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Rokeby Museum Virtual Events - Rokeby Museum now offers a virtual tour of the historic Robinson home and exhibition Free & Safe the Underground Railroad in Vermont. To book at tour with our educator email tfoltz@rokeby.org or visit our website - https://rokeby.org/education/
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Feb 13
Join us on January 26th @russellmemlibrarians for a hands-on program as we share some fascinating local history with objects and photos! All ages welcome.🧐
Hands on History with Rokeby Museum
Thursday, January 26th at 6pm
Location: Russell Memorial Library, Monkton VT
For almost two-hundred years, four generations of the Robinson family lived at Rokeby farm in Ferrisburgh, VT. Hear from Rokeby staff about the lives of these historic Vermonters and have the chance to touch the very objects they loved and used! How did these individuals spend their days? What changes did they experience in their lifetimes? In many ways, the lives of the Robinson`s were ordinary, as they struggled to make a living as farmers in the harsh North. At other times, their lives were extraordinary, such as supporting freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad and agitating Vermonters to fight for the ending of slavery. We`ll gather together to learn about Vermonters past -- how were their experiences different and similar to our own? We`ll also explore what history museums do and why they are important!
Jan 12
Christmas Card in Rokeby`s collection.
Drawn on blue grey paper, a Christmas message, "JOYFUL / MAY YOUR / CHRISTMAS / BE / 1896" Holly branches with berries and leaves curl to the left and below. Created by Rachael Robinson Elmer or her mother Anna Stevens Robinson.
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Dec 19
During this giving season consider a donation to Rokeby Museum. Your tax-deductible gift enables Rokeby Museum to engage with our community through innovative and interactive programming.
Thank you for your end-of-year gift and we look forward to welcoming you to the Museum in 2023!
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Dec 7
Visit Rokeby Museum for its annual Holiday Open House today from 10 am-1 pm. The museum’s shop will be open with special pricing for the holidays. Door swags, made by Rokeby volunteers will be on sale, and the museum’s exhibitions are open for you to view. Check off a few holiday shopping items while supporting the museum! This event is FREE.
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Dec 3
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
Rokeby Museum on NewTV’s “Museum Open House”
Earlier this month, Rokeby Museum director Lindsay Hoput-Varner, Ph.D., spoke with Jay Sugarman, host of NewTV’s Museum Open House. Lindsay spoke about the history and mission of the museum and gave a behind-the-scenes tour of the property as… Read More
Video: The Robinsons of Rokeby & Kauffman’s Station: A Story of Two Underground Railroad Sites
On February 17th, 2022, as part of Rokeby Museum’s Black History Month Lecture Series, Tucker Foltz (Rokeby Museum Education Programs Manager) and Matthew March (Education Curator at Cumberland County Historical Society in Pennsylvania) led a discussion on two very different sites that operated as part of… Read More
Video: 100 years of the Holmes Farm, 1822–1923: A Quaker Presence in the Champlain Valley — A Virtual Talk with David R. Holmes
On December 7th, 2021, David Holmes shared stories from his recently published book “On Being a Vermonter and the Rise and Fall of the Holmes Farm, 1822–1923.” From his family’s 17th century Quaker roots, their settlement in Monkton,… Read More
Video: “Spirits of Rokeby” talk with Charlotte Library
by Lindsay Varner, Rokeby Museum Director I was very happy to work with the Charlotte Library on October 19, 2021, to present a talk on the Spirits of Rokeby. This talk was created through the research I completed for the… Read More
Video: John Brown’s Vermont with Amy Godine
October 16, 2021: On this anniversary of the radical abolitionist John Brown’s nation-shaking raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, independent historian Amy Godine talked to us about John Brown’s reverberative meaning in and for Vermont — both in… Read More
Video: Demystifying the Creative Process with Courtney Clinton (ICYMI)
Before the final illustration, an artist makes dozens of sketchbook studies. In these studies they gather reference material and work out a creative image design. On September 12th, 2021, Rokeby Museum’s 2020 artist-in-residence, Courtney Clinton, joined us to… Read More
Rokeby Museum & Vermont History: A Conversation w/ Lindsay Varner on ‘Across The Fence’
Rokeby Museum director, Lindsay Varner, appeared on Across the Fence in August. You can watch the video by clicking below. Across the Fence is the longest-running locally-produced program in the U.S. and has been on-air on WCAX-TV since… Read More