Canterbury Shaker Village
288 Shaker Road
Canterbury, NH 03224
Telephone: (603) 783-9511
Experience 200 years of the Shaker way of life. Visit 24 original buildings situated on a rolling hilltop surrounded by open fields, woodlots and ponds. A fascinating guided tour will introduce the customs, inventions, furniture, architecture, and values of this utopian society. Watch crafts being made in the Shaker tradition including oval boxes, brooms, poplarware, and dovetailed totes. Explore the Physician's Botanical garden and three easily accessible nature trails to mill ponds, archeological remains of old mills, and dam sites. The Creamery Restaurant serves lunch daily, brunch Sunday, and Candlelight Dinner and Tour on Friday and Saturday. Browse through the gift shop offering Shaker reproduction furniture, collection of Shaker books and tapes, and NH handcrafts. For information call 603 783 9511
Operating Season
April, Nov., & Dec. weekends 10 to 4; May to October daily 10 to 5
