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Once rooted, with branches extending into many parts of northeastern America, the Shaker movement exhibited a surprising inner vitality, so much that in the end it outlived even those subsequent experiments in idealistic association, religious and transcendental, Owenite and Fourieristic, which flourished, mostly for brief periods, during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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--Edward Denning Andrews
The People Called Shakers, 1963
The Shaker museum is housed in a local mansion overlooking Upper Shaker Lake. The museum exhibits a large collection of Shaker objects. Many are from North Union, a Shaker colony founded in 1822 and located in what is now the city of Shaker Heights. The museum also has a library with collections from both the 19th-century Shakers and 20th-century Shaker Heights. By 1850 North Union was a prosperous community of 200. At first it sold produce and handmade furniture to nearby communities.  Cleveland's mass production industries eventually put them out of business. The colony disbanded in 1889.
No architectural remnants of North Union Colony remain. The Shaker's legacy of simplicity of life style and concepts of equality, freedom, and social justice remain.
Hours:
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Monday |
CLOSED |
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Tuesday |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Wednesday |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Thursday |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Friday |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Saturday |
CLOSED |
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Sunday |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Groups by appointment only |
Admission
| OHS Members and SHS Members |
FREE |
| Adults |
$2.00 |
| Children 6 - 18 |
$1.00 |
| Groups tours by appointment only |
Location
The Shaker Historical Museum is located in Shaker Heights at 16740 South Park Blvd. South Park is one block north of Shaker Blvd. off Warrensville Center Road in Cuyahoga County.
General Information
Shaker Museum
Shaker Heights Historical Society
16740 South Park Boulevard
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
Phone:
216-921-1201
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