Westmorland Historical Society - 2013 - 2014 Calendar of Events
Inner Journey -Needle & Thread for the Bed 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Needle & Thread for the Bed $25.00 per person includes admission to both Museums, take-home quilt block. Reservations required.
Spend your day weaving new memories from New Brunswick's 19th century past. At the Keillor House Museum start your own quilt block with instruction from resource experts, surrounded by some of the most breathtaking antique quilts ever crafted. Try the age-old practices of carding, spinning wool and throwing the weave shuttle.
June 18 - September 15 , 2013
May 11, 2013
Putting on the Glitz - Mother's Day Tea- Two sittings: 1:00pm - 2:00pm & 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Put on a fancy hat and share a special afternoon. Enjoy tea, sandwiches and cakes, then shop for "glitz - new to you "jewellery". Funds raised will be split between the museum and the Shepody Chapter IODE. Call for tickets -
379-2439 or 379-6620.
June 1 & 2, 2013
Museums Across the Marsh - 10:00am to 5:00pm $10.00 per family or $4.00 per person
Visit six great Museums from Dorchester to Amherst for one special price. Receive a unique passport and have it stamped at each Museum. For additional information, please call (506) 536-2541 or (902) 379-6633.
Sunday June 2, 2013
Westmorland Historic Society Annual General Meeting $20.00
AGM for the Westmorland Historical Society Sunday June 2nd. Details to be announced.
Please RSVP to Alice 379-6620
June 15, 2013
Official Opening Ceremony Keillor House Museum 2013 season & Wall of Fame Reception Honouring Sylvia Yeoman
Come celebrate the opening of the 2013 season at the Keillor House Museum, as well as honouring Sylvia Yeoman. Sylvia is being recognized for her contributions to Dorchester with the unveiling of a plaque in her honour. Reception open to the public at the Keillor House Museum after the Shiretown Festival Parade. Call 506-379-6633 for more information.
June 30 to September 15
100 Year Retrospective of Fashion in SE New Brunswick 1860-1960
This exhbit showcases 100 years of fashion with pieces specially selected from the Keillor House Costume Collection. The exhibit illustrates the fashions worn by women in the area.
June 30 - September 15: Exhibit and self guided tour included in museum admission.
June 30 -- Curatorial Tour offered to small groups. Learn the background story and details of the exhibit with Inga Hansen the exhibit designer. Register for tour $10.00 (includes museum admission, tea/coffee).
Call 506-379-6633 for more information.
July 1, 2013 - Canada Day at the Keillor House Museum
Join us to celebrate Canada Day and the 200th Anniversary of the Keillor House. Tour the village by horse and wagon to learn our history. Bring your family. Tap your toes to fiddle music. Enjoy old fashion children's games and activities. Enjoy an original and interactive children's play under the Big Tent. Free cake and ice cream.
Wagon tours 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and activities 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
Call 506-379-6633 for more information.
July 27, 2013 -- Sandpiper Festival Breakfast - 7:30am - 10:30am at the Keillor House.
Come enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, sausages, baked beans, tea/coffee and juice: all for just $6 per person. Family rates available.
Call 506-379-6633 for more information.
July 27, 2013
Heritage Fair - 11:00am - 3:00pm at the Keillor House Museum Free
Experience the traditional skills of an earlier time. Try your had at carding wool, spinning yarn, weaving, rug hooking. Talk to artisans who are basket weaving, chair caning. See demonstrations of horse shoeing, sheep shearing and baking over the hearth. Shop for special products from artisans gathered for the Sandpiper Festival.
For more information call 506-379-6633.
August 18 2:00pm
Book Launch -- Maggie's Memories
Keillor House is partnering with Munro Heritage Centre to launch Maggie's Memories, A Covenanters Childhood in 19th Century Botsford County. This is a charming collection of stories of a girl growing up in Little Shemogue from letters found in the family home. Meet the book's creator Eldon Hay.
Munro Heritage Mueum, 1 Spring Strett, Port Elgin.
Call 506-379-6633 for more details.
September 22
200 Years -- Reflected in Fashion
Enjoy the story of fashion - see the impact of 200 years of history. The show finishes with 2013 fashion-direct from Canada's Fashion Week. Location/price TBA.
Call 506-379-6633 for more details.
October 3 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Fall Workshop -- Behind the Scenes of a Costume Exhibit
Learn how to dress manikins for display and to prepare costumes for archival storage to ensure the safety of the artefact from the beginning to the end of the exhibit. Inga Hansen -- exhibit curator. Registration required $25.00 for museum staff and volunteers and $30.00 for public.
Call 506-379-6633 for more details.
October 5, 2013
Harvest Festival Supper - Hip of Beef 4:30pm - 6:30pm at the Keillor House Museum $14.00 per person & Family Rates available.
Enjoy supper and old-fashioned desserts in the ambience of the museum by the crackling hearth. Pick up your fall pickles from our Gift Shop Take out meals available or pre-book for home delivery in Dorchester.
October 18-19 & 25-26,2013 $10.00 Adults, $8.00 Students
Haunted House Tour - 7:00pm - 9:00pm at the Keillor House
Don't miss this popular haunted tour for ghosts and goblins of all ages. Special booking for groups -- call 506-379-6620.
November 30 & December 7, 2013
Victorian Christmas Dinner, Keillor House Museum6:30pm - 10:00pm $60.00 per person
An elegant four-course dinner with wine served with the glow of candlelight, the crackling hearth and the museum decorated for Christmas. Enjoy live musical entertainment. Book tickets early for this special evening. Limited seating.
Call 506-379-6620 for more information.
December 15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Christmas Caroling, Keillor House Museum - Dorchester - $5.00 per person.
Spectacular Christmas decor at Keillor House Museum. Enjoy live Christmas music and join in the carolling with cider and Christmas cookies. Accepting Food Bank donations.
Call Alice Folkins at 506-379-6620 for more information.
An elegant four-course dinner with wine served with the glow of candlelight, the crackling hearth and the museum decorated for Christmas. Enjoy live musical entertainment. Book tickets early for this special evening. Limited seating.
Call 506-379-6620 for more information.
January 1, 2013
Dorchester New Year's Levee 1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Westmorland Historical Society and the Village of Dorchester extend a warm welcome at the Keillor House Museum. Warm up at the crackling hearth fire with home made soup, chilli, sweets and hot drinks. Come enjoy community hospitality following the Lion's Polar Dip.
For more information call 506-379-6620.
