Household Membership | Hancock Shaker Village


Item Number: 116

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $85

Online Close: Oct 21, 2017 10:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!

Description

A household membership to Hancock Shaker Village.  The membership includes seasonal free admission for 2 adults (and all household children under 18), as well as discounts in Shaker Mercantile, Seeds Market Cafe, workshops, and some special programming.  


Fifty room-setting exhibitions are offered within the Village. These exhibitions accent the full range of Shaker daily life and show the Village’s collection as the Shakers would have used it. In the Brick Dwelling, you will see an infirmary with hospital beds, adults’ cradles and 19th-century medical equipment. In the Sisters’ Dairy and Weave Loft, you will see looms, spinning wheels and butter churns.


As you explore the Village’s buildings you will see the premier collection of Shaker furniture, crafts and tools. You will see traditional Shaker design – oval boxes, peg rails, quintessential Shaker chairs. You will also see things that surprise you – brightly painted furniture, a delicate child’s high chair. Room settings within the Village’s historic buildings allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the role these objects played in the daily life of the Shakers.