List of museums in Vermont

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This list of museums in Vermont encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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The list

NameTown/CityCountyArea of studySummary/Website
Abenaki Indian MuseumNative AmericanRotating Abenaki museum that is displayed throughout the state, operated by the Ndakinna Cultural Center [1] [2]
Adam's Grist Mill Museum Bellows Falls Windham Local historyOperated by the Bellows Falls Historical Society [3]
American Museum of Fly Fishing Manchester Bennington SportsHistory of angling, including rods, reels, flies, tackle, art, photographs, manuscripts and books
American Precision Museum Windsor Windsor IndustryHistorically significant machine tools and techniques of precision manufacturing
Barnard Historical Society Museum Barnard WindsorLocal historyLocated in the former village one-room school [4]
Barre Museum Barre WashingtonLocal historyPart of the Aldrich Public Library [5]
BCA Center Burlington Chittenden ArtOperated by Burlington City Arts, contemporary art
Bennington Museum Bennington BenningtonArtDecorative arts including Vermont-made furniture, Bennington pottery, glass, fine art by area artists, Grandma Moses paintings [6]
Benson Museum Benson RutlandLocal history [7]
Ben's Mill Barnet Caledonia IndustryHistoric mill building with many past uses, includes woodworking shop and blacksmith forge [8]
Bethel Historical Society Museum Bethel WindsorLocal history [4] [9]
Bill Wilson House East Dorset BenningtonBiographicalBirthplace and living memorial of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson
Billings Farm and Museum Woodstock Windsor Agricultureworking dairy farm, restored late 19th century period farmhouse, museum displays of cycle of rural life and work [10]
Birds of Vermont Museum Huntington Chittenden Natural historyDisplays more than 475 biologically accurate woodcarvings of Vermont birds
Black River Academy Museum Ludlow WindsorLocal history
Bradford Historical Society Bradford Orange Local historyLocated in the Woods Academy Building [11]
Braintree Hill Meeting House Braintree OrangeLocal historyOperated by the Braintree Historical Society [11]
Brandon Museum at the Stephen A. Douglas Birthplace Brandon Rutland HistoryStory of local antislavery movement in contrast to politics of native son Stephen A. Douglas, Democratic Party nominee for president in 1860. Other local history. [12]
Brattleboro History Center Brattleboro WindhamLocal historyOperated by the Brattleboro Historical Society [13]
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Brattleboro WindhamArtFeatures changing exhibits by regional and international artists, located in a former train station
Bread and Puppet Museum Glover Orleans PuppetsPuppets and masks from the Bread and Puppet Theater
Brick Schoolhouse Museum Georgia Franklin HistoryLocal history, operated by the Georgia Historical Society, [14] also operates the Gordon's Mill Agricultural Museum
Cavendish Historical Society Museum Cavendish WindsorLocal historyLocated in the former town hall [4]
Chaffee Art Center Rutland Rutland ArtIncludes exhibit gallery
Chester Historical Society Museum Chester WindsorLocal history [15]
Chimney Point State Historic Site Addison Addison HistoryHistoric tavern, exhibits on area Abenaki, French and American Colonial settlers
Corinth Academy Museum Corinth OrangeLocal historyOperated by the Corinth Historical Society [11]
Corinth Agricultural and Trades Museum Corinth OrangeAgricultureOperated by the Corinth Historical Society [16]
Dorset Historical Society Museum Dorset BenningtonLocal historyArea history, culture, marble industry, pottery, stencils [17]
Dover History Center Dover WindhamLocal historyLocated in the 1820 Harris House and blacksmith shop, operated by the Dover Historical Society [3] [18]
Eaton Hall Museum Pittsford RutlandLocal historyOperated by the Pittsford Historical Society [7] [19]
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Burlington Chittenden MultipleNatural history, maritime history and ecology of Lake Champlain
Enosburgh Historical Society Museum Enosburg Falls FranklinLocal historyOperated by the Enosburgh Historical Society [14]
Estey Organ Museum Brattleboro WindhamOrgan ManufacturingPreserving, displaying, and the work of the Estey Organ Co. [20]
