Such a lovely venue for Kelcie and Kyles little intimate wedding a few weeks ago! The setting was perfect for the 15 guests they had for their outdoor ceremony. There was ample parking and plenty of beautiful spots around the area for photos. Couldnt have been better!

The holiday craft market is open and the staff is doing a thoughtful job of keeping it socially distanced. Plus the grounds are always nice to walk around in.

Their craft fair is nice however we were dissapointed there was no farm there with plants,produce as in the past. They do need to try and attract some new vendors. Always same people.

Excellent under rated local must see history attraction. If colonial american history interests you then dont miss this site. Very knowledgeable staff available to help better understand this amazing groups history. Only a very nominal donation is requested

Nice educational tour, custodian great, well organized

Talented vendors, nice selection. Courteous staff.

Its an amazing place - 2 minutes from the airport, with some beautiful Shaker buildings - seems sad that more hasnt been done to restore the site - the first Shaker settlement in America!

Interesting piece of history.

I know the volunteers here do their very best operating this site, but it is a shame Albany doesnt provide them with adequate budget to maintain the place as it should be. This is the original Shaker site in America and the founder, Ann Lee is buried here. A place of such historic importance deserves far better preservation than this one is getting. Every other Shaker village in the country has a private foundation to see to its upkeep, but this one is owned by the city of Albany and it is starved for the funds it needs. I love the place and visit it frequently, but it is heart-breaking to see many of the buildings needing repair. It would be nice if the volunteers would organize some Hands to work, hearts to God days, when people from the community could come together to apply fresh paint, make some simple repairs, and so forth. But, back to the review--the museum and gift shop are very good. The orchard and cemetery are worth the short walk, the critters in the barn are fun, and the herb garden is very well maintained. They have a holiday craft fair coming up that lasts four weeks, has some great craft item, at very good prices, which I recommend highly. The staff are friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful.

Great place great people

Awesome little spot with cool history. Go in the summer for the historically accurate herb garden and various craft fairs.

Very nice place to visit

Peaceful spot with historic exhibits, hiking trails and picnic tables

A beautiful hidden gem! I visited for the craft fair and found myself taken in by the history of the land and beauty of nature that exists within it. You can almost feel the energy of the Shakers present on the land.

The company I work for had a scare festival for us there. It had plenty of room for everything and everyone. We had one large tent set up for inside seating and the band and alcohol. Outside had Manny food trucks, more seating, a smaller tangy for tarot cards and picture taking. The barn on site was used for a haunted house. This facility was extremely accommodating and it was very enjoyable.

My mom Worked there when I was a childAt Ann Lee Nursing home up till the day the moved all the residents to the New Albany County Nursing home.Great memories going to work with her at both places.The Building is amazing just sad to see it left the way it isBut the grounds are amazingly kept and its beautiful there.Ghost Hunters may like to check it out.Got some good pics during my day trip.Also visit Ann Lees Grave. As well as the pond.You will enjoy it.But I love it so much for the memory of my mom and I working her 3 pm to 11 pm shifts.Miss those days and her.

Very cool place, had a great time at the Aficianado Experience.

Very nice.. great historical site..very relaxing place to check out.. grounds are kept up very nicely. Interesting way of life.

I give this high marks for the passionate volunteers who work at this sweet underfunded museum.It would behoove the City of Albany to caretake the buildings they have left to rot, shame on them. I think due to the ramshackle quality of the surroundings buildings many tourists in the area who want to visit a Shakers community choose instead to visit the Hancock Shaker Village , a living history museum preserved for generations. The Shaker story is of high interest and tourists want to learn about this communal lifestyle that has few remaining communities.I am glad I was able to meet this small but enthusiastic group of knowledgeable and avid Shaker history buffs.

Craft fair today. Vendors ok

I visited this interesting location to take a class in Calligraphy from the most patient teacher in the world. Libby is a graduate of Pratt Instittute with lots of experience. She led this group of neophytes with style and grace and good humor. It was very enjoyable.

This is a place I visit each year. So many beautiful gift ideas for Christmas and beyond. Dont miss it!

To see and experience the Shaker history is wonderful. They embraced time saving techniques and built things to last. The Society is working on turning one of the big houses into a home for veterans.

The Shaker craft fair was very nice. There were beautiful crafts and Shaker demonstrations. I watched a sheep being shaved. It was awesome! I bought several things.

I was a decent at the Pittsfield shaker. Living history is so important

Nice little museum with lots of history about the grounds and the Shakers who lived there. Didnt stay long enough to explore the grounds but would love to next time we visit

What a great place to explore and actually see some of the great Shaker inventions. With the buildings still standing they are going to make one of them into housing for veterans.

