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There are lots of different skill sets that make up museum work.  Especially in small museums where we have amazing volunteers and professionals making it work with limited time and budgets.  We thought it would be fun for you to get a taste of our behind the scenes work.  As we have projects that are […]

The Arden Craft Shop Museum hosted its opening of our newest exhibition “15 years, 15 Treasures….Just the Beginning” on October 20th.  Many dear friends of the museum attended and enjoyed light refreshments. While the collections and idea of the Arden Craft Shop Museum is much older than 15 years, this exhibition celebrates the years that

The Arden Craft Shop Museum Seeks a Curator and Archivist ​The mission of the Arden Craft Shop Museum is to collect and exhibit materials and artifacts related to the Ardens, which include the villages of Arden, Ardentown, and Ardencroft. The Arden Craft Shop Museum seeks to educate the community on the Ardens’ history as single-tax

The Arden Craft Shop Museum will be closed on Sunday, April 21, 2019 to observe the Easter Holiday. We will reopen on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm.

Arden Craft Shop Museum invites you to an Afternoon with the Artists on Sunday, April 28 in the Bernie Schwab Community Room at the ACSM. The event will feature a presentation and video on creating the ACRA mural at the Buzz Ware Village Center with Linda Celestian, Jeanne Orr and David Gerbec.​This event is coordinated with the

Once again the Arden Craft Shop Museum was well represented at the Small Museum Association (SMA) conference! Our previous curator, Kelsey Ransick, worked on the conference committee along with Robin MacDonald, former curator and current board member of the ACSM. Our current curator, Liz Jones-Minsinger, was there with Museum and Archives Committee members Sadie Somerville

The ACSM will be closed Wednesday, February 20, due to the inclement weather. We will reopen this Sunday, February 24th at 1pm. Naaman’s Creek in the snow, mid-20th century. ACSM02417.

Everyone knows the traditional welcome the Ardens extend to all visitors: “You are welcome hither.”  It was chosen by Frank Stephens and carved on the top of the stile sign at the original entrance to the villages.  It expresses both the long-established greeting and spirit of the Ardens. The stile ca. 1910. ACSM00605, Arden Craft

The Arden Craft Shop Museum will be closed on Wednesday, December 26th. We will reopen at our normal hours on Sunday, December 30.

The Arden Craft Shop Museum held a fun and festive celebration for our newest exhibition, “They Gave Us Good Leave to Wander: Celebrating 70 Years of ACRA” on Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2018. Together with ACRA (The Arden Community Recreation Association) we opened our exhibition and celebrated with food and refreshments. A big tent on