Category: Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum

Please consider becoming a Friend of the Eric Sloane Museum.  The best way to do this is to attend the October 6th Harvest Party on the grounds of the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, Ct.  This fun, historic, and educational event is FREE and will include FREE admission to the museum, early American demonstrators working in the trades of lacemaking, candle dipping, redware pottery, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, basket weaving, spinning and carding, and early American tools.  Additionally, musicians will stroll through the grounds as artists paint and sculpt.  Food, drinks, and pies will be available for sale, along with pumpkins and other goodies.  Children are especially encouraged to attend – there will be lots and lots of games and activities!

Please bring friends and family and especially children to this event.  There will be information available on how to join as a member of the friends group, a group dedicated to supporting the mission of the Eric Sloane Museum and the  preservation of the museum.  Please consider joining on the 6th and additionally purchasing gift memberships for friends and family.  If you cannot attend the event but would like membership information sent to you, please email me through this site and I will make sure that information is sent to you.  Thank you and we hope to see you on the 6th!

An Eric Sloane Fall Celebration

An Invitation for you to reconnect with two American treasures during the peak of Connecticut’s foliage season:  Eric Sloane (1905-1985) and the museum he created.

When:  Saturday, October 6^th 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where:  The Eric Sloane Museum, Route 7 just North of Kent

Events: Early American demonstrators, Early American games for children, apple cider making, weathervanes, quill pen writing, candle dipping, pumpkins for sale, great food, pies, contests, educational displays of early American life and history, tours of the Kent iron furnace, free admission to the museum, and much more.

Information:  860-927-3849

Proceeds to benefit the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum.  For membership and volunteer opportunities, please contact Jim Mauch 570-204-2906.

The Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum met again at the Fife N Drum Restaurant in Kent, Connecticut to discuss our upcoming Eric Sloane day to be held on the grounds of the Eric Sloane Museum on October 6th.  Our committee is planning a wonderful series of events and activities for children and adults of all ages.  We would love to see you there!

I’m happy to report that we had a productive and robust meeting last Friday at the Fife ‘N Drum Restaurant in Kent, Connecticut.  If you have never been, the Fife ‘N Drum is a wonderful eatery in downtown Kent and was a constant favorite of Eric’s through the years.  The restaurant houses a collection of works by Eric and by David Armstrong.  The food and service was superb.

Our focus group consists of a number of leading thinkers about, and admirers of, Eric Sloane and his legacy.  We had a wonderful conversation, topped off by a private tour of the museum by museum curator Barbara Russ.

We are actively seeking members to join the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum as well as donations in support of our activities and programming.  Currently, we are also offering a lifetime charter membership for the first 100 Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum.  Please email James Mauch at [email protected] or call 570-204-2906 for more information.

My heartfelt thanks to all who have helped to make this friends group a reality.  We are working together to help to make the museum more vibrant and to share the message and legacy of Eric Sloane with a new generation of admirers.

The Friends of the Eric Sloane Group will be meeting in Connecticut this Friday, April 13th, to discuss the role that our group can play in supporting the work of the Sloane-Stanley Museum.