Hancock Shaker Village Collections Hancock Shaker Village Collections Collections Hancock Shaker Village contains the largest and most representative collection of Shaker artifacts available to the public at an original Shaker site. Its furniture, tools and equipment, household objects, textiles, manuscripts, and inspirational art reflect the Shakers significant role in American social, religious, and economic life over 170 years. Furnishings and artifacts are displayed in 95 room settings throughout the Village and in exhibition galleries in the Center for Shaker Studies. The core of the Hancock Shaker Village collection was formed by the donation of the personal collections of Amy Bess Miller and Edward D. and Faith Andrews.
Specialized collections are accessible to qualified researchers.
The Amy Bess and Lawrence K. Miller Library, with an extensive collection of primary and secondary materials on the Shakers and other intentional communities, historic photographs, commercial graphics, and ephemera, is open by appointment.