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Rokeby Museum opens with new main exhibit
Addison County Independent – June 2024
Two Ferrisburgh historic sites honor Frederick Douglass
Addison County Independent – July 2023
Artists hook into history at Rokeby Museum
Addison County Independent – May 2023
Leahy, Welch, Sanders-Sponsored federal funding bill grants money to Vermont community projects
The Middlebury Campus – Jan. 2023
PC Construction, Rokeby continue Underground Railroad preservation partnership
VermontBiz — December 2022
Honoring Black History: Mingo Niles of Ferrisburgh
Addison County Independent — February 2022
Honoring Black History: Jesse’s freedom-seeking journey
Addison County Independent — February 2022
Honoring Black History: Seeking Freedom: Simon’s journey to Rokeby
Addison County Independent — February 2022
Honoring Black History: An intro to Rokeby’s Underground Railroad
Addison County Independent — February 2022
The Best 5 Windows on Black History — Long-untold stories come into unforgettable focus at these New England sites
Yankee Magazine — January 2022
United Way: Teens can volunteer, too
Addison County Independent — October 2021
Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh Re-Creates 19th-Century Séances
Seven Days — October 2021
Seance events at Rokeby Museum to give visitors Halloween chills from the great beyond
Burlington Free Press — October 2021
Rokeby Museum to host Harvest Day
Addison County Independent — September 2021
Headed to Vermont this fall? Don’t go without adding these to your list
Lonely Planet — September 2021
The Rokeby Museum & Vermont History: A Conversation w/ Lindsay Varner on ‘Across The Fence’
UVM Extension/WCAX3 — August 2021
Rokeby’s pie & ice cream returns this Sunday
Addison County Independent — August 2021
Vermont’s Rokeby Museum undergoes preservation work
AP News — August 2021
Preservation work underway at Rokeby Museum
WCAX3 — August 2021
Rokeby Museum secures funding to repair ‘urgent needs’ to historic home
VT Digger— August 2021
It’s the Season of Charitable Bake Sales to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Seven Days— July 2021
Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Prompts Reflection on July 5th
NBC5— July 2021
‘We Have to Have Hope:’ Juneteenth Observances Planned in Vt. Communities
NECN— June 2021
Vt. Museum Celebrates End of Slavery, a Day of Freedom
The Sun — June 2021
Vermont Visual Arts
Times Argus — June 2021
Rokeby Reopens with New Exhibit
WCAX3 — June 2021
Museums are Everywhere Podcast with Rokeby Museum’s Lindsay Varner
Museums Are Everywhere — March 2021
Vermont Museum Leaders Reflect on the Past and Pandemic Present to Rethink the Future
Seven Days — March 2021
Our readers choose their own ‘pandemic art heroes’
CBC — March 2021
Rokeby Getting Much Needed Renovation
Addison Independent — March 2021, page 6B
5 Important Places in Vermont’s Black History
Swift House Inn Blog — February 2021
Celebrating Black History Month
WCAX3 — February 2021
Shelburne Museum among those in Vermont planning to reopen after winter shutdowns
Burlington Free Press — February 2021
This Chic Vermont Hotel is the Perfect Place to Start a Leaf-peeping Road Trip
Travel + Leisure — October 2020
Exhibition at the Rokeby Museum
Harvard Art Museums/Prints, Monday Missive — September 2020
Rokeby Museum Hires New Director
Seven Days — September 2020
Profiles in Community: Passion for History Leads Houpt-Varner to Rokeby
Addison Independent — September 2020
A trip around Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail
WPTZ — September 2020
“Mending Fences”: Carol MacDonald’s art aims to heal
Rutland Herald — August 2020
Montreal artist teams with Rokeby Museum on art classes
WCAX — July 2020
Art Review: “Mending Fences: New Works by Carol MacDonald,” Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — July 2020
Using History to Provide a Lens Into Today’s Politics
The New York Times — March 2020
Artful Structures on View at Rokeby Museum
Addison Independent — August 2019
A New Festival of Art
Addison Independent — August 2019
What’s a Yoko Ono Art Piece Doing at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh?
Burlington Free Press — August 2019
“Amassed & Up-ended: The Legacy of Stuff”
Addison Independent — July 2019
Art Review: “Rokeby Through the Lens,” Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — June 2019
Rokeby Museum Opening Mixes History with Modern Art
WCAX — May 2019
Rokeby Museum Opens Programs for Black History Month
VT Digger — January 2019
Short Takes: Community Engagement Lab Grants; Contemporary Art at Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — January 2019
Seven Favorite Art Shows of 2018
Seven Days — December 2018
History Space: The Robinsons of Rokeby
Burlington Free Press — August 2018
Art Review: “The Fabric of Emancipation,” Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — July 2018
Then Again: Turn-of-the-century Vermont artist had talent, but not fame
VT Digger — May 2018
Catherine Brooks Takes the Reins at Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — December 2017
The Rokeby Museum & Retiring Director, Jane Williamson
WCAX — November, 2017
Slayton: Rokeby Museum — Black History in Vermont
Vermont Public Radio — October, 2017
Treading in the Steps of Abolitionists at Vermont’s Rokeby Museum
Vermont State Homes — October, 2017
What’s The History of the Underground Railroad in Vermont?
