Rokeby MuseumContact Us
Rokeby Museum | Faith Revell, Executive Director
4334 Route 7 | Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
802.877.3406 | info@rokeby.org
We are now closed for the season and look forward to seeing you in May, 2026. Be sure to check back often for other opportunities to visit in the interim as we have many exciting events planned.
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Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
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Rokeby Museum recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honors the lifetime work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968). A Baptist minister and gifted speaker, King battled racial inequality and promoted the use of nonviolent resistance against oppression. He organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which, through his leadership, became a national force for civil rights. His advocacy is credited as a major factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Though his life was cut short by an assassin`s bullet, King is recognized today as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and an icon for civil rights.
#rokeby #museum #history #martinlutherkingjr #MLKDay #advocacymatters #CivilRightsMovement
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Jan 19
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Our Conversations in History series continues with featured speaker and former director of Rokeby Museum, Jane Williamson! Join us Saturday, January 24th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, to hear "Finding Jesse", an illustrated talk tracing the life of a Freedom Seeker who escaped enslavement and made his way to Rokeby.
Tickets will cost $5/visitor, $10/family. Museum members come free. Rokeby Museum will be open on January 24th from 10:00am - 5:00pm, with free admission.
*A recent e-newsletter announcement on Open House days incorrectly listed Jan. 24th and Feb. 28th as Sundays, instead of Saturdays. The dates themselves are accurate.*
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Jan 16
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Rokeby Museum is seeking volunteer guides for its 2026 season! Guides are needed for both public and education tours.
Public tour guides lead visitors through our historic house and grounds, introducing them to four generations of the Robinson family. Tours run twice daily, Wednesday to Monday, mid-May through mid-October.
Education guides work with the Education Programs Manager to deliver specialized tours of the museum to school groups (Elementary, Middle, and High School). Education tours are held on request, Monday to Friday, mid-April through mid-November.
Interested? Visit https://rokeby.org/volunteer-at-rokeby-museum/
#rokeby #museum #history #Volunteer #community #tourguide #education #opportunity
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Jan 14
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The Rokeby Book Club virtual discussion for Scott Shane`s "Flee North" has been rescheduled from its original Jan. 20th date.
The discussion will now go forward on Tuesday, April 7th, at 6:00pm.
#rokeby #museum #BookClub #virtualevent #rescheduled #announcement
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Jan 12
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This year, Rokeby Museum is putting a spotlight on the work of Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900), beloved Vermont author and environmentalist. In honor of his deep love for the outdoors, we have selected passages from "In New England Field and Woods" (1896), a collection of his nature writings inspired by his rambles around Rokeby.
Among these were a series of essays dedicated to the months of the year. Full of evocative description, Robinson`s reverence for the natural world shines through. Each month will bring another excerpt, so watch this page!
“In these midwinter days, how muffled is the earth in its immaculate raiment, so disguised in whiteness that familiar places are strange, rough hollows smoothed to mere undulations, deceitful to the eye and feet, and level fields so piled with heaps and ridges that their owners scarcely recognize them. The hovel is as regally roofed as the palace, the rudest fence is a hedge of pearl, finer than a wall of marble, and the meanest wayside weed is a white flower of fairyland.
The woods, which frost and November winds stripped of their leafy thatch, are roofed again, now with an arabesque of alabaster more delicate than the green canopy that summer unfolded, and all the floor is set in noiseless pavement, traced with a shifting pattern of blue shadows. In these silent aisles the echoes are smothered at their birth. There is no response of airy voices to the faint call of the winter birds...
...So coldly shines the sun from the low curve of his course, and so chilly comes the lightest waft of wind from wheresoever it listeth, that it tasks the imagination to picture any land on all the earth where spring is just awakening fresh life, or where summer dwells amid green leaves and bright flowers, the music of birds and running waters, and of warm waves on pleasant shores, or autumn yet lingers in the gorgeousness of many hues. How far off beyond this world seems the possibility of such seasons, how enduring and relentless this which encompasses us.”
– “January Days", In New England Fields and Woods, 229 - 233
#rokeby #museum #naturetrail #nature #Literature #Vermont #rowlanderobinson
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Jan 9
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Happy New Year from Rokeby Museum!
We`re kicking off 2026 with a slate of winter programming! Join our book club for a virtual discussion over Zoom each month. Don`t forget the Traveling Book Club, a collaborative series with other historic Addison County institutions. Read a book connected to each site, then meet up for an in-person discussion!
Conversations in History continues on January 24th with a talk from former director of Rokeby Museum, Jane Williamson, on her research tracing the life of Jesse, a Freedom Seeker.
