Archive: Events

Heritage Craft Festival

Event Date: Saturday, July 23, 2016

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Keillor House and St James Textile Museums
Try your hand at traditional skills, talk to artisans, watch demonstrations and shop for artisan products.
 Carding wool, spinning yarn, weaving, rug hooking, basket weaving, chair caning, net-making, pottery, natural dyes, sheep shearing, baking over the hearth.
506-379-6633

Sandpiper Festival Breakfast

Event Date: Saturday, July 23, 2016

7:30-10:30 am

Keillor House Museum

$7.00 and Family Rates

Saturday Pancake Breakfast at the Keillor House Museum – pancakes, sausages, baked beans, muffins.
506-379-6633

Canada Day

Event Date: Friday, July 1, 2016

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Dorchester Veteran’s Centre, 4955 Main Street
Celebrate “From a Small Village a Nation Grew” with skits and entertainment.
 Enjoy music, children’s games, cake and ice cream.
 Keillor House and St. James Museums tours available 10 am to 12 pm and 3-5 pm.
505-379-6633

Keillor House Museum Season Opening Ceremony

Event Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016

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Start the season – free guided tours for the day with costumed staff.

Launch of the Westmorland Historical Society’s latest publication, In Search of John Keillor: A Historian’s Odyssey, by Gene Goodrich.
506-379-6633

Mother’s Day Tea

Event Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016

2-4 pm

Keillor House Museum

$10

Dress up for tea, come with friends, family and enjoy tea, sandwiches and cakes at the Keillor House. Silent Auction. Call for tickets.
506 379-6695 Susan Spence