# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Ashley Hopkins-Benton, Senior Historian and Curator of Social History, for a special Lunchtime Lecture exploring the remarkable Shaker women who helped shape the New York State Museum’s renowned Shaker Collection. Beginning in 1926, as Shaker communities at Watervliet and Mount Lebanon faced closure and decline, devoted members worked closely with Museum curators to preserve their material culture and document their communal way of life. Without their conviction and careful stewardship, much of what we know about the Shakers today would have been lost.

This talk highlights the women whose foresight ensured the survival of thousands of objects—from iconic oval boxes, furniture, and textiles to tools, seed packaging, bonnet molds, and even the only surviving Shaker fountain stone. Through their collaboration, everyday objects of work, worship, and domestic life became an enduring record of a community rooted in faith, industry, and shared purpose.

Learn more about this free event: https://nysm.nysed.gov/programs/her-legacy-in-their-hands
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/albany/her-legacy-in-their-hands-shaker-women-and-the-making-of-the-museum’s-collection/200029722736701
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Albany
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12019
- **lat**: 42.64769
- **long**: -73.75951
- **full address**: 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12019

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection being held?
  - **A:** Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection takes place on Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm at 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12019.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection?
  - **A:** Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection is organized by New York State Museum.

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