Sheldon closes holiday season with free admission

The Henry Sheldon Museum in downtown Middlebury still has its trains on display for a few more days (well, through Jan. 4). There’s also a letterpress printing hands-on activity coming Jan. 4, with John Vincent from A Revolutionary Press.

Sheldon Museum gets $650K Mellon grant

The Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury has been awarded a $650,000 grant by the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities.

‘Mingle at the Museum’ on Saturday night

Atom and the Orbits will headline a new fundraising event for the Henry Sheldon Museum on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5-7 p.m.Courtesy photo Henry Sheldon Museum will host a new fundraising event, Mingle at the Museum, on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5-7 p.m. Th … (read more)

What will you find in ‘Grandma’s Trunk?’

It’s time to dig out those vintage pieces of attire stuffed in the attic trunk, or snapped tight in a hatbox at the back of your closet. It’s OK if they’re dusty and wrinkly; now is their time to shine!

Silent auction of late artist’s rugs benefits Sheldon

Her presence was “quiet” and “steadfast.” She was an “expert listener” and knew how to “talk to people.” This is how Coco Moseley, executive director of the Henry Sheldon Museum, described the late Suzanne Douglas, who most recently worked in admissions a … (read more)

Henry Sheldon Museum set to reopen May 11

The Henry Sheldon Museum reopens for the 2024 season on Saturday, May 11. This downtown Middlebury museum offers a diverse, in-depth look at the history and art of the mid-Lake Champlain region of Vermont. 

All aboard the Sheldon Express!

Gerry Slager is 78 years old. But once he crosses the threshold of Middlebury’s Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, he’s back to being a 6-year-old.

Moseley to trade library for museum

After three-and-a-half years serving as steward of Bristol’s literacy hub, Coco Moseley is taking charge of another cherished public venue — Middlebury’s Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History.

Join a talk and tour of West Cemetery in Middlebury

Glenn Andres and Bill Hosley will lead this discussion about “Middlebury and the Marble Border of Western New England.”

Sampling history through embroidery

If you’re lucky, you might find one tucked away in a trunk in your attic: A piece of fabric — a square foot in size, give or take — bearing a cross-stitch of alphabet letters, a date, the maker’s name and age. Sometimes there’s an embroidered bonus of flo … (read more)

Noon gallery talk at Sheldon bridges the Pacific

In her talk on Wednesday, Aug. 9, “Bridging the Pacific: Early Chinese Immigration to the United States,” professor Joyce Mao will offer an overview of Chinese migration to the United States and community-building by the Chinese in America, from the Gold … (read more)

Abortion access continues to decline in the U.S.

Middlebury College Economics Professor Caitlin Knowles Myers is applying economic statistical modeling techniques to data on abortion access in order to calculate how the number of people who want to get an abortion, but who can’t, has changed since the r … (read more)

Sheldon hosts gallery talk on post-Roe America

Professor Caitlin Knowles Myers will discuss a forecast for a post-Roe America covering changes in abortions and births and downstream effects on the economic lives of women and their families.

Noon gallery talk ‘makes sense of representation’

‏Carly Thomsen, Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Middlebury College, will speak on Wednesday, July 12, at noon, drawing on her book, “Visibility Interrupted: Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming” (2021).

Sheldon Museum hosts gallery talk on Jewish life in Addison County

David Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Middlebury College, will speak about Harry and Stella Lazarus who migrated to Middlebury in 1911.

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