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Shelburne Museum & Vermont
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We didn't leave until 9:00 am today so we had time to walk around Montepelier to take in the views.
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Then we headed to Shelburne, VT near Lake Champlain. Called the Smithsonian of New England, the Shelburne exhibits over 150,000 works of folk art, paintings, design and Americana in a remarkable 45-acre setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds. It even includes a luxury steamship that ran on Lake Champlain between the US and Canada, a lighthouse, a colonial meeting house and an original New England covered bridge.
Shelburne Museum was founded in 1947
by Electra Havemeyer Webb who began
collecting early-American items in
1908 at the age of 19.
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You could spend a couple days going through all the exhibits and grounds of the Shelburne. We had a few hours to race through and see what we could.
Here is a Grandma Mosses painting we found.
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These soup tureens amazed me. How did they survive since 1752 with those long necks? These
are a couple feet tall and over 250 years old!
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I loved the Shelburne Museum and we had a gorgeous day to walk the grounds.
Afterward, Vicki surprised us with a trip to a maple sugar farm. At Morse Farms, Burr taught us all about "sugarin" in his deadpan Vermont humor and accent.
The slide below is spring, with slightly less snow - then comes the mud!
We learned about "sugar on snow" - it was delicious and enjoyed the maple creamies!
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That night after dinner was "show & tell".
Afterward we got a photo of the
6 pairs of mothers & daughters.
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Click the links below to see the days of our trip.
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