Sheldon Museum
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Vermonters on Vacation: Joseph Battell’s travels
August is traditionally vacation month, but many of us will not be traveling this year. The following article explores how Vermonters of the 19th and early 20th centuries…
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Vermonters on vacation: An American Tyrol
August is traditionally vacation month, but many of us will not be traveling this year. The following article explores how Vermonters of the 19th and early 20th centuries…
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Vermonters on Vacation: The Grand Tour
The grand tour became popular among prosperous Americans in the late 19th century as they sought to experience and appropriate European high culture. Among those making an extended…
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Sheldon lands $29k National Endowment grant
MIDDLEBURY — The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES grant in the amount of $29,362 for the…
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Sheldon Museum to offer history talks
MIDDLEBURY — Do you know what a nineteenth-century glass ballot box and Vermont’s Civil War monuments have in common? Answer — the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. This…
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Learn to craft handmade love notes that pop
MIDDLEBURY — Wondering how to make Valentine’s Day a little more personal this year? Check out the two upcoming Valentine card-making workshops on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Tandem…
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Sheldon offers pop-up Valentine card workshop
MIDDLEBURY — The Sheldon Museum will offer a Pop-Up Valentine Card Workshop on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 1-2:30 p.m. The workshop will be led by Sheldon Museum trustees…
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Hear local train stories at Sheldon Museum
MIDDLEBURY — This month the Henry Sheldon Museum will host two talks about trains in conjunction with the museum’s annual elaborate model train layout. Paul Bortz, a member…
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Sheldon Museum decks the halls with trains, trees, animals
MIDDLEBURY — The Sheldon Museum is bursting with creativity and excitement this holiday season. Don’t miss the amazing operating train layout, Miniature Christmas Tree Raffle, and two exhibits…
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Sheldon Museum hosts talk on spirits and the arts
MIDDLEBURY — On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., Associate Champlain College Professor Stephen Wehmeyer will present “By Seen and Unseen Hands: Spirit Artists and their Art in…
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VPR commentator Schubart to speak at Sheldon
MIDDLEBURY — Bill Schubart, author, journalist, and VPR commentator, is the keynote speaker for the Annual Dinner and Meeting of the Henry Sheldon Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 12.…
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Sheldon hosts a ‘Spooky Night at the Museum’
MIDDLEBURY — On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Sheldon Museum will host Spooky Night at the Museum, an evening of pre-Halloween entertainment in conjunction with the Sheldon’s current exhibit…
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Sheldon to uncover ‘The Devil’s Cabinet’
MIDDLEBURY — The Sheldon Museum presents its next talk on spiritualism, “The Devil’s Cabinet: The Eddy Family of Spirit Mediums,” on Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. Jason Smiley,…
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Sheldon Museum to host ‘Spirited Vermont’
MIDDLEBURY — Joseph A. Citro, novelist and storyteller, will present “Spirited Vermont — Green Mountain Mediums, Mystics, and Miracle Workers” at the Sheldon Museum on Thursday, Oct. 17,…
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Tree fungus as historical document? Learn more at a Sheldon talk
MIDDLEBURY — Can a simple tree fungus be a historical document? On Oct. 16, at 1 p.m., as part of the Sheldon’s monthly exhibit “Hidden Treasure Series,” Archivist…
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Sheldon exhibit conjures spirits — and fun
MIDDLEBURY — Solomon Jewett (1808-94) of Weybridge kept a very impressive guest list. Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Prince Albert of England. The Virgin Mary. Oh, and…