List of museums in Vermont

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.

For Wikipedia links to institutions similar to museums in Vermont, consult the "See also" section.

The list
Name Town/City County Area of study Summary/Website
Abenaki Indian Museum[[]][[]Native AmericanRotating Abenaki museum that is displayed throughout the state, operated by the Ndakinna Cultural Center [1][2]
Adam's Grist Mill MuseumBellows FallWindhamLocal historyOperated by the Bellows Falls Historical Society[3]
American Museum of Fly FishingManchesterBenningtonSportsHistory of angling, including rods, reels, flies, tackle, art, photographs, manuscripts and books
American Precision MuseumWindsorWindsorIndustryHistorically significant machine tools and techniques of precision manufacturing
Arnold Zlotoff Tool MuseumSouth HeroGrand IsleHistorywebsite, over 3000 tools for many trades, industries, and applications
Barnard Historical Society MuseumBarnardWindsorLocal historyLocated in the former village one-room school[4]
Barre MuseumBarreWashingtonLocal historyPart of the Aldrich Public Library[5]
BCA CenterBurlingtonChittendenArtOperated by Burlington City Arts, contemporary art
Bennington MuseumBenningtonBenningtonArtDecorative arts including Vermont-made furniture, Bennington pottery, glass, fine art by area artists, Grandma Moses paintings[6]
Benson MuseumBensonRutlandLocal history[7]
Ben's MillBarnetCaledoniaIndustryHistoric mill building with many past uses, includes woodworking shop and blacksmith forge[8]
Bethel Historical Society MuseumBethelWindsorLocal history[4][9]
Bill Wilson HouseEast DorsetBenningtonBiographicalBirthplace and living memorial of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson
Billings Farm and MuseumWoodstockWindsorAgricultureworking dairy farm, restored late 19th century period farmhouse, museum displays of cycle of rural life and work[10]
Birds of Vermont MuseumHuntingtonChittendenNatural historyDisplays more than 475 biologically accurate woodcarvings of Vermont birds
Black River Academy MuseumLudlowWindsorLocal history
Bradford Historical SocietyBradfordOrangeLocal historyLocated in the Woods Academy Building[11]
Braintree Hill Meeting HouseBraintreeOrangeLocal historyOperated by the Braintree Historical Society[11]
Brandon Museum at the Stephen A. Douglas BirthplaceBrandonRutlandHistoryStory 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 CenterBrattleboroWindhamLocal historyOperated by the Brattleboro Historical Society[13]
Brattleboro Museum and Art CenterBrattleboroWindhamArtFeatures changing exhibits by regional and international artists, located in a former train station
Bread and Puppet MuseumGloverOrleansPuppetsPuppets and masks from the Bread and Puppet Theater
Brick Schoolhouse MuseumGeorgiaFranklinHistoryLocal history, operated by the Georgia Historical Society,[14] also operates the Gordon's Mill Agricultural Museum
Cavendish Historical Society MuseumCavendishWindsorLocal historyLocated in the former town hall[4]
Chaffee Art CenterRutlandRutlandArtIncludes exhibit gallery
Chester Historical Society MuseumChesterWindsorLocal history[15]
Chimney Point State Historic SiteAddisonAddisonHistoryHistoric tavern, exhibits on area Abenaki, French and American Colonial settlers
Corinth Academy MuseumCorinthOrangeLocal historyOperated by the Corinth Historical Society[11]
Corinth Agricultural and Trades MuseumCorinthOrangeAgricultureOperated by the Corinth Historical Society[16]
Dorset Historical Society MuseumDorsetBenningtonLocal historyArea history, culture, marble industry, pottery, stencils[17]
Dover History CenterDoverWindhamLocal historyLocated in the 1820 Harris House and blacksmith shop, operated by the Dover Historical Society[3][18]
Eaton Hall MuseumPittsfordRutlandLocal historyOperated by the Pittsford Historical Society[7][19]
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake ChamplainBurlingtonChittendenMultipleNatural history, maritime history and ecology of Lake Champlain
