NEW GLOUCESTER — The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum recently received a $5,000 grant from the Maine Expansion Arts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to develop an exhibit, catalog and programs titled “Creating Chosen Land: The Architectural History of Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village.”

The exhibit will be open to the public for both the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

“The exhibit will be the first comprehensive look at a single Shaker Village’s built environment,” said Leonard L. Brooks, director of the Shaker Museum. “Shaker Village has been part of Maine life for over 225 years and continues as an active community today – a unique distinction for this National Historic Landmark.”

The Shaker Museum was established in 1931. The museum’s mission is to work with the Sabbathday Lake Shakers to educate people through the museum and the research library about the Shaker way of life and its contributions to the life of the United States.

For more information about the Maine Community Foundation, visit www.mainecf.org or call 1-877-700-6800.