Henry Sheldon Museum
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Remarkable women from the past: Abby Maria Hemenway
Like other remarkable women in Addison County, Abby Hemenway rebelled against the prevailing, centuries-old, androcentric perceptions of her gender. She was a teacher, poet, author, historian and publisher,…
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Remarkable women from the past: Emma Hart Willard
Emma Hart Willard founded schools for women, published literary and instructive books, and established herself as one of the great champions for women’s equality. Although she left Middlebury…
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Remarkable women from the past: Charity Bryant & Sylvia Drake
Charity Bryant (1777-1851) and Sylvia Drake (1784-1868) Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake met as young women in February 1807 in Weybridge. They spent the next 44 years in…
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Remarkable women from the past: Sally Kellogg Markham
Some women drive change, others survive it. Moving with her family from Connecticut to Addison in 1770 at the age of 3, Sally Kellogg was part of the…
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Sheldon celebrates remarkable local women through history
MIDDLEBURY — In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote, the Henry Sheldon Museum’s Stewart-Swift Research Center…
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The Animals Are Innocent: New Sheldon exhibit
MIDDLEBURY —The Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury presents “The Animals Are Innocent,” a mixed media/ceramic exhibit of colorful, boat sculptures and paintings, both featuring animals, by Maryland artist,…
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Vergennes’ Dawn Wagner is a paper-hat genius
VERGENNES — What do you get when you take a stage manager from New York City, transplant them in Vergennes and give them chickens, and a knack for…
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Fantastic fairy homes at Sheldon Museum
MIDDLEBURY — We all know fairies are real, but where do they live? Why, in tiny fairy houses, of course. Who builds these homes? Well on Sunday, July…
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Learn to make paper hats at the Sheldon on Aug. 11
MIDDLEBURY — A Mad Hatter Tea Party and Hat Workshop is coming to the Sheldon Museum on Sunday, Aug. 11, from 1:30- 3 p.m. Artist Dawn Wagner will…
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New photo of Joseph Battell on view at Sheldon
MIDDLEBURY — On Saturday, July 13, at noon, Sheldon archivist, Eva Garcelon-Hart, will discuss a recently-discovered unique photographic portrait of Joseph Battell as part of the Henry Sheldon Museum’s Hidden Treasure…