Shaker Heritage Society
25 Meeting House Road
AlbanyNY12211
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- Closed
- Monday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
- Tuesday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
- Wednesday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
- Thursday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
- Friday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
- Saturday
- 9:30am-4:00pm
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For more information about educational activities for kids in Albany, NY contact the Shaker Heritage Society at 518-456-7890 today!
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America's first Shaker settlement, the 1776 Watervliet Church Community, retains its 1848 Meeting House and seven other buildings. The Shakers (the United Society of Believers), an early American religious group, were known for their remarkable craftsmanship as well as their religious devotion. Work was a way of devoting oneself to God, and they sought to create heaven on earth with a...
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The Shaker Heritage Society, founded in 1977, is a non-profit historic preservation group which runs interpretive educational programming about the Shakers and their influence on the region, it is also actively concerned with preserving the integrity of the Watervliet Shaker Historic District, America's First Shaker Settlement (Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.). The Church...
