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Visitors to Rokeby Museum have been #inspiredbynature! Our seasonal exhibit, "Inspired by Nature: The Women Artists of Rokeby," gives visitors the chance to express their own creativity by drawing from a collection of natural objects.
These are just a few of the drawings our visitors were kind enough to leave behind, showcasing a variety of styles. Stop by and give it a try yourself!
#museum #Vermont #art #stilllife #nature #Creativity
Jun 21
On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take charge of the recently arrived federal troops. With the might of the Union Army behind him, Granger issued General Order No. 3, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation and freeing the enslaved within the state. One year later, freedmen in Texas gathered to mark the anniversary of their liberty in a celebration that would eventually be known as Juneteenth.
Rokeby Museum will celebrate Juneteenth all day with free admission and an open house from 11:00 - 3:00! Docents will be on site to answer any questions as you explore the Robinson home where Freedom Seekers once stayed. Come stop by!
#juneteenth #FreedomDay #history #blackhistory #Museum #equality
Jun 18
Rokeby Museum marks the end of another amazing Sheep & Wool Day. Thanks to everyone who came out, and a special thank you to all our participants and volunteers for making yesterday a success! We hope to see you all again next year.
@handsandheartfarm @vermontfolklife
#museum #history #artsandcrafts #sheep #wool
Jun 15
Tomorrow`s the day! Rokeby Museum will be holding Sheep and Wool Day this Saturday from 12:00 - 3:00. There will be crafts, treats, instruments, spinning and rug-hooking demonstrations, a history tour, a working printing press, and, of course, live sheep!
A very special thanks to @handsandheartfarm for bringing their wooly friends and providing the material for our wet felting activity at the craft table. Don`t miss it!
#museum #art #history #farmlife #sheep #wool #crafts #familyfun ,#food #Vermont
Jun 13
The Rokeby spotlight continues with another Sheep and Wool Day participant: The Instrument Petting Zoo w/ @vermontfolklife! The IPZ is a collection of instruments that are installed at special events with the express purpose of letting young people play them.
The Instrument Petting Zoo includes a wide variety of traditional acoustic instruments: fiddles, ukuleles, sarangi, guitars, banjos, mandolins, autoharps, cellos, basses, also drums, kazoos, maracas, recorders, thumb pianos, tin whistles, and more. Stop by Rokeby Museum this Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00 and give them a try!
#museum #art #music #instruments #familyfun #festival #vermontfolklifecenter
Jun 12
