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The exhibition celebrating the Ardentown Centennial is now open.  We are delighted to announce that that some new objects have been added to both the exhibition and the main display space at the Museum.  A wonderful handcrafted sign which once invited guests to that famous, or infamous, spot on the ground level of the Candlelight […]

The original Purchase of the Harvey and Hanby farms – the 107 acres which became Ardentown, was made by a group called the Committee of Eight.  All were residents of Arden and were led by Frank Stephens.  The purchase was made in June of 1922 then announced at a Town Meeting of Arden.  The purchase

We are excited to announce the Grand Re-Opening of the Arden Craft Shop Museum!  Please join us, October 16th from 1-3 pm as we reopen our main gallery space with a new exhibition: Ardentown Celebrates One Hundred!  We are so excited to share our renovated gallery with our friends and guests!  Please join us for light refreshments

After being partially open for an extended period the museum is closed to complete repairs to the gallery space and install our new exhibition.  Look for our Grand Reopening in later October 2022 with our new exhibition celebrating the Ardentown Centennial! During this period of closure, please enjoy the pop up art museum on the

The Village of Ardentown is getting ready to celebrate its Centennial and the ACSM is working on an exhibition to mark the occasion.  Several years ago, the Trustees of Ardentown loaned the Museum the book of original Ardentown leasehold records.  The book was part of the exhibition Finding A Homes in the Ardens. The plan was

Rescue The Red House! Over the past few months many friends of the Museum have asked, “What’s happening at the Museum” and “When will it reopen?”  During the renovation of the building we discovered a number of structural issues in the gallery space of the Museum.  The Gallery, after all, is the original Red House,

The Village of Arden was recently featured on WHYY’s Mover’s and Makers program.  A number of museum volunteers were featured and we extend our thanks to them for representing the museum and Arden so wonderfully!  You can view the episode here. The Ardens have also been shown on other public programs.  These include: WHYY First Experience

If you read the minutes of Town Assembly meetings of the Village of Arden in the mid-1980s, you will find regular reports from an Ad Hoc committee – the Archives Committee.  Finally in September, 1989, this self-motivated and determined group became an official standing committee of the Village. There had long been an interest in

When you visit our Images from the Ardens exhibition and take a good look at all the pieces of sculpture, you may notice that an old friend is missing.  Look closely at the assembled busts and you will find that Henry George is not in the group.  The bust of Henry George has been part of

The ACSM will open a modified version of our exhibition, Images from the Ardens 1900-1960, on Sunday, February 6th, from 1 to 3 pm, in the Bernie Schwab Community Room.  Although our main gallery space is still under renovation, we are enthusiastic about re-opening and sharing these wonderful pieces from our collection with the community.  Our open hours