ROCKLAND — Due to the popularity of the show, and to facilitate an increase in school group visits, the Farnsworth Art Museum will be extending the exhibition The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World through March 8, 2015.

The show of approximately 100 works opened in June 2014 and was organized in partnership with the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon in New Lebanon, New York; and the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village Museum in New Gloucester.

Drawn primarily from the collection of the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon, the largest, broadest and deepest collection of Shaker material in the world, the show presents a comprehensive look at the religious, social and economic foundations of Shaker life, seen through Shaker-made objects.

While the show is a historical overview seen through objects from Mount Lebanon, the spiritual and administrative center of the Shaker world, it also includes a section on the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, the last active Shaker community.

In conjunction with this exhibition, the Everyman Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the Farnsworth, will be performing the Shaker play As It Is in Heaven by Arlene Hutton. The performances will be at the Rockport Opera House from February 20 through March 1, 2015. More information is available at everymanrep.org.

Lead support for The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World includes the Henry Luce Foundation, The Davis Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor. Exhibition sponsors include Allen Insurance and Financial, Chilton Furniture of Maine, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, The Grasshopper Shop of Rockland, and Windsor Chairmakers. The primary media sponsor of this exhibition is Maine Home + Design.

The Farnsworth Art Museum celebrates Maine's ongoing role in American art. It offers a nationally recognized collection of works from many of America's greatest artists, with 20,000 square feet of gallery space and more than 15,000 works in the collection.

The Farnsworth has one of the largest public collections of works by sculptor Louise Nevelson, while its Wyeth Center features works of N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. The National Register-listed Farnsworth Homestead; the Olson House, a National Historic Landmark; and Julia's Gallery for Young Artists complete the museum complex.

Visit www.farnsworthmuseum.org for more information on current exhibitions, programs and events.