Vermont Gardens

Ephraim Holland Newton House
364 South Road
Marlboro, VT  05344  
Phone: 802-254-2172

House built in 1814 offers exhibits of historical material, a one-room schoolhouse, and a Colonial herb garden. Recent activities have included schoolhouse reunions, archaeological digs, stone wall maintenance, old games and crafts, interpretive local history, sing-alongs, square dances, a summer band concert, and thematic exhibits.
Hours: July and August, Saturdays, 2 p.m.–5 p.m. or by appointment. No charge.

Park-McCullough Historic Estate
1 Park St. / P.O. Box 388
North Bennington, VT  05257  
Phone: 802-442-5441

Home to two Vermont governors, this Victorian mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors will see displays of the three families who have occupied the home, including furniture, children’s items and horse-drawn carriages. There is a formal garden adjacent to the house.
Hours: Daily, Mid-May to mid-October, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for personal guided tours, with special events throughout the year. Fee charged.

Shelburne Museum
U.S. Route 7 / P.O. Box 10
Shelburne, VT  05482  
Phone: 802-985-3346
Email: info@shelburnemuseum.org

Open May - October

Shelburne Museum is one of the nation’s most eclectic museums of art, Americana, and design, displaying over 150,000 objects on 45 acres in Vermont's beautiful Lake Champlain Valley. Collections of folk art, decorative arts, tools, toys, and textiles, are exhibited as are American paintings and Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Manet, Degas, and others. The museum's 25 historic New England buildings include period houses, a lighthouse, and a 220-foot paddlewheel steamboat. New exhibits in 2006 include paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, the art of Tasha Tudor, contemporary Knoll design, and kaleidoscope quilts.