Enosburgh Historical Society MuseumEnosburg FallsFranklinLocal historyOperated by the Enosburgh Historical Society[14]
Estey Organ MuseumBrattleboroWindhamOrgan ManufacturingPreserving, displaying, and the work of the Estey Organ Co.[20]
Ethan Allen Homestead MuseumBurlingtonChittendenHistoric houseLate 18th-century home Vermont's founder Ethan Allen[21]
Eureka SchoolhouseSpringfieldWindsorEducationLate 18th century one room schoolhouse
Fairbanks Museum and PlanetariumSt. JohnsburyCaledoniaMultipleNatural history, regional history, ethnography, public planetarium [22]
Fairfax Historical Society MuseumFairfaxFranklinLocal historyOperated by the Fairfax Historical Society[23]
Farrar-Mansur HouseWestonWindsorHistoric houseMid 19th-century period house[24]
First Congregational Church MuseumBerkshireFranklinLocal historyOperated by the Berkshire Historical Society[14]
Fleming Museum of ArtBurlingtonChittendenArt, 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 MuseumFranklinFranklinLocal historyLocated in a late 19th-century log cabin[14]
Garipay HouseHartfordWindsorHistoric houseOperated by the Hartford Historical Society[26]
General Wait HouseWaitsfieldWashingtonLocal historyOperated by the Waitsfield Historical Society[27]
Goodrich Memorial LibraryNewportOrleansLocal historyIncludes display cases and exhibits of local historical items, natural history displays and art
Goodwillie House MuseumBarnetCaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Barnet Historical Society, open fall foliage weekends and by appointment[28][29]
Gov. Jonas Galusha HomesteadShaftsburyBenningtonLocal historyOperated by the Shaftsbury Historical Society, exhibits of local history in the 1783 house
Grafton Historical Society MuseumGraftonWindhamLocal history[30]
Green Mountain Perkins AcademySouth WoodstockWindsorEducation19th-century private high school[31]
Guilford Historical Society MuseumGuilfordWindhamLocal historyLocated in the old town hall[32]
Halifax Historical Society MuseumHalifaxWindhamLocal history[3]
Hartland Historic Society MuseumHartlandWindsorLocal history[33]
Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope MakingSpringfieldWindsorScienceCollection 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 CenterStoweLamoilleArt[35]
Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont HistoryMiddleburyAddisonLocal 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 MuseumCastletonRutlandLocal historyOperated by the Castleton Historical Society[37]
HildeneManchesterBenningtonHistoric houseEarly 20th century summer mansion of Robert Todd Lincoln
Historical Society of Wilmington MuseumWilmingtonWindhamLocal historyLocated in the Barber House[3]
Hubbardton BattlefieldHubbardtonRutlandMilitaryVisitor center exhibits about the Battle of Hubbardton in the American Revolutionary War
Hughes Barn MuseumThetfordOrangeLocal historyOperated by the Thetford Historical Society, artifacts of farming, trades and rural life in the 19th century[38]
Hyde Log CabinGrand IsleGrand IsleHistoric houseLate 18th century period log house
Isle La Motte Historical SocietyIsle La MotteFranklinLocal historyIncludes 1840 schoolhouse, 19th-century blacksmith shop and 19th-century log cabin[14]
John Strong Mansion MuseumAddisonAddisonHistoric houseLate 18th-century brick home, operated by the Vermont Daughters of the American Revolution[39]
Justin Smith Morrill HomesteadStraffordOrangeHistoric house19th century home of United States Senator Justin Smith Morrill
Lake Champlain Maritime MuseumVergennesAddisonMaritimeIncludes shipwrecks, boats, maritime artifacts
Lincoln Historical SocietyLincolnAddisonLocal history18th-century farmhouse and 19th-century barn museum[40]
Londonderry Arts & Historical SocietyLondonderryWindhamLocal historyLocated in the 1814 Rev. E. H. Newton House[3][41]
Madsonian Museum of Industrial DesignWaitsfieldWashingtonDesignwebsite, design and manufactured objects
