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 two members as of 2020. With a new member, it had expanded to three members by 2021.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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