Canterbury Shaker Village

The Need

Protecting Our Natural Resources

Today is NH Gives! This year, we're asking for your support of our natural resources. Canterbury Shaker Village has 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails, and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement. We are so fortunate to have a team of dedicated volunteers, many of whom are a part of UNH Extension's Master Gardener and Natural Resources Stewards programs, that care for this special place. 

Your investment will help us:

• Prune our historic apple trees
• Repair dikes and dams
• Clear invasive knotweed and bittersweet
• Maintain miles of nature trails
• Care for our gardens, including many historic plants like grapevines, roses, lavender, ferns, and hollyhocks

Thank you for being an important part of our Village. We humbly ask you to support our NH Gives campaign for this magical landscape that brings together human and natural history. 

About Us

Canterbury Shaker Village preserves and shares the legacy of the Canterbury Shakers by promoting learning, connection, and rejuvenation for all.

Canterbury Shaker Village was established in 1792 and is one of nineteen historic Shaker villages in the United States. The villagers were part of a religious movement commonly referred to as Shakerism, known for its charismatic worship, communal living, egalitarian views of the sexes, and pacifism. 

Today, Canterbury Shaker Village's collection holds more than 100,000 objects and documents spanning 200 years of Shaker history and is interpreted on a 694-acre campus that includes 30 original and reconstructed buildings. The Village welcomes 12,000 visitors each year for tours, educational programming, outdoor recreation, and special events. Visit us at www.shakers.org for the latest events, to sign up for our newsletter, and to follow us on social media.