Shakers
Videos
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the U
Historical marker at the Niskayuna Community Cemetery in modern-day Colonie, New York, where Mother Ann Lee is buried
Shaker dance and worship, during the Era of Manifestations
Polly Ann Reed, A present from Mother Lucy to Eliza Ann Taylor, 1851
Hannah Cohoon, The Tree of Light or Blazing Tree, 1845
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with three members as of 2025. The community was
Shakers
…to replace them. By 1920, there were only 12 Shaker communities remaining in the United States. As of 2019, there was only one active Shaker village: Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, in Maine. Consequently, many of the other Shaker settlements are now museums. As of 2025, there were three members. The Shakers were one of a few…
Shaker Library and schoolhouse
The central dwelling house
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Barns at Sabbathday Lake Village