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Address:U.S Route 7 in Shelburne
Shelburne, Vermont
Tel:
(802) 985-3346
Explore one of the nation's finest, most diverse and unconventional museums of art and Americana! With over 150,000 works exhibited in a setting of 39 vintage buildings, the Shelburne Museum is a fun and educational getaway for the whole family!
The Shelburne collection was started by a collector of American folk art who founded the museum in 1947 and took the step of relocating historic buildings from New England and New York to Shelburne, Vermont, in which to display the collection. The Shelburne's buildings include barns, a meeting house, a schoolhouse, a lighthouse, a jail, a general store, the reconstructed office of Vermont physician D. C. Jarvis, a covered bridge, and the 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga.
Visitors to the Shelburne Museum can enjoy impressionist art, folk art, quilts, textiles, decorative arts, furniture, American paintings, and artifacts in a village-like setting of historic New England architecture, among a landscape filled with lilacs, a circular formal garden, herb and heirloom vegetable and perennial gardens. The Highlights tour is a great way to take in all the essentials, and if visiting with the kids, check out Owl Cottage, a craft and activity center for the whole family, as well as the hundred year old carousel with forty-four animals that survive with their original paint. And if you want a quick snack at the end of your visit, there's a café on the museum grounds which boasts a diverse and tasty menu.
The Shelburne Museum is located on U.S. Route 7 in Shelburne, Vermont, seven miles south of Burlington. From Interstate 89 in Vermont, take exit 13 and proceed south on Route 7.
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Located in Vermont's scenic Lake Champlain valley, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional museums of art and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds.