Free or discounted entry for members of NARM.
Trustees | Fruitlands
Opening hours
| Thursday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Friday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Sunday | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
Hours can change on holidays. Check with the venue before you travel.
About this place
Fruitlands Museum, founded in 1914 by Clara Endicott Sears, takes its name from an experimental utopian community led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane which took place on this site in 1843. The Fruitlands campus includes: The Fruitlands Farmhouse, the site of the experiment in communal living led by Alcott and Lane in 1843 The Shaker Museum, the first Shaker museum in the country and home to the largest archive of Harvard Shaker documents in the world, housed in an historic building moved here from the Harvard Shaker community. The Native American Museum, which houses a significant collection of artifacts that honor the spiritual presence and cultural history of the first Americans including New England Native culture and a survey of culture in the Plains, Southwest and Northwest. The Art Museum, including a collection of over 100 Hudson River School landscape paintings and over 230 nineteenth century vernacular portraits, the second largest collection in the country along with a variety of rotating exhibits throughout the year. The Wayside Visitor Center, exhibiting information on Fruitlands’ landscape and environment and providing classroom space for education programs and classes.
If you are a member here
A membership to Trustees | Fruitlands carries reciprocal admission, so the same card is worth free or discounted entry at other places in this program.
- NARM in Massachusetts Art, history and cultural institutions. Not valid within 15 miles of here.
Reciprocal programs are built for travel and most exclude places close to the one where you hold your membership, so this is worth the most when you are away from home. How reciprocal memberships work