Rokeby MuseumVideo: A Virtual Presentation—“This needle work of mine doth tell… Samplers of the Vermont Sampler Initiative”
Presentation on March 25, 2025 by Rokeby volunteer Ellen Thompson, Project Manager. Vermont Sampler Initiative. Thompson introduces us to the young ladies of eighteenth-century Vermont who tell us of their stories in the samplers they stitched. The presentation considers their place… Read More
Video: A Virtual Conversation with Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Julie Anderson
On February 10, 2025, Julie Anderson, multi-Emmy and Peabody award winner and Academy-nominated Film executive for non-fiction documentaries, talked about her personal experiences in researching, creating, and producing her work.
Video: A Virtual Conversation with former Executive Director Lindsay Varner
On January 28, 2025, Lindsay Varner, PhD, former Executive Director of Rokeby Museum, presented a program about the main exhibit, Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Legacy of an Abolitionist Family.
Words have power — the opening of Rokeby’s new main exhibition, “Seeking Freedom”
On May 23, 2024, Rokeby Museum opened a new main exhibition on the Underground Railroad. Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Legacy of an Abolitionist Family explores the history of American enslavement, the antislavery movement, and the Robinson… Read More
Video: The Movement Towards Historical Recovery: Researching & Reckoning with New England’s Role in Colonization & Slavery
February 15, 2024 — As part of Rokeby Museum’s annual Black History Month lecture series, Meadow Dibble from Atlantic Black Box presented her work on historical recovery in New England.
Video: The Vermont Sampler Initiative: Uncovering a Rich HeritagePresented by Dr. Lynne Anderson, Director of the Sampler Archive Project & president of the Sampler Consortium
For girls growing up in 18th and 19th-century Vermont, school was more than a place to learn the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic. Plain and fancy needlework was an essential element of the curriculum, and all girls… Read More
2023 Pie & Ice Cream Social
Sunday, August 13, 1–4 pm. Celebrate Summer and community with Rokeby’s Annual Pie & Ice Cream Social. There will be yards and yards of homemade pies, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, live music from Bob Recupero and Young Tradition Vermont, raffle baskets, croquet, and badminton on the back lawns, and a chance to explore the historic home, grounds, and exhibits at Rokeby.
Video: Virtual Talk With Donald Yacovone Author of “Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of our National Identity”
On Thursday, February 23, 2023, Rokeby Museum held its third annual Black History Month Lecture. Donald Yacovone, a lifetime Associate at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African And African American Research discussed his recently published book Teaching White Supremacy:… Read More
Video: Blyden B. Jackson Jr.’s posthumously released novel, “For One Day of Freedom”
On September 29, 2022, Rokeby Museum and Treleven Farm hosted a discussion about the book led by contributors to Jackson’s final publication and the book’s publisher.
For One Day of Freedom, Blyden Jackson’s third and final novel, published posthumously, is an epic tale of a young man’s attempt to escape slavery. Blyden was a civil rights activist in the 1960s who made his home in Vermont from 1981 to 2002.
Video: Weaving, Interrupted: Handweaving Technique Before the American Revival
On May 26th, 2022, as part of Sheep and Wool Day, Justin Squizzero, founder of The Burroughs Garret and educator at Marshfield School of Weaving, gave a lesson on the techniques and history of handweaving before the Arts & Crafts revivals of the… Read More