Vermont Public Radio — October, 2017
Yet Another Reason to Visit Vermont
Historians Against Slavery — September, 2017
History Space: Radical Abolition in Vermont
Burlington Free Press — September, 2017
Art Hounds: Puppets, Shape-Note Singing and Tin Types
Vermont Public Radio — August 2017
New Exhibit Focuses on Abolitionists
WCAX — August 2017
The End of An Era at Rokeby
Rutland Herald — July 2017
Upcoming Rokeby Exhibit to Showcase Photos of Abolitionists
Addison Independent — July 2017
“Picturing Frederick Douglass” presentation Sunday at Rokeby Museum
Shelburne News — July 2017
Longtime Director of Rokeby Museum to Step Down
Seven Days — July 2017
Black Lives Matter Forum at Rokeby Museum
Shelburne News — June 2017
10 Vermont Staycation Ideas
Burlington Free Press — April, 2017
Williamson: Echoes Of 1850 — Commentary
Vermont Public Radio — March, 2017
Opinion: Echoes of 1850 — Editorial
Burlington Free Press — February, 2017
Hidden History: Rokeby Museum
MyChamplainValley.com — February 2017
You Have To Write It Up. Clemmons Family Farm and the Rokeby Museum
Clemmons Family Farm — November 2016
Since May, 10 ‘Black Lives Matter’ Signs Stolen From Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — October 2016
Featured Exhibits — Quaker Made
Maine Antiques Digest — September 2016
Timeless Quaker-Made Furniture at Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — August 2016
Quaker Furniture Exhibit at Rokeby
Vermont Maturity Magazine — July/August 2016
The Smallest State Has a Rich History of Furniture Makers
The New York Times — July 2016
Museum’s Black Lives Matter Signs Stir Discussion
Burlington Free Press — July 2016
Rokeby Wins Top Award for its Book
Addison Independent — June 2016
Art Hounds: Puppets, Farm Drawings & Gypsy Jazz
Vermont Public Radio — September 2015
15,000 Letters from an Abolitionist Family Offer Vast Opportunities for Research
Middlebury College — September 2015
Local Family Donates Runaway Slave Letters
The Middlebury Campus — September 2015
History Space: Ferrisburgh’s natural-born artist
Burlington Free Press — July 2015
Reading Frederick Douglass
Vermont Public Radio — July 2015
Rowland Robinson Drawings Show Life on the 19th-Century Farm
Seven Days — July 2015
Rokeby Museum: Historic Home of the Abolitionist Robinson Family
Vermont Woman — June 2015
Vermont farm drawings, circa 1800s, coming to Rokeby
The Addison Eagle — May 2015
Discover Black Vermont: The African-American Heritage Trail
Ebony Magazine — April 2015
African American History Month at Rokeby Museum
ABC Local 22 — February 2015
Return to Silver Fields
Yankee Magazine — January 2015
Traveling the Underground Railroad to Vermont
Destination VT — September 2014
Rokeby Museum rich in Underground Railroad history
Burlington Free Press — August 2014
Williamson: Douglass in Vermont
Vermont Public Radio — July 2014
Art Hounds: Paper, Pen & Postcards
Vermont Public Radio — July 2014
Art Review: ‘Rachael’s New York Postcards at 100,’ Rokeby Museum
Seven Days — July 2014
Public Space: Vermont artist’s famous cards
Burlington Free Press — June 2014
Rokeby Museum hosts iconic NY postcard exhibit
Shelburne News — June 2014
Rokeby Museum Wins 2014 AASLH Award Of Merit
VT Digger — June 2014
Rokeby to exhibit 100-year-old NYC postcards by Vt. artist
Addison Independent — June 2014
Rachael’s New York postcards turn 100
The Addison Eagle — May 2014
Williamson For Women’s History Month: Rachael Robinson Elmer
Vermont Public Radio — March 2014
Vermont Marks African American Imprint in History
The Boston Globe — November 2013
Exhibit honors Vermont’s role in the Underground Railroad
WCAX — May 2013
In This State: Rokeby Museum’s New Exhibit Tells Story of Escaped Slaves in Vermont
VT Digger — May 2013
The Rokeby Museum Explores the Underground Railroad, and Gets a New Building — With Toilets
Seven Days — May 2013
An ‘unrecognized history’ of black Vermonters given prominence
Burlington Free Press — February 2013
A new exhibit at Rokeby Museum
WCAX — February 2013
Vital Rokeby Museum building completed; key exhibit next
Addison Independent — November 2012
Rokeby Plans for new Underground Railroad exhibit
WCAX — June 2012
Rokeby breaks ground on $1.4m visitor center
Addison Independent — March 2012