Main Street MuseumWhite River JunctionWindsorArtEclectic display space for material culture and an experiment in a new taxonomy
Marlboro Historical Society MuseumMarlboroWindhamLocal historyLocated in the Custer Sharp House[3][42]
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical ParkWoodstockWindsorHistoric house
Marvin Newton HouseBrookfieldOrangeLocal historyOperated by the Brookfield Historical Society[11]
Middlebury College Museum of ArtMiddleburyAddisonArtIncludes antiquities, Asian art, and American and European painting and sculpture from the Renaissance through the 19th century [43]
Middletown Springs Historical Society MuseumMiddletown SpringsRutlandLocal historyLocated in the Adams House on the Green[44]
Miller Art CenterSpringfieldWindsorMultipleOperated by the Springfield Art & Historical Society, local history, fine art, decorative arts, photos, clothing, dolls, military artifacts[45]
Montshire Museum of ScienceNorwichWindsorScienceIncludes exhibits on anatomy, math, astronomy, mechanics, and natural history, trails and live animals
Mount Holly Community Historical MuseumMount HollyRutlandLocal historyLocated in the Adams House on the Green[46]
Mount Independence State Historic SiteOrwellAddisonMilitaryMuseum and American Revolutionary War archaeological site
Museum of the Creative ProcessManchesterBenningtonSculpture, Modern Art, PaintingIncludes exhibits on religion, psychology, creativity, and politics
The Museum of Everyday LifeGloverOrleansArtwebsite, eclectic collection of everyday objects
National Museum of the Morgan HorseMiddleburyAddisonNatural historyOperated by the American Morgan Horse Association, history of the Morgan Horse[47]
Nature Museum at GraftonGraftonWindhamNature center[48]
New England Maple MuseumRutlandRutlandFood[49]
Norman Rockwell ExhibitArlingtonBenningtonArtFocuses on Norman Rockwell's art and years in Arlington from 1939-1953, framed magazine covers, ads, and illustrations[50]
North Hero Historical Society MuseumNorth HeroFranklinLocal historyKnown as the "Hookenspoon", open seasonally on weekends[51]
Northfield Historical Society MuseumNorthfieldWashingtonLocal history[52]
Norwich Historic Society MuseumNorwichWindsorLocal history[53]
Noyes House MuseumMorrisvilleLamoilleHistoric 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[54]
Old Constitution HouseWindsorWindsorHistoric house18th century tavern, birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution of the State of Vermont
Old Mill MuseumWestonWindsorMillEarly 20th-century period grinding mill[24]
Old Stone House MuseumBrowningtonOrleansOpen 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 HouseNorth BenningtonBenningtonHistoric houseMid-19th-century mansion
Peacham Historical Association MuseumPeachamCaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Peacham Historical Association[55]
Poultney Historical SocietyPoultneyRutlandLocal historyIncludes an 1896 schoolhouse, Melodeon Factory and late 18th-century period Union Academy schoolhouse[7][56]
President Calvin Coolidge State Historical SitePlymouthWindsorHistoric houseEarly 20th century period family homestead of President Calvin Coolidge
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic SiteFairfieldFranklinHistoric houseReconstructed childhood home of President Chester A. Arthur
Randolph Historical Society MuseumRandolphOrangeLocal historyLocated above the police station[11][57]
Reading Historical Society MuseumReadingWindsorLocal history[4]
Readsboro Historical Society MuseumReadsborolBenningtonLocal history[58]
Reverend Dan Foster HouseWeathersfieldWindsorHistoric 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[59]
Richford Historical Society MuseumRichfordFranklinLocal historyLocated in a 1908 firestation[60]
Robert Frost Stone House MuseumShaftsburyBenningtonHistoric houseHome of early 20th century poet Robert Frost[61]