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum Burlington Chittenden Historic houseLate 18th-century home Vermont's founder Ethan Allen [21]
Eureka Schoolhouse Springfield Windsor EducationLate 18th century one room schoolhouse
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium St. Johnsbury Caledonia MultipleNatural history, regional history, ethnography, public planetarium [22]
Fairfax Historical Society Museum Fairfax FranklinLocal historyOperated by the Fairfax Historical Society [23]
Farrar-Mansur House Weston Windsor Historic houseMid 19th-century period house [24]
First Congregational Church Museum Berkshire FranklinLocal historyOperated by the Berkshire Historical Society [14]
Fleming Museum of Art Burlington Chittenden Art, AnthropologyPart of the University of Vermont, art and artifacts from Ancient Egypt, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. 25,000 objects. Opened in 1931. [25]
Franklin Historical Society Museum Franklin FranklinLocal historyLocated in a late 19th-century log cabin [14]
Garipay House Hartford WindsorHistoric houseOperated by the Hartford Historical Society [26]
General Wait House Waitsfield WashingtonLocal historyOperated by the Waitsfield Historical Society [27]
Goodrich Memorial Library Newport Orleans Local historyIncludes display cases and exhibits of local historical items, natural history displays and art
Goodwillie House Museum Barnet Caledonia Local historyOperated by the Barnet Historical Society, open fall foliage weekends and by appointment [28] [29]
Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead Shaftsbury BenningtonLocal historyOperated by the Shaftsbury Historical Society, exhibits of local history in the 1783 house
Grafton Historical Society Museum Grafton WindhamLocal history [30]
Green Mountain Perkins Academy South Woodstock WindsorEducation19th-century private high school [31]
Guilford Historical Society Museum Guilford WindhamLocal historyLocated in the old town hall [32]
Halifax Historical Society Museum Halifax WindhamLocal history [3]
Hall Art Foundation Reading WindsorMuseum of contemporary art and sculpture parkConverted from a former dairy farm and presenting rotating, temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, with outdoor sculptures installed throughout the grounds.
Hartland Historic Society Museum Hartland WindsorLocal history [33]
Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making Springfield WindsorScienceCollection of amateur telescopes, located in the historic Governor James Hartness Mansion, open during selected hours during the weekend of the annual Stellafane Convention [34]
Helen Day Art Center Stowe Lamoille Art [35]
Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History Middlebury Addison Local historyIncludes the early 19th-century Judd-Harris House with collections of 19th and 20th century Vermont furniture, paintings, and household objects, and the Walter Cerf Gallery with changing exhibits of art and area history [36]
Higley House Museum Castleton RutlandLocal historyOperated by the Castleton Historical Society [37]
Hildene Manchester BenningtonHistoric houseEarly 20th century summer mansion of Robert Todd Lincoln
Historical Society of Wilmington Museum Wilmington WindhamLocal historyLocated in the Barber House [3]
Hubbardton Battlefield Hubbardton RutlandMilitaryVisitor center exhibits about the Battle of Hubbardton in the American Revolutionary War
Hughes Barn Museum Thetford OrangeLocal historyOperated by the Thetford Historical Society, artifacts of farming, trades and rural life in the 19th century [38]
Hyde Log Cabin Grand Isle Grand Isle Historic houseLate 18th century period log house
Isle La Motte Historical Society Isle La Motte FranklinLocal historyIncludes 1840 schoolhouse, 19th-century blacksmith shop and 19th-century log cabin [14]
John Strong Mansion Museum Addison AddisonHistoric houseLate 18th-century brick home, operated by the Vermont Daughters of the American Revolution [39]
Justin Smith Morrill Homestead Strafford Orange Historic house19th century home of United States Senator Justin Smith Morrill
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Vergennes Addison MaritimeIncludes shipwrecks, boats, maritime artifacts
Lincoln Historical Society Lincoln AddisonLocal history18th-century farmhouse and 19th-century barn museum [40]
Londonderry Arts & Historical Society Londonderry WindhamLocal historyLocated in the 1814 Rev. E. H. Newton House [3] [41]
Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design Waitsfield WashingtonDesign website, design and manufactured objects
Main Street Museum White River Junction Windsor ArtEclectic display space for material culture and an experiment in a new taxonomy
Marlboro Historical Society Museum Marlboro WindhamLocal historyLocated in the Custer Sharp House [3] [42]
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Woodstock Windsor Historic house
Marvin Newton House Brookfield OrangeLocal historyOperated by the Brookfield Historical Society [11]
Middlebury College Museum of Art Middlebury Addison ArtIncludes antiquities, Asian art, and American and European painting and sculpture from the Renaissance through the 19th century [43]
Middletown Springs Historical Society Museum Middletown Springs RutlandLocal historyLocated in the Adams House on the Green [44]
Miller Art Center Springfield WindsorMultipleOperated by the Springfield Art & Historical Society, local history, fine art, decorative arts, photos, clothing, dolls, military artifacts [45]
Montshire Museum of Science Norwich Windsor ScienceIncludes exhibits on anatomy, math, astronomy, mechanics, and natural history, trails and live animals
Mount Holly Community Historical Museum Mount Holly RutlandLocal historyLocated in the Adams House on the Green [46]
Mount Independence State Historic Site Orwell AddisonMilitaryMuseum and American Revolutionary War archaeological site
Museum of the Creative Process Manchester Bennington Sculpture, Modern Art, PaintingIncludes exhibits on religion, psychology, creativity, and politics
The Museum of Everyday Life Glover OrleansArt website, eclectic collection of everyday objects
Nature Museum at Grafton Grafton WindhamNature center [47]
New England Maple Museum Rutland Rutland Food [48]
Norman Rockwell Exhibit Arlington BenningtonArtFocuses on Norman Rockwell's art and years in Arlington from 1939 to 1953, framed magazine covers, ads, and illustrations [49]
North Hero Historical Society Museum North Hero FranklinLocal historyKnown as the "Hookenspoon", open seasonally on weekends [50]
Northfield Historical Society Museum Northfield WashingtonLocal history [51]
Norwich Historic Society Museum Norwich WindsorLocal history [52]
Noyes House Museum Morrisville Lamoille Historic houseOperated by the Morristown Historical Society, 19th-century life, includes furniture, textiles, military objects, clothing, photographs, pottery, folk and fine art, tools and objects of daily life [53]
Old Constitution House Windsor Windsor Historic house18th century tavern, birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution of the State of Vermont
Old Mill Museum Weston WindsorMillEarly 20th-century period grinding mill [24]
Old Stone House Museum Brownington Orleans Open air19th century life in northern Vermont, including furniture, textiles, photographs, pottery, folk and fine art, tools and utensils of daily life; includes six buildings on 55 acres in the Brownington Village Historic District, operated by the Orleans County Historical Society
Park-McCullough Historic House North Bennington BenningtonHistoric houseMid-19th-century mansion
Peacham Historical Association Museum Peacham CaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Peacham Historical Association [54]
Poultney Historical Society Poultney RutlandLocal historyIncludes an 1896 schoolhouse, Melodeon Factory and late 18th-century period Union Academy schoolhouse [7] [55]
President Calvin Coolidge State Historical Site Plymouth Windsor Historic houseEarly 20th century period family homestead of President Calvin Coolidge
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site Fairfield Franklin Historic houseReconstructed childhood home of President Chester A. Arthur
Randolph Historical Society Museum Randolph OrangeLocal historyLocated above the police station [11] [56]
Reading Historical Society Museum Reading WindsorLocal history [4]
Readsboro Historical Society Museum Readsborol BenningtonLocal history [57]
Reverend Dan Foster House Weathersfield Windsor Historic houseOperated by the Weathersfield Historical Society, 18th-century house with local historic items including Civil War memorabilia, a children's school room, tools, clothing and textiles [58]
Richford Historical Society Museum Richford FranklinLocal historyLocated in a 1908 firestation [59]