Love to shop here for Christmas. A good variety of crafts, and the staff are always friendly.

Wonderful visit. Informative and interesting. The grounds are lovely but I wish they had the funds and ability to repair the dilapidated buildings.

Beautiful craftmanship displayed here.

Went to the Craft Show and enjoyed it very much especially the pie booth.The grounds and buildings are remarkable. Lovely grounds

Cool little venue. Went for a wedding. Pretty neat history.

Great Place! Good fun with the family or just friends!

Bit pricey for regular shoppers but beautiful crafts nonetheless.

Historic building, perfectly appropriate for the Stockade Assembly -- an English Country Dance event. Beautiful floor, but a bit sticky for some dances.

Great audio tour

Nice place to get unique gifts.

This is a nice little place to have a wedding or any kind of party inside old barn that was was destroyed in 1916. it has been refurbished since then the setting on the side of the road by Albany Airport with a chicken coop and all. Nice little white fence around the area the nice little place to be

Great wedding venue! Awesome time

Not much to see here. We went for the annual craft fair. About 50 vendors ranging from inexpensive bazaar crafts to high end jewelry. No resellers! Hit some yummy Hickory syrup, bundt cakes and funky earrings.

Great place to stop in and browse around. There is a small store with unique gifts. Make sure you walk around the grounds. Ann Lee pond is just around the corner with fun level well marked trails.

Had a great time~Many booths to go to

Beautiful variety of handmade items

This place is a neat museum. They have craft fairs from time to time with local artists and crafters putting their wares on display. The ladies in the gift shop were very nice and wrapped our items at no extra charge.

Very nice craft fair.

Stopped in to do some Christmas shopping

Nice event. Worth the trip. Will be there next year too

Love shopping there for unusual gifts for Christmas. Great quality too.

Great wedding venue!

Fascinating! Small museum, nice gift shop, amazing Christmas Craft Sale.

The staff is very nice, but theres little to see or learn. Other Shaker sites are better. I liked Hancock MA, Canterbury NH, and Sabbath Day ME.

Small but cool. They are trying to do more with the property. Donate!

Countinuing our visits to shaker sites...we stopped my on our way to new hampshire. it was raining steadily so we couldnt explore the outdoors but the docent gave us a really nice presentation of the meeeting house. always learning something new. well. be back next year.

Lovely place with so much history. Theres a gift shop to buy things made in the Shaker Way.

What a great place to find hard to buy for Christmas present.

Gift shop is a Christmas shop for handmade items worth the effort

Lovely grounds, herb garden, cemetery where Shaker founder Ann Lee is buried. Welcoming staff, informative video and exhibit. Gift shop with Shaker herbs and oval boxes. Bring a picnic!

The Center For Disabilities holds their annual Aficionado Experience there, its worth attending.

Great selection of vendors, reasonable prices.

I went to their annual craft fair.

Very interesting and nice buildings.

The shaker society was a amazing place to visit and see all the shaker memorabilia and too see the the meeting house and all the pictures all the different families. Definetly a must see to experience the heritage of the shakers and the lives they lived!!!!!!!

A great place to take a walk. A nice quiet place tucked away in Colonie. This is the first US settlement of the Shakers.

I dont know why schools are not shuttling their students to this historic site. Mother Ann Lee was a charismatic woman at a time when women had their place in our male dominated society and she bravely fought the church, societal norms and faced persecution, imprisonment, stoning, whipping and mocking to practice her faith. She created settlements all over the Eastern seaboard and had thousands of followers. Many streets and buildings are named after the Shakers and most people dont even know why. The Shakers were on the forefront of technology - inventing the circular saw, push and sweep brooms, herbal medicine, gardening and farming techniques, seed and herbal catalogs and shipping through the mail and, they were the first in this area to install a telephone.The Shaker site, garden and grounds are free to explore and visit any day, any hour. But, go during their gift shop hours so you can visit the buildings and peruse the gift shop. Buy something or leave a donation to support the heritage society for once these buildings are gone, theyre gone forever. The Shakers once owned 600 acres of land but over the years have had it whittled down by politics, expansion and the need for money. Ann Lees burial grave was even moved to accommodate a baseball field.

A must visit if your in the area. Small but full of interesting facts and local connections.

It is mostly an outdoor museum of a neighborhood.

Beautiful ️

Great Display, we learned a lot.

AS a former Troy resident, I still love coming through the area to see the site!

Very haunted location

Beautiful location for a wedding!!

Not much to see, honestly

Worst places in

Very slow

Unique and beautiful

There was a lot of info about it

I hate this place

Hidden gem

The past is wierd.

It is all about history