Don`t miss our special guest speaker, Meg Mott, PhD, who will be leading a workshop on March 29th. "A Dramatic Constitution" invites attendees to consider opposing arguments on the merits of the Constitution and to develop the habits of political engagement.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. "A Dramatic Constitution" is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Rokeby Museum.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #happynewyears #freeevent
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Jan 1
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Rokeby Museum recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. Day and honors the lifetime work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968). A Baptist minister and gifted speaker, King battled racial inequality and promoted the use of nonviolent resistance against oppression. He organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which, through his leadership, became a national force for civil rights. His advocacy is credited as a major factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Though his life was cut short by an assassin`s bullet, King is recognized today as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and an icon for civil rights.
#rokeby #museum #history #martinlutherkingjr #MLKDay #advocacymatters #CivilRightsMovement
Jan 19
Our Conversations in History series continues with featured speaker and former director of Rokeby Museum, Jane Williamson! Join us Saturday, January 24th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, to hear "Finding Jesse", an illustrated talk tracing the life of a Freedom Seeker who escaped enslavement and made his way to Rokeby.
Tickets will cost $5/visitor, $10/family. Museum members come free. Rokeby Museum will be open on January 24th from 10:00am - 5:00pm, with free admission.
*A recent e-newsletter announcement on Open House days incorrectly listed Jan. 24th and Feb. 28th as Sundays, instead of Saturdays. The dates themselves are accurate.*
#rokeby #museum #history #event #conversation #speakerseries #openhouse
Jan 16
Rokeby Museum is seeking volunteer guides for its 2026 season! Guides are needed for both public and education tours.
Public tour guides lead visitors through our historic house and grounds, introducing them to four generations of the Robinson family. Tours run twice daily, Wednesday to Monday, mid-May through mid-October.
Education guides work with the Education Programs Manager to deliver specialized tours of the museum to school groups (Elementary, Middle, and High School). Education tours are held on request, Monday to Friday, mid-April through mid-November.
Interested? Visit https://rokeby.org/volunteer-at-rokeby-museum/
#rokeby #museum #history #Volunteer #community #tourguide #education #opportunity
Jan 14
The Rokeby Book Club virtual discussion for Scott Shane`s "Flee North" has been rescheduled from its original Jan. 20th date.
The discussion will now go forward on Tuesday, April 7th, at 6:00pm.
#rokeby #museum #BookClub #virtualevent #rescheduled #announcement
Jan 12
This year, Rokeby Museum is putting a spotlight on the work of Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900), beloved Vermont author and environmentalist. In honor of his deep love for the outdoors, we have selected passages from "In New England Field and Woods" (1896), a collection of his nature writings inspired by his rambles around Rokeby.
Among these were a series of essays dedicated to the months of the year. Full of evocative description, Robinson`s reverence for the natural world shines through. Each month will bring another excerpt, so watch this page!
“In these midwinter days, how muffled is the earth in its immaculate raiment, so disguised in whiteness that familiar places are strange, rough hollows smoothed to mere undulations, deceitful to the eye and feet, and level fields so piled with heaps and ridges that their owners scarcely recognize them. The hovel is as regally roofed as the palace, the rudest fence is a hedge of pearl, finer than a wall of marble, and the meanest wayside weed is a white flower of fairyland.
The woods, which frost and November winds stripped of their leafy thatch, are roofed again, now with an arabesque of alabaster more delicate than the green canopy that summer unfolded, and all the floor is set in noiseless pavement, traced with a shifting pattern of blue shadows. In these silent aisles the echoes are smothered at their birth. There is no response of airy voices to the faint call of the winter birds...
...So coldly shines the sun from the low curve of his course, and so chilly comes the lightest waft of wind from wheresoever it listeth, that it tasks the imagination to picture any land on all the earth where spring is just awakening fresh life, or where summer dwells amid green leaves and bright flowers, the music of birds and running waters, and of warm waves on pleasant shores, or autumn yet lingers in the gorgeousness of many hues. How far off beyond this world seems the possibility of such seasons, how enduring and relentless this which encompasses us.”
– “January Days", In New England Fields and Woods, 229 - 233
#rokeby #museum #naturetrail #nature #Literature #Vermont #rowlanderobinson
Jan 9
Happy New Year from Rokeby Museum!
We`re kicking off 2026 with a slate of winter programming! Join our book club for a virtual discussion over Zoom each month. Don`t forget the Traveling Book Club, a collaborative series with other historic Addison County institutions. Read a book connected to each site, then meet up for an in-person discussion!
Conversations in History continues on January 24th with a talk from former director of Rokeby Museum, Jane Williamson, on her research tracing the life of Jesse, a Freedom Seeker.
Don`t miss our special guest speaker, Meg Mott, PhD, who will be leading a workshop on March 29th. "A Dramatic Constitution" invites attendees to consider opposing arguments on the merits of the Constitution and to develop the habits of political engagement.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. "A Dramatic Constitution" is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Rokeby Museum.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #happynewyears #freeevent
Jan 1
