Fruitlands Museum Grand Finale of 100th Anniversary Celebration Set for Later Later This Month

Fruitlands will bid adieu to its year-long centennial celebration and welcome the beginning of the Museum's 101st year with two special events this June. Centennial Saturday on Saturday, June 20, from 10am-5pm, will be a FREE admission day filled with fun for the whole family! And on Sunday, June 28, Fruitlands will host their premier fundraiser, the 3rd annual Summer Solstice Farm-to-Fork Dinner.

Fruitlands' beautiful grounds will be filled with live music, craft activities, art making, games, guided trail walks, children's events and much more for Centennial Saturday on June 20. Everyone will be welcome to enjoy the galleries and grounds for FREE while the sounds of Bluegrass music provided by the popular SloGrass band fill the air. Animal Adventures will be doing a presentation about the critters found in and around the Fruitlands property. Visitors will be invited to participate in craft activities - creating a Native American dispatch bag, a Hudson River postcard, or designing a teacup inspired by the Gardner tea set in the Fruitlands Farmhouse; and to collaborate on a massive community art project. Native American Atlatl throwing contests, 19th century games, and much more will be available throughout the day. All of this and cake too! Don't miss the party to end all parties!

The glorious annual Summer Solstice Farm-to-Fork Dinner will be held out in the fields on Sunday, June 28. The evening begins at 5pm with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres under the tent and private tours of the Museum's gallery buildings. Then guests will wander down the hill for outdoor dining under a summer sky. A sumptuous, locally sourced seated dinner, accompanied by beautiful music and sparkling conversation, will be provided by Fireside Catering from Gibbet Hill Grill in Groton. Funds raised at the event will support hands-on educational activities, Family Discovery days, outreach opportunities, and programs for underserved audiences. Tickets are $150 per person or $1200 for a table of eight. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.Fruitlands.org/f2fdinner or call Suzanne Myer Smith, Director of Development at 978.456.3924, x289.

"We have two signature events marking the end of our centennial year," said Executive Director Wyona Lynch-McWhite. "Both of them celebrate the best of the Fruitlands experience-a wonderful place to gather with family and friends. We invite the public to tour the grounds and the collections with our knowledgeable staff, have the opportunity to experience the unparalleled views and natural surroundings, and to learn about the past, present and future of our land."

EVENTS AT A GLANCE

Saturday, June 20, 10AM-5PM, FREE ADMISSION

Centennial Saturday: Fruitlands Turns 101!

Come celebrate the grand finale of Fruitlands' centennial year! On this FREE day there will be fun for the whole family, with live music, craft activities, art making, games, trail walks and more. There will even be cake! Don't miss this party to end all parties!

Sunday, June 28, 5PM, $150

SUMMER SOLSTICE FARM-TO-FORK DINNER

Join us in the field at Fruitlands for the 3rd annual Farm-to-Fork dinner. We'll say adieu to our centennial year and celebrate the beginning of our 101st while supporting Fruitlands Museum's educational programs. The evening will begin with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres under the tent and tours of the museum buildings, followed by outdoor dining under a summer sky on a delicious locally-sourced dinner provided by Fireside Catering from Gibbet Hill Grill in Groton, along with wine and live music. After dinner it's back to the tent for champagne and dessert. Tickets are $150 per person or $1200 for a table of eight. Please visit www.Fruitlands.org/f2fdinner or call 978.456.3924, x289 for more information.

Fruitlands Museum is open Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., weekends and holidays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is $12 adults, $10 seniors and students, $5 for children 5 - 13, and free for members and children under 5. Fruitlands Museum is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Mass. For more information please visit www.fruitlands.org or call 978-456-3924 ext. 292.

ABOUT FRUITLANDS MUSEUM

Fruitlands Museum, founded in 1914 by Clara Endicott Sears, takes its name from an experimental utopian community led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane that existed on this site in 1843. The Fruitlands campus includes: The Fruitlands Farmhouse, the site of an experiment in communal living led by Alcott and Lane in 1843; The Shaker Museum, home to the largest archive of Harvard Shaker documents in the world; The Native American Gallery, which houses a significant collection of artifacts that honor the spiritual presence and cultural history of the first Americans; The Art Gallery, featuring a significant display of our extensive collection of Hudson River School landscape paintings, and a partial display of our over 230 nineteenth century vernacular portraits, the second largest collection in the country. The Land feature 210 acres with panoramic views of the Nashua River Valley, including 2.5 miles of walking trails. The Fruitlands Museum Store sells fine crafts by local artists, including pottery, glass, jewelry, clothing and home furnishings. The Museum Café, open during the main season (April 16 through November 2) focuses on locally-sourced, sustainable cuisine reflective of the heritage of New England. For more information, visit www.fruitlands.org or call 978-456-3924 ext. 292.