The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 54th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, featuring 75 renowned experts in American, English, European and Asian fine and decorative arts in a fully vetted Show. The Show was established in 1955 by East Side House Settlement, a social services institution located in the South Bronx. All net proceeds from the Show benefit East Side House Settlement. The Winter Antiques Show will run from January 18-27 at the Park Avenue Armory, 67th Street and Park Avenue, New York City. Show hours are from 12 Noon to 8 p.m. daily, except Sundays and Thursday, 12 Noon to 6 p.m. To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Party on Thursday, January 17th or the Young Collectors' Night on Thursday, January 24th, please call (718) 292-7392 or visit the Show's website at http://www.winterantiquesshow.com. General admission to the Show is $20, which includes the Show's award-winning catalogue.

About East Side House Settlement

East Side House Settlement was founded in 1891 to help immigrants and lower income families on the East Side of Manhattan. In 1962, it moved to the South Bronx where it serves 8,000 residents annually within one of America's poorest congressional districts, the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. Focusing on educational attainment as the gateway out of poverty, East Side House's initiatives include the innovative and highly acclaimed Mott Haven Village Preparatory School, a national model profiled in Business Week. For more information, please visit http://www.eastsidehouse.org.

About The Shaker Museum and Library The Shaker Museum and Library in Old Chatham, New York, founded in 1950 by John S. Williams, Sr., was originally developed as a privately owned museum dedicated to preserving "life, work, art and religion" of the Shakers, the largest communal sect in America during its peak in the mid to late 19th Century. Shaker leaders personally aided this effort, and the Museum's collection includes materials from nearly every Shaker community and from all Shaker time periods, most notably from the principal Shaker community at nearby Mount Lebanon, N.Y. The collection includes more than 75,000 objects and artifacts, including original furniture, textiles, tools and manufactured goods produced by the Shakers, as well as Shaker manuscripts and printed works, photographs and artwork. The American Association of Museums has accredited the Museum and Library since 1972. In 2002, the Shaker Museum and Library launched the Mount Lebanon Project to restore the North Family Site of Mount Lebanon Shaker Village as the insitution's new home. For more information, visit http://www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org.

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