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American Precision Museum, Windsor, VT
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American Precision Museum

American Precision Museum is a museum in Windsor, VT, part of the Vermont guide. Cost: under $25.

196 Main Street · Windsor, VT

Why you should go…

The American Precision Museum occupies the 1846 Robbins and Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont, a National Historic Landmark recognized as the birthplace of the American system of interchangeable-parts manufacturing. The collection spans the first hundred years of precision machine tools alongside early machined products such as rifles, sewing machines and typewriters. The museum is open daily May through October and on weekdays the rest of the year, with hands-on exhibits and live machine demonstrations.

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