Dan Raymond House Museum / Mark Dewey Research Center / Old Stone Store 137-161 Main Street | P.O. Box 747 | Sheffield, MA 01257
Visit us at the Old Stone Store Weekends 11am-4pm
Current Exhibit
As many of you know, Sheffield is a hub for craftsmen who build pieces that are simultaneously functional and beautiful works of art. Our summer exhibit, “The Handcrafted Boat” displays the skin-on-frame boats of the Berkshire Boat Building School. Hilary Russell and his students create these exquisite boats using traditional methods, such as hand-steaming frame pieces and using lashing instead of screws. The end result is a boat whose strength and beauty reflects designs that were perfected over centuries by cultures around the world.
The exhibit runs from July 6 through September 1 at the Old Stone Store, weekends 11 am to 4 pm and is free and open to the public. It includes scale models of traditional skin-on-frame boats and information on the historical use of the boats as well as those who carry on the traditional craft of building them today.
As many of you know, Sheffield is a hub for craftsmen who build pieces that are simultaneously functional and beautiful works of art. Our summer exhibit, “The Handcrafted Boat” displays the skin-on-frame boats of the Berkshire Boat Building School. Hilary Russell and his students create these exquisite boats using traditional methods, such as hand-steaming frame pieces and using lashing instead of screws. The end result is a boat whose strength and beauty reflects designs that were perfected over centuries by cultures around the world.
The exhibit runs from July 6 through September 1 at the Old Stone Store, weekends 11 am to 4 pm and is free and open to the public. It includes scale models of traditional skin-on-frame boats and information on the historical use of the boats as well as those who carry on the traditional craft of building them today.
Canoe Raffle
Earlier this spring Hilary led a small group of Historical Society members in building a canoe that we are now raffling off. Money raised will go to building storage for our larger museum pieces, including an Iroquois dugout canoe and a 19th-century carriage. Raffle tickets are $5 a piece or 3 for $10 and can be purchased below or at the Old Stone Store. The winner will be announced in October. For more details about any of the things the Society does contact us at sheffieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or 413-229-2694.
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Join us on Saturday August 24, from 5-8 for a feast for the ages. Included with your ticket will be a smorgasbord of historic food, smokehouse bbq, drinks and dessert. Enjoy live music and other entertainment.
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WATCH the TV Segment about the Sheffield Historical Society
Click below to watch "Main Streets and Back Roads" segment on the Sheffield Historical Society. Make sure to check out the other segments on Sheffield, including Tony Carlotto's Rolling Rock Farm, Magic Fluke, Bartholomew's Cobble, Mill River Farm & Sheffield antiques stores.
http://www.wcvb.com/chronicle
Click below to watch "Main Streets and Back Roads" segment on the Sheffield Historical Society. Make sure to check out the other segments on Sheffield, including Tony Carlotto's Rolling Rock Farm, Magic Fluke, Bartholomew's Cobble, Mill River Farm & Sheffield antiques stores.
http://www.wcvb.com/chronicle
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Sheffield Historical Society
Dan Raymond House
Jennifer Owens, Administrator
sheffieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
413-229-2694
Office Hours
Tuesday & Friday 10:00 am- 3:00 pm
Mark Dewey Research Center
James Miller, Archivist
K.C. Clow, Volunteer
mdrc@sheffieldhistory.org
413-229-3682
Office Hours
Monday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Friday 1:30pm-4:00pm
or by appointment
Sheffield Historical Society
P.O. Box 747
159-161 Main St.
Sheffield, MA 01257
Visit us at Facebook
Dan Raymond House
Jennifer Owens, Administrator
sheffieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
413-229-2694
Office Hours
Tuesday & Friday 10:00 am- 3:00 pm
Mark Dewey Research Center
James Miller, Archivist
K.C. Clow, Volunteer
mdrc@sheffieldhistory.org
413-229-3682
Office Hours
Monday 1:30pm-4:00pm
Friday 1:30pm-4:00pm
or by appointment
Sheffield Historical Society
P.O. Box 747
159-161 Main St.
Sheffield, MA 01257
Visit us at Facebook