Robert Frost Stone House Museum Shaftsbury BenningtonHistoric houseHome of early 20th century poet Robert Frost [60]
Rokeby Museum Ferrisburgh Addison Historic house18th-century house that served as a safe house along the Underground Railroad
Rupert Historical Society Museum Rupert BenningtonLocal history [61]
Rutland Historical Society Rutland RutlandLocal historyLocated in the 1860 Nickwackett Fire House [62]
Saxtons River Historical Society Museum Saxtons River WindhamLocal history [3]
Shelburne Farms Shelburne Chittenden MultipleNational Historic Landmark, includes guided tours and seasonal art exhibits
Shelburne Museum Shelburne Chittenden MultipleIncludes folk art, Americana, 1950s House, Impressionist and American paintings, quilts and textiles, decorative arts, furniture, 17th-to 20th-century artifacts, historic buildings, Ticonderoga (steamboat), decoys
Shores Memorial Museum Lyndon Caledonia Local historyOperated by the Lyndon Historical Society [29] [63]
Shrewsbury Historical Society Museum Cuttingsville RutlandLocal history website, open seasonally on Sunday afternoons
Southern Vermont Arts Center ManchesterBenningtonArtIncludes the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum with 19th and 20th century works, including works by Luigi Lucioni, and a sculpture park [64]
Southern Vermont Natural History Museum Marlboro WindhamNatural historyIncludes animal mounts and live animals
St. Albans Museum St. Albans Franklin Local historyOperated by the Saint Albans Historical Society [65]
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury Caledonia ArtFeatures American and European art
St. Johnsbury History & Heritage CenterSt. JohnsburyCaledoniaLocal history [66]
Stowe Historical Society Museum Stowe Lamoille Local history [67]
Sullivan Museum and History Center Northfield WashingtonHistoryHistory of Norwich University [68]
Swanton Railroad Depot Museum Swanton FranklinRailroadOperated by the Swanton Historical Society [69]
T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center Montpelier WashingtonArtFeatures works of Thomas Waterman Wood and many of his artistic colleagues and contemporaries, and art from the state's Federal Art Project collection [70]
Town House Museum Sheffield CaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Sheffield Historical Society [29]
University of Vermont Natural History MuseumBurlingtonChittendenNatural historyIncludes the Pringle Herbarium and the Thompson Zoological Collections. Website
Vermont Heritage Galleries BarreWashingtonHistoryOperated by the Vermont Historical Society, changing exhibits of state and local city history [71]
Vermont History Museum MontpelierWashingtonHistoryOperated by the Vermont Historical Society, state history from 1600 to the present [71]
Vermont Marble Museum Proctor Rutland IndustryContributions of Vermont marble and the Vermont Marble Company
Vermont International Museum of Contemporary Art + Design Eden Lamoille ArtContemporary art and design [72]
Vermont National Guard Library and Museum Colchester Chittenden MilitaryHistory of the Vermont National Guard, both Army and Air Force, and the military heritage of the State of Vermont and its veterans [73]
Vermont Scale MuseumWestonWindsorCommodityLocated in the Vermont Country Store, collection of scales and measures [24]
Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Stowe Lamoille SportsVermont's skiing and snowboarding history
Vermont Toy Museum White River Junction Windsor Toy
Vernon Historians Vernon WindhamLocal historyLocated in a one-room schoolhouse [3]
Waterbury Historical Society Museum Waterbury WashingtonLocal historyLocated in the Waterbury Public Library [74]
Westminster Historical Society Museum Westminster WindhamLocal historyLocated on the second floor of the town hall [3] [75]
Whitingham Historical Society Museum Whitingham WindhamLocal history [3]
Williamstown Historical Society Museum Williamstown OrangeLocal historyOpen by appointment [11]
Wilson Castle Proctor Rutland Historic house19th century estate
Windham County Historical Museum Newfane WindhamLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Windham County [3] [76]
Winhall Museum Winhall BenningtonLocal history [61]
Woodstock History Center Woodstock WindsorLocal historyOperated by the Woodstock Historical Society [77]

Defunct museums

See also

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