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Rokeby Museum is open seven days a week May to October, and during the winter months for pre-booked groups and special programs.

This Friday, in honor of Juneteenth, Rokeby Museum is once again opening our doors to the public, free of charge! We wil...
06/15/2026

This Friday, in honor of Juneteenth, Rokeby Museum is once again opening our doors to the public, free of charge! We will be open from 10:00am - 5:00pm and our historic house will be free to explore from 11:00am - 2:00pm. Docents will be on site to answer any questions you may have. Don't forget to check out our main exhibit, "Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Legacy of an Abolitionist Family," to learn the remarkable story of the Robinsons and the Freedom Seekers they aided.

This year, Rokeby Museum is pairing our Juneteenth celebration with a call to action. In honor of Robinsons' tireless activism, we will be putting a spotlight on local organizations that are working to fight racial inequality. Stop by our early learning room and check out the information tables to find out how you can contribute!

Did you miss our Sheep & Wool Day festival? Don't worry, the fiber fun isn't over yet. Join Rokeby Museum on Sunday, Jun...
06/10/2026

Did you miss our Sheep & Wool Day festival? Don't worry, the fiber fun isn't over yet. Join Rokeby Museum on Sunday, June 14th, for a beginner-friendly workshop on wet felting!

Led by Vermont artist Wendy-Ann Durkee, participants will learn the ancient craft of wool felt making. These one-hour workshops include everything that you need to make your own personalized wet-felted coaster using hand-processed, Vermont-grown wool. Chaperones must accompany students under fourteen. Dress for mess.

Cost: $25 per participant, 10 participants per session
Drop-ins welcome (if space allows)

Admission to Museum is FREE for workshop participants.

Pre-register at https://rokeby.org/event/wet-felting-with-wendy-ann-durkee/

Rokeby Museum continues our series on Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900) with an excerpt from his 1896 work, "In New Englan...
06/09/2026

Rokeby Museum continues our series on Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900) with an excerpt from his 1896 work, "In New England Field and Woods."

JUNE DAYS

“June brings skies of purest blue, flecked with drifts of silver, fields and woods in the flush of fresh verdure, with the streams winding among them in crystal loops that invite the angler with promise of more than fish, something that tackle cannot lure nor creel hold.

The air is full of the perfume of locust and grape bloom, the spicy odor of pine and fir, and of pleasant voices—the subdued murmur of the brook's changing babble, the hum of bees, the stir of the breeze, the songs of birds. Out of the shady aisles of the woods…comes that voice of June, the cuckoo's gurgling note of preparation, and then the soft, monotonous call that centuries ago gave him a name…

…Some who hear, obey, and revel in the brief but delightful freedom of June days spent in the perfumed breath of full-leafed woods, by cold water-brooks and rippled lakes. Others listen with hungry hearts to the summons, but cannot loose their fetters, and can only answer with a sigh, "It is not for me," or "Not yet," and toil on, still hoping for future days of freedom.

But saddest of all is the case of such as hear not, or, hearing, heed not…the voices of the birds, the murmurous droning of bees amid the blossoms, the sweet prattle of running waters and dancing waves. Though these come to them from all about, and all about them are unfolded the manifold beauties of this joyous month, no sign is made to them.”

- “June Days”, In New England Fields and Woods, 63 - 66

Read the full essay here: https://rokeby.org/june/

Registration for Rokeby Museum's 2026 Artists of Rokeby summer camp is still open! Session 1 will run from 7/13 - 7/17, ...
06/08/2026

Registration for Rokeby Museum's 2026 Artists of Rokeby summer camp is still open!

Session 1 will run from 7/13 - 7/17, and Session 2 will run 7/20 - 7/24. This 5-day program will introduce campers to the artists of the Robinson family while exploring the nature that inspired them. Play fun games! Make your own nature journal! Learn to birdwatch! Try your hand at sketching, painting, scrapbooking, and more!

The final day of each session will include a pizza party and an exhibition of the campers' work. No artistic experience is required. All supplies are provided.

This program is designed for campers ages 9-13. Suggested tuition is $350 per camper.

