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American Precision Museum

196 Main Street
Windsor, VT 05089
802-674-5781
http://www.americanprecision.org/


 
Billings Farm and Museum

email to: billings.farm@valley.net
A premiere working dairy farm, featuring interactive farm programs & activities and award-winning historical exhibits. Open daily, May 1 - October 31, 10 am to 5 pm, and winter holiday weekends, 10 am - 3 pm. Located just north of the village of Woodstock on VT Rte. 12. Admission: $9.00 adults; 13-17 $7.00; 5-12 $4.50; 3-4 $2.
Rte 12, PO Box 489
Woodstock, VT 05091
802-457-2355 / Fax 802-457-4663
http://www.billingsfarm.org


 
Cornish Colony Gallery and Museum

email to: agilbert@best.com
The Cornish Colony Museum is located at the Firehouse at Windsor and has the largest display of Maxfield Parrish paintings in the country, as well as displays of over twenty other artists and sculptors who lived and worked in the Cornish/ Plainfield area. Open from Memorial Day through the last Sunday in October, daily except Mondays. Admission $6 regular, $4 seniors.
147 Main Street, P.O. Box 63
Windsor, VT 05089
802 674-6008 / fax 802 675-6011
http://www.almagilbert.com


 
Hood Museum of Art

Wheelock Street
Hanover, NH 03755
603-646-2808
http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/


 
Montshire Museum of Science

email to: montshire@montshire.org
Montshire is a hands-on science museum with dozens of interactive exhibits on the natural and physical sciences. Located on a 110-acre site near the Connecticut River, Montshire has a network of easy-to-navigate walking trails. Open seven days a week, 10 am to 5 pm. Located off I-91 in Norwich, VT. Admission: $7.50 for adults, $6.50 for children 3-17. Under 3 free.

Make a secure on-line donation to Montshire Museum of Science

One Montshire Road
Norwich, VT 05055
802 649-2200
http://www.montshire.org


 
Museum at Lower Shaker Village

email to: Chosen.Vale@valley.net
Sharing Enfield's Shaker legacy with visitors from the Upper Valley and beyond, and preserving this important part of history for the benefit of future generations.
24 Caleb Dyer Lane
Enfield, NH 03748
603 632-4346
http://www.valley.net/~esm/


 
Old Constitution House

North Main Street
Windsor, VT 05089
802-672-3773
http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/HistoricSites/html/constitution.html


 
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

email to: saga@valley.net
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire consists of the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), one of America's greatest sculptors. The site is open daily May 23 - October 31, 1998 from 9:00am to 4:30pm. Admission is $4 per person for those 17 and older.
RR 3 Box 73
Cornish, NH 03745
603 675-2175
http://www.sgnhs.org


 
Springfield Historical Society & Miller Art Ctr.

9 Elm Street
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-2415
http://www.millerartcenter.org/


 
The Aidron Duckworth Art Museum

email to: info@aidronduckworthmuseum.org
The museum presents the work of Aidron Duckworth, the late British-American artist (1920 - 2001) who explored the emotional power of color and the multi-dimensional potential of the two-dimensional surface.

Hours 10AM - 5PM Fri/Sat/Sun and by appointment
21 Bean Road
Meriden, NH 03770
603 469-3444
http://www.aidronduckworthmuseum.org


 
The Fells

email to: fells@tds.net
The Fells was the summer home of Secretary of State John Milton Hay, and reflects the prevailing style of summerhouses of the time. Take a tour and get a glimpse into life on a New Hampshire summer estate. Explore the expansive gardens including a rose terrace, a rock garden of rare alpines, a hidden walled garden and colorful perennial borders. Discover peaceful woodland paths and enjoy an easy hike along lake and stream on the John Hay Ecology Trail. The Fells gardens and grounds are open daily year-round, dawn to dusk. The Main House & Shop are open 10am-5pm, week-ends & holidays, Memorial Day through Columbus Day; and Daily, mid-June through Labor Day. (Closed Mondays & Tuesdays except by special arrangement). Members free, non-members $6, children ages 6-15, $2.
456 Route 103A PO Box 276
Newbury, NH 03255
603 763-4789
http://www.thefells.org


 
The Fort at No.4

267 Springfield Road, Rt 11
Charlestown, NH 03037
603-826-5700
http://www.fortat4.com/


 
Vermont Toy and Train Museum

Route 4
Quechee, VT 05059
802-438-5565


 
VMGA

email to: VMGA@valley.net
Support for Museums and Galleries
c/o Billings Farm PO Box 489
Woodstock, VT 05091
802 457-2671