Reviews of Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village (Museum)

Gail Seevers

Wow

anthony hunter

Small, but still worth the visit.

john patrick

Nice, relaxing, beautiful and historic.

Michael Miller

Fabulous tour. We were fortunate enough to get a private tour. The tour includes the original meeting house and the ladies home. The history is wildly interesting. At the time of this writing, there were only 2 living Shakers left in the world . . . and they are both here. This is unfortunately where the Shakers will official pass into history.

Sean McCloy

Tis a gift to be simple

Vallerie Pulcini

Totally not worth $7.00, I couldn't take the walking tour (7.00) as it was another 40 minutes before it started. I opted for the museum. It was one room divided up. Had VERY few artifacts and some pictures. Took me less 10 minutes (and only that because I read EVERY paragraph by EVERY photo). Store is uninteresting. Without the walking tour not allowed to even walk down the street. Don't know about the walking tour but the museum was NOT worth the money OR the drive.

Aaron Harmon

Amazing Place. Beautiful and historic.

sloan laurits

Sabbathday Lake offers an authentic look into the last active Shaker community in the world. The Shakers are a fascinating denomination. There is lots to be learned about the Shaker way of life and history here. We took the tour and our guide Don was informative and friendly. It was great to see some of the actual work and living spaces that The Shakers once used. I was blown away by the blue paint used in the meeting house. It was apparently made from a mixture which used blueberries as the color. I can’t remember the exact date, but I’m pretty sure it was applied over 200 years ago! It still looked great, Benjamin Moore should try tapping into that formula.

Darla Stavros

Very interesting place to stop and stretch. Learned a lot

Donald Gary Dallas-Koziol

What a beautiful day at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Thank you Mary for the informative and enlightening tour.

Jesse Dodge

Love it great awesome cool

Patsy Limpert

Museum is terrific with the history of the Shakers and Open Farm day is great fun.

E barrett

Great place to tour and experience a Sunday service.

Patricia Morris

Unique. Quaint and historical. You will enjoy it better if you acquaint yourself with the history beforehand

Cynthia Williams

Great history and scenery

PAVAN JAYARAM

scenic place.

Georgina Hill

This is the last active shaker community, with at present 3 shakers. We had a tour of some of the buildings with a friendly and informative guide, learning about the shaker history and way of life. The small village has a beautiful setting with gorgeous views that we enjoyed in the sunshine, especially the very lovely highland cattle!

Linda Harmon

Living history

Brian Burke

Zion's Center of Union, Sabbathday Lake is God's Chosen place. Only the wise and discerning eye can comprehend the hidden Eternal Glory within these 1800 acres. Take God out and its still a plausible effort at communal living. A must see experience and a good fair ticket price to learn some American history if you don't value the God factor. However, if you are a true and discerning Christian, you will meet your Maker here...in peace. Enjoy your tour.

Robert Platten

Yearly event and nice to see familiar faces

Roemi Magcalas

Great experience for the whole family

JOHN SONN

Natl historic treasure.

Debra Therriault

Was disappointed that we didn't see the Indians in full Indian dress walking around including Story teller. I did enjoy Geo

Peter Asseyn

It’s like stepping back in time to a simpler life A wonderful place to visit and learn new crafts and meet wonderful friends

Brian Braley

Words cannot describe the peace and beauty of Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. The tours give an in-depth look into the Shaker faith.

Ginger Kelly

A perfect place to go if you love beautiful country settings, apple orchards, home spun things and to learn more about the Shakers. The staff here and the two remaining Shakers are beautiful people. I love it here! Couldn't get much better than this!

Jan Taylor

Very interesting place.

Royce Hunter

The explanation of the history of the Shakers.

charles toomey

Their simple life and beliefs are something to be admired!

Bill Phillips

Great active historical center featuring local Shaker history, buildings, and crafts. Shaker store sells a lot of what you see on the farm. Has many followers who keep the Shaker skills and history alive.

Julie Brown

I absolutely Love this Place the People are some of the nicest people you will ever know. Bring your family you will not be disappointed.

Bob Steinbeiser

Pretty interesting to learn about the Shakers. I've been to other Shaker villages and this one is not quite as representative of daily Shaker life as those.

susan scarbrough

Such an experience learning about the history of the Shakers in such a beautiful setting

Mina Christina Staples

Great working Quaker farm. General store & farm is great. Working and living farm. The lot of folks who work here also live here. Few travel from outside, but small and cozy. A must for families looking for summer fun/education. Guided tours. Relatively cheap day out.

Madame Sheri

Loved learning about Shaker history.

Brendan O'Brien

It was fun to visit on their festival day. I'm not sure what else there is to do here but the crafts and demonstrations made the visit from Portland worthwhile.

