

Special Events

Spring Volunteer Work Day

May 10 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT

Maine Shape Note Singing

May 31 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Open Farm Day

July 27 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Friends’ Weekend

August 8 - August 10

Wabanaki Arts Market

August 23 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT

Common Ground Fair

September 19 @ 9:00 am - September 21 @ 5:00 pm EDT

Harvest Festival

October 13 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT

Fall Volunteer Work Day

October 25 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT

Upcoming Workshops

Fiber Prep Workshop at Shaker Village

Fiber Prep

May 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Fiber Spinning Workshop at Shaker Village Maine

Fiber Spinning with Shaker Wool

May 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Tampico Brushes - Broom Workshop at Shaker Village with Redmond Philbert

Broom Making Workshop: Tampico Brushes

May 17 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

The Power of Tea Workshop with Ivy Moon Botanicals at Shaker Village

Power of Tea Workshop

May 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Broom Making Workshop- Braided Whisk Brooms

Broom Making Workshop- Braided Whisk Brooms

May 17 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Cobwebber Broom Workshop

Cobwebber Broom Workshop

May 23 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Homemade Herbal Infusions and Serums Workshop at Shaker Village with Erin Sprinkle

Homemade Herbal Infusions and Serums

May 24 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

Shaker Bee Hives

Beekeeping Intro: The Honey Bee Experience

May 28 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

Shaker Bee Hives

Beekeeping Intro: The Honey Bee Experience

May 31 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

Nuno Felted Scarf by Betsey Leslie, Ewes to You Farm

Nuno Felted Wool Scarf

May 31 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

The Power of Tea Workshop with Ivy Moon Botanicals at Shaker Village

Power of Tea Workshop

May 31 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Shaker Herb House Cultural Center

The fully rehabilitated building will headquarter the 200-year-old Shaker herb business and serve as Shaker Village’s first large-scale year-round educational and cultural space with more than 8,000 square-feet of production rooms and traditional arts studio-classrooms. Free self-guided public access to daily operations, free folk traditions demonstrations, expanded volunteer opportunities, new community alliances, and a wide variety of master classes will deliver experiential learning deeply rooted in herbalism and agriculture, culinary arts, and traditional crafts. The Herb House Cultural & Traditional Arts Center will target local audiences in ways never before possible and will align unique cultural learning experiences with the school calendar and nearly 100,000 students within 60 miles of Shaker Village.

Read more details at maineshakers.com/capital-campaign/

Shaker Village Campaign News

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Shaker Music

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About the Shakers. By the Shakers.

The Shakers

The Sabbathday Lake Shakers in New Gloucester, Maine are the faithful heirs, stewards, and examples of 247-years of values, philosophies, practices, and traditions. Still accepting new members and leading a good-will mission of public outreach, the Sabbathday Lake Shakers have opened their home and culture to seekers of all kinds through beneficial personal, academic, and spiritual experiences.

Visit: Shaker Museum

Take A Tour

The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum is located within the only active and functioning Shaker Community in the world.

Best SHaker Village Tour In America

“This is a must-see. We’ve been to other Shaker Villages in America. This one is the best because the people who lead these tours know the last Shakers. So, the talk had a personal depth that is absent from the other Shaker sites, that are run by museum companies.”

RonaSomerville, TripAdvisor Review

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Volunteer

A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED

Instant friends and forever family – that’s what we hear most from our volunteers. Join us in being part of the Shaker tradition of working together to make a difference.

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