Rokeby MuseumFerrisburghAddisonHistoric house18th-century house that served as a safe house along the Underground Railroad
Rupert Historical Society MuseumRupertBenningtonLocal history[62]
Rutland Historical SocietyRutlandRutlandLocal historyLocated in the 1860 Nickwackett Fire House[63]
Saxtons River Historical Society MuseumSaxtons RiverWindhamLocal history[3]
Shelburne FarmsShelburneChittendenMultipleNational Historic Landmark, includes guided tours and seasonal art exhibits
Shelburne MuseumShelburneChittendenMultipleIncludes 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 MuseumLyndonCaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Lyndon Historical Society[29][64]
Shrewsbury Historical Society MuseumCuttingsvilleRutlandLocal historywebsite, open seasonally on Sunday afternoons
Southern Vermont Arts CenterManchesterBenningtonArtIncludes the Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum with 19th and 20th century works, including works by Luigi Lucioni, and a sculpture park[65]
Southern Vermont Natural History MuseumMarlboroWindhamNatural historyIncludes animal mounts and live animals
St. Albans MuseumSt. AlbansFranklinLocal historyOperated by the Saint Albans Historical Society[66]
St. Johnsbury AthenaeumSt. JohnsburyCaledoniaArtFeatures American and European art
St. Johnsbury History & Heritage CenterSt. JohnsburyCaledoniaLocal history[67]
Stowe Historical Society MuseumStoweLamoilleLocal history[68]
Sullivan Museum and History CenterNorthfieldWashingtonHistoryHistory of Norwich University[69]
Swanton Railroad Depot MuseumSwantonFranklinRailroadOperated by the Swanton Historical Society[70]
T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts CenterMontpelierWashingtonArtFeatures works of Thomas Waterman Wood and many of his artistic colleagues and contemporaries, and art from the state's Federal Art Project collection[71]
Town House MuseumSheffieldCaledoniaLocal historyOperated by the Sheffield Historical Society[29]
University of Vermont Natural History Museum Burlington Chittenden Natural history Includes the Pringle Herbarium and the Thompson Zoological Collections. Website
Vermont Heritage GalleriesBarreWashingtonHistoryOperated by the Vermont Historical Society, changing exhibits of state and local city history[72]
Vermont History MuseumMontpelierWashingtonHistoryOperated by the Vermont Historical Society, state history from 1600 to the present[72]
Vermont Marble MuseumProctorRutlandIndustryContributions of Vermont marble and the Vermont Marble Company
Vermont International Museum of Contemporary Art + DesignEdenLamoilleArtContemporary art and design [73]
Vermont National Guard Library and MuseumColchesterChittendenMilitaryHistory of the Vermont National Guard, both Army and Air Force, and the military heritage of the State of Vermont and its veterans[74]
Vermont Scale MuseumWestonWindsorCommodityLocated in the Vermont Country Store, collection of scales and measures[24]
Vermont Ski and Snowboard MuseumStoweLamoilleSportsVermont's skiing and snowboarding history
Vermont Toy MuseumWhite River JunctionWindsorToy
Vernon HistoriansVernonWindhamLocal historyLocated in a one-room schoolhouse[3]
Waterbury Historical Society MuseumWaterburyWashingtonLocal historyLocated in the Waterbury Public Library[75]
Westminster Historical Society MuseumWestminsterWindhamLocal historyLocated on the second floor of the town hall[3][76]
Whitingham Historical Society MuseumWhitinghamWindhamLocal history[3]
Williamstown Historical Society MuseumWilliamstownOrangeLocal historyOpen by appointment[11]
Wilson CastleProctorRutlandHistoric house19th century estate
Windham County Historical MuseumNewfaneWindhamLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Windham County[3][77]
Winhall MuseumWinhallBenningtonLocal history[62]
Woodstock History CenterWoodstockWindsorLocal historyOperated by the Woodstock Historical Society[78]

Defunct museums

See also

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