Mary Vollentine

Very interesting only two Shaker remain.

Bruce Jones

Surely worth a visit. A good look at into how our people lived thru the years

M Lapson

It's beautiful and informative for sure. The goods they sell are lovely and some are truly unique. However the signage is lacking so that one isn't sure where to go or what parts are available to see free or that you pay and what type of tours are best for your party. Without explanations of the types of tours it's hard to know what to purchase and the price seems high for a quick peek around a self guided room. A map would be very useful!! Also there were workshops taking place but with no indication of wether they were open to the public, part of the tours or not. Still, a gorgeous setting in beautiful Maine!

Jean Rohrbach

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Elwood Cobb

I used to work here as a farm hand 50 years ago. A nice place to visit. Been 47 years since I've been back. People all new but still a nice place. Alot if good memories here.

Charles Drew

Great guided tour by Paula

Belle Davis

Beautiful place to visit, very educational. Learned a lot about the Shakers.

Owen Rubin

Fascinating look at a dying community. The history, architecture and basic designs are beautiful. And they invented so many things you take for granted today.

Nicole Paar

Very interesting place, awesome tour.

Rex Krajewski

Beautiful and peaceful

Gerry Doyon

I highly encourage you to pay for the over in hour tour. You will get a lot of great information.

Harold Merchant

Reminds me of the old days

Maine CarGuy

Shaker Village. Beautiful 225 year old buildings located in original religious colony. Won't go into Shaker beliefs and traditions here. You can Google them yourselves. Beautiful country setting, heirloom plants, herb mixes, heritage cookbooks, jams and souvenirs for sale. Tours are $10 for adults. Includes all buildings, museum and Shaker burial ground.

Alan Pease

Very nice off the beaten path place to visit. Relaxing

Joseph Ovady

Living history, need I say more.

Delsa White

Love this place. Worked with other volunteers and garden staff to prepare harvested Egyptian mint. This was fun and we have enrolled as Friends of the Shakers. A worthy cause.

Louise Ratajczak

I love outside museum history

Tamás Krisztin

A wonderful experience of the last shaker community! We had an early morning tour, which was very informative and interesting! Highly recommended!

Michel Bertarionne

Une découverte ! Le seul village shaker encore en activité...

Toast2936

The directed tour is about an hour or so long and it includes 2 buildings. It is an intresting look at life in this religious community famous for a style of furniture. There are also some additional buildings with more self directed exhibits.

Tonia taylor

Full of culture

Andrew Kuhl

Brother Arnold was very accommodating.

everett buron

Get your shaker on here

laura

Nice place to visit with a small gift shop.

Burkhard Matthes

Ein mittlerweile zum Museum transformierter Ort. Solange die Zeit der Shaker noch nicht so lange her ist, hat man hier die Gelegenheit, noch recht authentisch den Ort und seine Geschichte wahrzunehmen

Lawrence Garman

A very good guide. A very interesting piece of American religious history. Very worthwhile going.

Phil Buckley-Mellor

A waste of time, pointless, half of it was closed too, avoid.

Antonio R Rambonga Jr

A Historical Working Farm of the Shakersabbath Sect that dates back to the late 1790's!! Everything is All Hand made or Hand spun wool and crafts! Home made oils and spices! They also offer walking tours of the farm!

Jess O'Brien

Excellent workshop, beautiful setting.

Jill E. Dolton

Would have liked to seen more.

Rachael Coleman

Enjoyed Native American Festival, great family event!

Mytchal Moskal

Incredible site. Great historical value, highly informative and impressive. The staff were very kind and helpful. We had a great time walking around and admiring the idyllic appeal and antiquarian legacy. Will definitely recommend to others as a visit.

Marilyn wentworth

On a fall day, this location just oozez New England. History of the Shakers was fascinating and our guide was full of interesting, off-script tidbits. Her knowledge was impressive.

John R Weinhold Jr

Enjoyed the day with a knowledgeable tour guide! Great visit.

Tina Card-Urquidez

Fun facts about the shakers.

Rhonda

An interesting stop. We met the nicest man there who gave us lots of interesting facts about the village.

Scott Graham

museum has very interesting history to share about shakers and the impact they had with their inventions - a very Serene place with friendly staff members

Erick Frost

Very interesting. Recommend taking the tour.

Raymond Zahn

I'd recommend this place to anyone who wants to learn a little about local history

Julie Diehl

Love the history of the Shakers. Great tours!

John

Interesting place with a store full of hand made soaps and other items but also a lot of history.

Rich Carpenter

Good place for information on their way of life. Store has locally produced goods.

Lance Wilde

Short, but interesting tour of two buildings with period furniture and much info on the cottage industries that were once performed there. I was curious about the remainder of the antique buildings, but they are closed to clambering tourists.