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Schifferstadt Architectural Museum Events
Shifferstadt Architectural Museum traditionally hosts four main events and a number of special events each year:
Bell and History Days
Beyond the Garden Gates
Special Seminars
Oktoberfest
FCLF Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Reception
Museums by Candlelight
3nd Annual Historic Homes trades Fair - coming Saturday, May 19, 2012
What Ails You: Medical History Days
Bell and History Days
Sponsored by the Tourism Council of Frederick County, this event opens the museum season with participation of all historic sites and museums. Special children’s activities, living history demonstrations and free tours of the museum highlight this seasonal Grand Opening.
Visitors can interact with living history demonstrators and look at displays and artifacts from 18th Century Maryland. Weather and schedules permitting, a local bell ringing choir may perform.
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Beyond the Garden Gates
Featuring both private and public gardens in Frederick's historic district and suburban areas, the tour allows visitors to glimpse some of the city's finest gardens. Local artists can be found illustrating their perspectives of the gardens on canvas at some of the locations. Schifferstadt serves as the rest area and refreshment stop with free tours of the Heritage Garden.
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Special Seminars
Topical workshops and lectures focusing on topics which take advantage of the unique window on the French and Indian War era provided by the 250 year old Schifferstadt house or on historic preservation techniques and philosophies are scheduled on occasion during the summer months. Watch the FCLF Home Page for current listings.
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Oktoberfest at Schifferstadt
This traditional eating, drinking and dancing festival takes place the third full weekend of October each year, rain or shine. It features a beer tent, German food (wurst from the purveyor to the German Embassy), oompah band, German cultural activities, juried arts and crafts, colonial living history demonstrators and children’s fun. Admission is free to the Oktoberfest grounds. Tours of the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum are $3.00 (12 and under free) and include special hearth cooking demonstrations. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
Oktoberfest 2011 at Schifferstadt was a great success! The weather cleared just in time and the crowds were possibly record size. A big THANK YOU goes to all the Landmarks volunteers, the Rotary volunteers, demonstrators, scouts, and crafters who made this annual fundraiser possible.
Planning has already started for 2012! The dates will be October 20-21. Mark your calendars!
Diane Norcross is Vendor Chairman for this juried event. Contact her at 301-694-7458
Click here for information and application forms for Oktoberfest vendors
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Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Reception took place on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
In the fall of each year, Frederick County Landmarks Foundation recognizes its many volunteers at a special reception in conjunction with its Annual Meeting. Special awards are presented and the Volunteer of the Year is named. For more information call the FCLF office at 301-668-6088 or check the Press Release section..
Museums by Candlelight, Noon until 7: p.m.
This celebration of the winter holiday season rounds out the museum season on the second Saturday of December from 12:00-7:00. Living history demonstrations, music, children’s crafts, and a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch belsnickler take you back in time to holiday life for a colonial German household.
Last year Master Docent Pat Miller and volunteer docents gave tours. Head Gardener Cathie Pugliese and her helpers made orange and clove pomanders with young visitors. Board members and spouses created traditional crafts. Hot apple cider was served!
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Saturday May 19, 2012, an exciting new event:
The 3nd Annual Historic Homes Trades Fair on the lawn at Schifferstadt
Featuring carpentry, decorative metal work, masonry, flooring, roofing, landscape, insulation heavy timber and more, plus experts from around the area who specialize in restoring and repairing historic structures the correct way. Ask questions and watch demonstrations of real craftsmen at work. This event will take place on the lawns surrounding Schifferstadt Architectural Museum. Also, a flea market for salvaged architectural materials!
Hours are 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. !
For more information contact Frederick County Landmarks
Foundation at 301-668-6088 or email fredcolandmarks@aol.com
If you would participate in this event as a vendor or demonstrator, or in the architectural flea market, contact George C. Harne, phone 301-293-4348,
email george@georgeharnearchitect.com
Photos from past events
courtesy of Joe Sweeney
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What Ails You: Medical History Days
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