Buildings
Vignette of a young family's home and life in post-WWII Vermont.
Art of the American West; big game trophies; Native American artifacts.
Early 19th-century shop with daily blacksmithing demonstrations.
Hand-carved miniature circus parade; three-ring circus; carousel figures. Operating 1920s carousel outside.
Rare surviving two-lane span with footpath.
World-renowned wildlife and fish decoys; miniature bird carvings.
Historic house portraying life in 1820s Vermont.
Impressionist paintings and six rooms from the Museum founder's New York City home.
19th-century store with barber shop, tap room, post office, and doctor and dentist offices; 19th-century medicine shop.
Quilts, hatboxes, and accessories.
The country's finest collection of carriages, wagons, and sleighs; stagecoaches and farm, trade, and Conestoga wagons.
19th-century slate jail building.
Cutting-edge architecture by Adam Kalkin. Home in 2008 to special exhibitions: Growing Green – a new twist on enhancing our environment. Plus a conceptual environment from the imagination of Joshua Longo, Brooklyn arist/designer.
Exhibits on Lake Champlain history and life in a Lighthouse.
10-wheel steam locomotive and luxury rail car.
19th-century church with organ and tromp l'oeil wall paintings.
Play and activity center for children. Organized craft activities in July and August.
Landscape and sporting art paintings; Ogden Pleissner's Vermont studio.
Historic house with high-style 17th- and 18th-century decorative arts and furniture.
Printing presses, barn-frame looms; daily demonstrations of letterpress printing, spinning, and weaving.
Stationmaster's office, maps, and other late 19th- and early 20th-century railroad memorabilia.
Visitor center and gallery space for special exhibitions.
1787 up-and-down saw and other equipment; operating water wheel.
19th-century rural Vermont one-room schoolhouse.
Hands-on experience of Vermont in the 1790s.
Woodworking and other trade tools; iron hardware and stoves; shoe- and harness-maker shops; horse-drawn fire-fighting equipment.
One of America's finest collections of folk art sculptures and paintings.
Historic house with extensively paint-decorated walls and a mix of high-style and vernacular 18th-century decorative arts and furniture.
Restored 220-foot sidewheel passenger steamboat. A National Historic Landmark.
Early toys, cast iron banks, and operating American Flyer train layout.
Decorative arts (including pewter, glass, ceramics, mochaware, food molds, scrimshaw, trivets, and food molds), dolls, dollhouses, and automata.
Changing exhibition galleries; hand-painted maritime-themed wallpaper. In 2008 the feature exhibition is Design Rewind: The Origins of Innovation. May 18 – Oct. 26
American paintings and special exhibition galleries.
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Grounds and Gardens
A brilliant burst of summer color welcomes visitors to the Circus Building.
Over 700 peonies in 25 varieties.
Perennials, playground, 19th-century games.
A formal garden designed to evoke a painter's color palette.
1820s kitchen garden.
Plants and herbs traditionally used for dyes and fragrances.
Over 400 lilacs are throughout the Museum grounds.
1790s Vermont flax and kitchen garden.
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