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The Arden Craft Shop Museum will be closed Monday, October 6th through Saturday, October 18th as we install our upcoming 10th anniversary exhibit, The Craft Shop: A Place to Live, to Work, to Dream. Come see us during our regular hours on Sundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm and Wednesdays 7:30 – 9:00 pm until then. […]

The Arden Fair this year will be another round of entertaining and varied displays of craftsmanship and creativity. As seen from the Arden Fair announcements from a 1941 Town Crier below, the Fair has always celebrated unique Arden crafts, such as those made by the Arden Weavers; delicious food, like homemade ice cream; and a touch of

On Sunday, August 3rd, friends and neighbors came together on the Green in Arden to “play” homage to the 1911 baseball game that found Upton Sinclair, “Confabulator Price”, and a number of others in jail for playing games on the Sabbath. In protest of Delaware’s Blue Laws, a number of Ardenites played baseball on the

Come one, come all and see a wond’rous show.For two past years, the Craft Shop has displayedFine Shakespeare costumes standing in a row.Come June the Eighth, ’twill be again arrayed. The play this year ’bout glorious history be:Richard the king the second of his name,Fights foes with swords and many repartees.To miss both shows would

The Arden Craft Shop Museum is excited to announce a new exhibit: A Taste of Arden. The Ardens have a great tradition of community and this is never more evident than when we gather around a table to enjoy the company of good fun, good friends and, of course, good food. The ACSM will present cookbooks,

Just a quick note that the Arden Craft Shop Museum will be closed this Sunday. If you celebrate Easter, have a happy holiday! If not, enjoy the sunshine.

For the second year in a row, the Arden Craft Shop Museum hosted a group from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. On March 18th, the group came for a brief lecture on the history of the founding of Arden and a tour of the museum as part of their Hike Through History class. Linda opened

Today, the sun was shining warmly on the Arden Craft Shop Museum, and the first signs of spring were showing in the garden. Snow drops and the tips of daffodils are now visible after the snow melt from winter. These bulbs and others will be blooming in the Craft Shop garden, reminding us of the

This year, the Arden Craft Shop Museum had three representatives at the Small Museum Association Conference. Barbara and Sadie, two of the Museum & Archives Committee members, and Kelsey, our Curator & Archivist, all attended the three-day, 1980s-themed conference in Ocean City, MD. There were a number of fantastic workshops and presentations, and all three

Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc. was formed in the 1920s to address the growing famine in Russia. Dozens of United States citizens with a background in farming (or not) packed six months’ worth of supplies up and moved to Russia. There, they set up a demonstration farm school, where famine prevention was to be taught, and