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Hancock Shaker Village - One Year Family Membership
- Item Number
- 126
- Estimated Value
- 85 USD
- Sold
- 30 USD to rosyc462
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
The winning bidder will receive a one year joint/family membership to Hancock Shaker Village. The membership entitles the winner to seasonal free admission for 2 adults (and all household children under 18).
Go back in time, forward in thought. Living history museum in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.
Hancock’s collections number over 22,000 objects (either produced by or associated with the Shakers) that have been collected and preserved by the museum since its founding in 1960.
The collections are divided into seven categories:
Furniture: 1,000 documented examples of the Shakers’ distinctive form of design
Tools and Equipment: 3,200 artifacts associated with the Shakers’ community and commercial enterprises
Household Objects: 3,400 examples of ceramics, glassware, woodenware, tinware, ironware, and basketry, produced by/or used by the Shakers
Art: 100 objects, including graphics of Shaker buildings and sites, and the largest single collection (25 examples) of “gift” or “spirit” drawings, which rank in the forefront of American art.
Textiles: 1,200 examples of Shaker costume, domestic textiles, and specialty products made and used by the Shakers or sold to outsiders and other Shaker communities.
Commercial Graphics: 1,300 artifacts, including labeled seed packages and boxes.
Archival: 2,000 imprints, 10,000 photographs, plus letters and manuscripts. An ongoing oral history project has produced 35 hours of audio tape from interviews with former community members and local residents who knew the Hancock Shakers.
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