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Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum is a museum in Shelburne, VT, part of the Vermont guide. Cost: $25 to $50. Open daily May 9 through October 25, 2026; Winter Lights opens November 27.

6000 Shelburne Road · Shelburne, VT

Why you should go…

Shelburne Museum is a museum of American art, design and history spread across 39 structures on 45 acres near Lake Champlain. Founder Electra Havemeyer Webb moved historic New England buildings here, including a lighthouse, a jail, a covered bridge and the 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga. Inside you find folk art, quilts, decoys, horse-drawn carriages and Impressionist paintings by Monet and Degas. Tickets are valid for two consecutive days.

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