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==Arts and culture== ===Annual cultural events=== On the last Saturday in July, the town hosts the annual Canterbury Fair, which includes artisan performances, music performances and a 5K run.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.canterburyfair.com/| title= Canterbury Fair 2013| publisher= Canterbury Country Fair| access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.canterburyfair.com/woodchuckclassic/| title= Official Site of the Canterbury Woodchuck Classic 5K Road Race| publisher= Canterbury Fair| access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nhmagazine.com/nhfairs/| title= NH State Fairs| publisher= McLean Communications| access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref> The town hosts a regular [[Fourth of July]] parade as well a fireworks show by the town fire department. ===Tourism=== The biggest attraction in Canterbury is the [[Canterbury Shaker Village|Shaker Village]], established in 1792. At its peak in the 1850s, over 300 people lived, worked and worshiped in 100 buildings on {{convert|4000|acre|km2}}. They made their living by farming, selling seeds, herbs and herbal medicines; and by manufacturing textiles, pails, brooms and other products. The last resident, Sister [[Ethel Hudson]], died in 1992, and the site is now a museum, founded in 1969, to preserve the heritage of the [[utopia]]n [[sect]]. Canterbury Shaker Village is an internationally known, non-profit historic site with 25 original Shaker buildings, four reconstructed Shaker buildings and {{convert|694|acre|km2}} of forest, fields, gardens and mill ponds under permanent [[conservation easement]]. It has been designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] for its architectural integrity and significance.<ref name="Canterbury, NH"/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/shaker/| title= Shaker Historic Trail |publisher= National Park Service |access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1526&ResourceType=District |title=Canterbury Shaker Village |publisher=National Historic Landmark Program |access-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009093438/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1526&ResourceType=District |archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref> Canterbury has an active historical society hosting events throughout the year and maintaining the Elizabeth Houser Museum in the old Center Schoolhouse (original one-room school house) as well as an archive of Canterbury-related materials dating to the early 18th century.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofc02lyfo/historyoftownofc02lyfo_djvu.txt| title= History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912| publisher= Internet Archive |access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref> Among notable works in the archive are the Lunther Cody Collection of Glass Negatives, documenting classic life in New England.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.canterbury-nh.org/Pages/CanterburyNH_HistoricalSociety/programs| title=Historical Society| publisher=Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire| access-date=January 19, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615131547/http://www.canterbury-nh.org/Pages/CanterburyNH_HistoricalSociety/programs| archive-date=June 15, 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://findnhhistory.org/browse/collection.php?rid=300056| title= The Luther Cody Glass Negative| publisher= Find NH History |access-date= December 13, 2013}}</ref>
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