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Coming Soon!

By On May 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As the beautiful weather rolls into Shaker Heights, exciting things are happening with the Shaker Historical Society Scouting Program!

During my internship at SHS, I am very pleased to work on organizing this unique event. At Scouting Day, we will be offering Girl Scouts of America the opportunity to earn the “Local Lore” badge in Read more »

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Cleaning Made Easy!

By On April 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

 

 

As I walked into The Shaker Historical Society today, our Director of Education was cleaning up after a successful tour with a school group. Being that they were fourth graders, quite a mess was created, and I assisted with the cleanup. Part of this involved sweeping up some Read more »

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Bike Tours

Bike Tours beginning April 15!

By On March 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Rent a bike or bring your own to enjoy the beauty and celebrate the history of Shaker Heights!  Read more here or call 216.921.1201 with any questions!

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Fair on the Square: Playhouse Square

Fair on the Square: The SHS is an exhibitor

By On March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Browse through field trip and curriculum enhancement opportunities from arts and cultural organizations, attend professional development workshops and network with fellow educators. Join us for this free event, refreshments and prizes! The Shaker Historical Society will be exhibiting.
More details here.

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New faces and fun events!

By On March 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

My name is Lauren Kotmel and I am a new special event intern at The Shaker Historical Society. Currently, I am a graduate student at John Carroll University earning my M.A. in Nonprofit Administration. I also hold a B.A. in English from Kent State University with minors in Women’s Studies and International Relations, and a Read more »

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Shaker Seeds

Spring has sprung…Shaker style!

By On March 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It seems that spring has finally sprung!  With the beautiful weather today, I keep thinking how much I would love to be outdoors enjoying the sunshine.  Looking through our Shaker artifacts, I am reminded that the Shakers spent a great deal of time outdoors working, as they believed “Hands to work and hearts Read more »

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Wisconsin native becomes a Shaker expert!

By On March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! This will be my first blog posting as an intern for The Shaker Historical Society, so here is a little background on how I got such an exciting opportunity. First of all my name is Kelsey Bayer and I am “new” to the Cleveland, OH area. I moved to Ohio a year ago Read more »

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“Hi” from Our New Intern!

By On February 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

My name is Juliana Lytkowski and I am a new collections intern at The Shaker Historical Society. Currently I am a junior at Baldwin-Wallace College as a double major in Marketing and English, with the hopes of attending graduate school for a master’s degree in Library and Information Science.

At B-W I am involved in Read more »

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Record Breaking Numbers!

By On February 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Greydon Petznick from Van Auken Akins kicked off our array of Centennial programs this past Sunday, February 5 at The Shaker Historical Society with a presentation on the “Famous Architects of Shaker Heights.” His presentation, accompanied by a fabulous PowerPoint presentation, was enjoyed by a packed house (almost 80 people filled the room, hallways, stairs, Read more »

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Intern Insights

By On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It has been a few months since I have been at the SHS, and when I came back, I found several changes to our exhibits.  This past weekend, the Van Sweringen exhibit opened.  The Van Sweringen brothers, Oris and Mantis, founded Shaker Heights in the early twentieth century as a suburban escape from Cleveland.  They Read more »

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