Perched on a hill overlooking the Champlain Valley, Rokeby Museum provides an intimate record of two centuries of Vermont family life and agriculture. The house and farm nurtured and survived the growing up and growing old of four generations of Robinsons. The house, a late 18th century Vermont Cape with an imposing and severe Federal-style addition, displays the family's personal and domestic belongings furniture, kitchen ware, clothing and textiles, and a large collection of art.
Location:
US 7, Ferrisburgh Vermont 05456
Telephone
802-877-3406
Other History nearby:
(Elizabethtown) Adirondack History Center
(Burlington) Battery Park
(Addison) D.A.R. John Strong Mansion
(Burlington) Ethan Allen Homestead
(Ticonderoga) Fort Ticonderoga
(Sharon) Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
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02/21 Coming to The Ferrisburgh area
Taste of the Valley Plymouth NH March21 Experience all of your favorite local flavors. Several restaurants from the region will be there hoping to win your vote in the "Best in Show" competition.
Green Mountain Film Festival Montpelier VT March22-31 Culture reigns at the Green Mountain Film Festival, featuring powerful programming on a wide range of subjects, interesting and often unexpected guests, and a convivial atmosphere.
Vermont Maple Festival St Albans VT April26-28 Pancake breakfast and maple buffet, the annual “Sap Run” race, exhibits and sugarhouse tours, antiques, crafts, cooking demonstrations, youth talent, fiddlers’ shows, and a Grand Parade featuring teen “Maple Ambassadors.”
Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor Manchester NH March17-May5 A display at the Currier Museum of Art shows the striking duality of deadly weaponry and artistic beauty from the Samurai culture of centuries past.
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Utica NY July18-21 A Who's Who of Bluegrass in the Beautiful Catskill Mountains. A Gathering of Music, Learning & Friends.
Hebron Fair Hebron NH July27 Over 100 craftsmen, pony rides, children's games, rummage, lunch with homemade baked bread, silent auction, on the picturesque Hebron Common.
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