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As we all know, renovations or remodeling in the older buildings in the Ardens can take many unexpected turns.  This has happened at the Craft Shop.  It is not really too surprising when you remember how old our building actually is.  When Frank Stephens purchased the Derrickson Farm in 1900, our building was one of […]

The Arden Craft Shop Museum community celebrates and honors the life of our dear friend and supporter, Linda Eaton. Linda passed away on August 18th, after a courageous battle against a long-term illness. Linda came to Arden in 1993 after getting a position as a textile conservator at Winterthur Museum and Gardens. She went on

At this time the Arden Craft Shop Museum is temporarily closed for remodeling and we wanted to make our community aware of the reason. On August 4th the museum experienced water damage due to a sprinkler head going off in the apartment above the gallery. Museum staff and volunteers were already onsite and, once ascertaining

Due to the 4th of July holiday the Museum will be closed Sunday the 4th.  Please enjoy these photos of Independence Day celebrations from the past! First Hounds in–in annual Hare and Hound race, July 4th, ca. 1900s-1910s. ACSM01690. Fourth of July celebration, ACRA races on Arden Green, July 4th 1963, July 4, 1963. Fourth

One of the nicest features of the Archives Collections at the ACSM are the many tributes and articles written by unnamed folk about their favorite neighbors and friends.  One of these pieces, by an unknown friend, provides a beautiful portrait of Jimmie Ware.  The writer details Jimmie’s many accomplishments and her special qualities.  Among these

Almost everyone knows the name Frank Stephens and the role he and Will Price played in founding the communities we now call the Ardens. We know Stephens to be a proponent of Henry George and his economic ideas, a sculptor, and the founder of several other single-tax enclaves.  Today, however, few of us remember the

It’s no great surprise that Frank Stephens, a lover of Shakespeare, the founder of Arden, and an artist, would have a way with words. ​Enjoy this poem “To Eleanor” from Some Songs: O! Heart–hold closer by me, for this lifeHath really neither breadth nor height nor depthOther than love; and all material formsThat hedge us

The Ardens have a long history of being politically diverse. In 1950, Don Stephens said about Ardencroft: “You are welcome hither, for here in Ardencroft we do not ask about a man’s religion nor his beliefs nor do we hold to any theory of racial superiority.” ​This philosophy was a continuation of the spirt of

As part of our commitment to telling the history of the Ardens, it is our pleasure to highlight work on the preservation of the historic structures that make up the Ardens. Rest Harrow was probably built around 1912 and designed by architect William Price. To learn more about tis restoration by fellow Ardens residents, please

EQUALITY IN THE ARDENSARDEN CRAFT SHOP MUSEUMOPENS NEW EXHIBITIONOctober 18, 2020 Our new exhibition, opening October 18th, celebrates the traditions of Equality in its many forms in the Ardens.  Of course, nationally 2020 has marked the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, bringing equality to the voting booth, but equality has many forms.