Registrations close on 7/1.

Please direct all questions to [email protected] or sign up at:
https://rokeby.org/event/rokeby-summer-camp-artists-of-rokeby-2026-session-1/

Looking for some Saturday fun? Get up close and personal with sheep from .Need a sweet treat? Try some specially-made, s...
06/06/2026

Looking for some Saturday fun? Get up close and personal with sheep from .

Need a sweet treat? Try some specially-made, sheep-inspired cake pops and cookies from

Interested in history? See traditional wool dyeing techniques, with pigments made from wildflowers at Rokeby

And of course, explore our historic house, free of charge. There's so much to do, don't miss out! We're here until 3!

A little rain won't bother us! Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day Festival is live!!!We've got live sheep from , 's Inst...
06/06/2026

A little rain won't bother us! Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day Festival is live!!!

We've got live sheep from , 's Instrument Petting Zoo, papermaking and printing from A Revolutionary Press, food from Tin Bucks Barbecue and Pink Promise Pastry, spinning, knitting, and wool dyeing demonstrations, crafts, an open house and more!

We'll be here until 3:00. We can't wait to see you!

Tomorrow's the day! This Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00, Rokeby Museum will be celebrating our annual Sheep & Wool Day festival....
06/05/2026

Tomorrow's the day! This Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00, Rokeby Museum will be celebrating our annual Sheep & Wool Day festival. There will be crafts, treats, instruments, historic spinning demonstrations, a history tour, a working printing press, and, of course, live sheep! A very special thanks to for once again bringing their wooly friends and providing materials for our craft table.

Sheep & Wool Day is a rain-or-shine event. No matter the weather, stop by tomorrow and say hello!

Sheep and Wool Day is a FREE event. There will be no charge for access to our grounds or our historic house. Access to our main exhibit, "Seeking Freedom," will be $12 for adults and $6 for kids 18 and under. Don't miss out!

Has all this talk about Sheep peaked your interest in our Wool-y friends? Are you a fiber artist or someone interested i...
06/04/2026

Has all this talk about Sheep peaked your interest in our Wool-y friends? Are you a fiber artist or someone interested in the craft? Then why not join Rokeby Museum on Sunday, June 14th, for a beginner-friendly workshop on wet felting!

Led by Vermont artist Wendy-Ann Durkee, participants will learn the ancient craft of wool felt making. These one-hour workshops include everything that you need to make your own personalized wet-felted coaster using hand-processed, Vermont-grown wool. Chaperones must accompany students under fourteen. Dress for mess.

Cost: $25 per participant, 10 participants per session
Drop-ins welcome (if space allows)

Admission to Museum is FREE for workshop participants.

Pre-register at https://rokeby.org/event/wet-felting-with-wendy-ann-durkee/

Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day spotlight continues with the return of a community favorite: 's Instrument Petting Zoo...
06/03/2026

Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day spotlight continues with the return of a community favorite: 's Instrument Petting Zoo! The Instrument Petting Zoo is your chance to try out all manner of traditional and unusual instruments, including fiddles, ukuleles, sarangi, guitars, banjos, mandolins, autoharps, cellos, basses, drums, kazoos, maracas, recorders, thumb pianos, tin whistles, and more!

The Instrument Petting Zoo will be taking over one of our historic outbuildings. Stop by Rokeby Museum this Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00, and give them a try!

Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day is this Saturday, June 6th, 12:00 - 3:00!Don't miss our table with A Revolutionary Pres...
06/01/2026

Rokeby Museum's Sheep & Wool Day is this Saturday, June 6th, 12:00 - 3:00!

Don't miss our table with A Revolutionary Press, where John Vincent will show visitors how to make their own letterpress print. All prints will use paper made from linen and cotton fabric deaccessioned from the Museum's collection. This year's print will feature a quote and illustration by Rachael Robinson Elmer (1878-1919).

Visitors will also have the opportunity to make a sheet of paper from the same pulped material to be used later by the Press for another Rokeby-related print. Other Revolutionary Press prints will be available for sale in our gift shop.

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4334 Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT
05456

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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