 Country Fair 1 (1.60 mb)
Agricultural demonstrations including heritage breed animals are a crowd favorite at the annual Country Fair at Hancock Shaker Village.
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 Country Fair 2 (1,020.46 kb)
Vendors from around the region boast local produce, crafts, and handmade furniture at the Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair.
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 Age of Iron 1 (2.03 mb)
Blacksmiths and metalworkers demonstrate traditional methods during the annual Age of Iron event at Hancock Shaker Village.
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 Age of Iron 2 (881.32 kb)
During the annual Age of Iron event at Hancock Shaker Village, the village green is filled with demonstrators of traditional blacksmithing methods.
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 Baby Animals 1 (2.77 mb)
Merino sheep were raised by the Shakers for their superior and abundant wool.
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 Baby Animals 2 (1.20 mb)
Piglets napping after feeding time. These piglets will gain about one pound per day and by next Spring will likely have young of their own.
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 Family Planting Day (296.38 kb)
On Saturday, June 13th, families can come back to the Village and plant their Jacobs Cattle Bean seedlings, grown from seed packets distributed during Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm this past April.
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 Round Stone Barn (2.95 mb)
The Round Stone Barn, originally build in 1826, is currently under restoration. Upper levels of the barn are being painted to appear as they did circa 1865, when the barn was rebuilt and renovated after a fire.
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 1830 Brick Dwelling (863.50 kb)
Once home to over 100 Shakers. The East and West sides of this dormitory style building are mirror images of each other, reflecting the equality afforded Shaker Sisters and Brethren.
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 Laundry & Machine Shop (1.02 mb)
A classic example of Shaker ingenuity, this building contains a water turbine system added by the Shakers in 1858 to power laundry equipment and wood and metal working machinery.
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 Panoramic View (932.14 kb)
Hancock Shaker Village consists of 750 acres of farm, woodland and pasture, home to 18 historic buildings and the premier collection of Shaker artifacts.
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