May, 2004
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Another highlight of our trip to Vermont was a visit to the Shelburne Museum, located on more than forty acres of rolling farmland.
There were many, many buildings and exhibits, but only a few will be shown here.
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Vermont Trip - Page 2 May, 2004 back to the Vermont page |
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Another highlight of our trip to Vermont was a visit to the Shelburne Museum, located on more than forty acres of rolling farmland. There were many, many buildings and exhibits, but only a few will be shown here. |
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This round barn is near the entrance to the grounds. It is a type of barn that was popular in Vermont in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This one was built in 1901. |
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This is an actual General Store built in 1840 and moved to the museum grounds on a special railroad track in 1952. |
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Attached to the General Store is a nineteenth century apothecary shop (a drug store to you youngsters) where you could pick up a couple of leeches to suck out your bad blood. |
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This is the interior of the unusual Stencil House, built on a farm in about 1840. The artists painted directly on the boards of the house instead of on plaster walls. |
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Here is Gloria taking a ride on a nineteenth century merry-go-round. Behind her is the Circus Building. |
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The Circus Building was filled with artifacts, including this old merry-go-round lion and a 3000-piece Kirk Brothers miniature circus parade. |