Press

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