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The Estey Organ Museum will open its doors to visitors during Gallery Walk on Friday, Oct. 2 from 5 to 7 pm. Come see (and play!) organs manufactured in Brattleboro between 1846 and 1959. Admission is free.

On September 30, from 4 to 6 pm, EOM is celebrating the birthday of founder Jacob Estey and honoring the Brattleboro Historical Society. All are welcome to enjoy a piece of birthday cake and a musical presentation at 4:30. The event is free and open to the public.

EOM members are invited to attend the annual membership meeting of the Estey Organ Museum on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 4:30 pm. The meeting will be held via Zoom. To request meeting materials, please send an email to secretary@esteyorganmuseum.org by Sept. 22.

The Estey Organ Museum is now open for its 24th season. Open Saturdays and Sundays 2pm to 4pm, May through October, EOM is a rare hands-on museum with a pay-what-you-wish admission policy.

Exquisitely crafted instruments, made in Brattleboro are ready to be seen, heard and played by visitors to the Estey Organ Museum this season. This year’s special exhibition, From the Parlor to the Salon: Marketing Reed Organs to Changing Victorian Tastes, was developed by board member Craig Cowing. The featured organs and images illustrate how the Estey Organ Company’s marketing adapted to the development of their top-of-the line instruments from 1850 to 1890. As the 19th century progressed and Victorian tastes changed, such imagery increasingly evoked a sense of culture and sophistication associated with Estey reed organs, several of which will be part of the exhibition.

The weather is chilly and so is our museum, so we are closed until May. Until then, please visit us on Facebook for news about the museum and Estey organs. Our thanks to the hundreds of folks who visited us this past season. We welcome your photos and comments.

Listen to the celebration of Jacob Estey’s 211 birthday on Brattleboro Historical Society’s weekly podcast, This Week in Brattleboro History. The Estey Organ Museum recently celebrated the restoration of Estey’s 100,000th reed organ and the unveiling of a new mural dedicated to EOM’s late founding member, John Carnahan. John’s enormous contribution to the Estey Organ Museum was recognized in the Spring 2022 edition of The Estey Organ.

Stop by the Estey Organ Museum when visiting VT this Fall. It’s one of the region’s hidden treasures. We’re open 2 to 4 pm every weekend through October. Admission is by donation.