Shelburne
Vermont
Shelburne Museum
Mission Statement:
To broaden our audience, engage their curiosity, animate their creativity, and give them an extraordinary, educational museum experience.
Vision:
We envision Shelburne Museum as a nationally significant institution that is intellectually vibrant, financially sustainable, and that maintains a special commitment to its Vermont community. It seeks to provide visitors with stimulating experiences reflecting the highest standards of scholarship and the intelligence, whimsy, and courage of Electra Havemeyer Webb.
Recent News
All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art opens at Shelburne Museum
Embark on a journey through American history and explore the captivating world of trains in American visual culture during the transformative period of industrialization from 1840 to 1955. Organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Joslyn Art Museum,…
Read More »Hinesburg Students to Show Work at Shelburne Museum
Special Exhibition Celebrates Innovative Student Art Program Hinesburg Students to Show Work at Shelburne Museum Shelburne, VT -- Shelburne Museum is hosting an exhibition of artwork created by students at Hinesburg Community School, the…
Read More »Innovative Arts + Math Program, in Partnership with Shelburne Museum, Launches at Hinesburg Community School
Foundation Started by Business Leader and Vermont Resident Honors Artistic Legacies of Late Wife and Daughter Hinesburg, VT -- The Olivia & Leslie Foundation, in partnership with Shelburne Museum, has launched a visual arts education…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Welcomes College Students Back with Free Admission on Saturdays in September
Shelburne, VT -- Shelburne Museum extends a warm welcome to college students as they return to school with free admission on Saturdays throughout the month of September. Kicking it off Student Saturdays on Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 2),…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Opens for the Season on Saturday, May 13, 2023
Shelburne Museum opens for the 2023 season on Saturday, May 13 with a special exhibition Object/s of Play: The Work of Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt that explores the creative processes of two award-winning American toy designers-a generation…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Announces Endowed Curatorship in Honor of Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
SHELBURNE, VT - Shelburne Museum has endowed its curatorship of American Decorative Arts in honor of its long-time trustee Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, herself a senior curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New…
Read More »Vermont Sampler Initiative Launches Statewide Effort to Document American Schoolgirl Samplers
The Vermont Sampler Initiative has launched a statewide effort to locate, photograph, and document all American samplers and related girlhood embroideries held in the public and private collections of Vermont. This initiative is a collaborative…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Hires New Director of Education
Shelburne, VT -- Shelburne Museum announced Jason Vrooman as Stiller Family Foundation Director of Education. He joins Shelburne from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where he was Chief Curator and Director of Engagement, Diversity,…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Hosts Webinar about Conservation of Native American Art
Shelburne, VT - In celebration of Conservation Month, join Director of Conservation Nancie Ravenel for the webinar New Directions in the Care of Indigenous Artworks Housed at Shelburne Museum Ravenel will discuss the ongoing care and conservation…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Announces Exhibitions for the 2023 Season
Shelburne, VT -- Shelburne Museum has announced its slate of exhibitions for the 2023 season. This year, the museum will feature a variety of special exhibitions focused on creative play, whimsy, and beautiful masterworks of Native American pottery.…
Read More »Shelburne Museum Establishes Curator of Native American Art
New Position Ushers in Native American Initiative Shelburne, VT - Shelburne Museum has established a new curatorship in Native American Art and appointed the first curator to hold the position, announced Thomas Denenberg, John Wilmerding Director…
Read More »Online Exhibition Opening – 'Right Under Your Nose: Children’s Printed Textiles From The Collection of JJ Murphy And Nancy Mladenoff' 2023
Join Curator Katie Wood Kirchhoff in conversation with special guests JJ Murphy and Nancy Mladenoff to celebrate the opening of the special online exhibition, Right Under Your Nose: Children’s Printed Textiles from the Collection of JJ Murphy…
Read More »Shelburne Museum’s Winter Lights canceled for Friday, December 23 due to Weather Forecast
Shelburne, VT -- Due to forecasted extreme weather, Winter Lights at Shelburne Museum is canceled for Friday, December 23. Ticketholders may come to Winter Lights at any time during the remaining Winter Lights evenings: December 22, December…
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