Rokeby MuseumContact Us
Rokeby Museum | Faith Revell, Executive Director
4334 Route 7 | Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
802.877.3406 | info@rokeby.org
Rokeby Museum opens fully for the season on May 16, 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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Registration for Rokeby Museum`s 2026 Artists of Rokeby summer camp is still open! Session 1 will run from 7/13 - 7/17, and Session 2 will run 7/20 - 7/24. This 5-day program will introduce campers to the artists of the Robinson family while exploring the nature that inspired them. Play fun games! Make your own nature journal! Learn to birdwatch! Try your hand at sketching, painting, scrapbooking, and more!
The final day of each session will include a pizza party and an exhibition of the campers` work. No artistic experience is required. All supplies are provided.
This program is designed for campers ages 9-13. Suggested tuition is $350 per camper.
Registrations close on 7/1.
Please direct all questions to jahl@rokeby.org or sign up at:
https://rokeby.org/event/rokeby-summer-camp-artists-of-rokeby-2026-session-1/
#rokeby #museum #summer #daycamp #art #nature #history #vergennes #ferrisburghvt #addisoncountyVT #registration #preteenager
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Apr 29
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Here at Rokeby Museum, we`re always moving our trail cameras around. This month, we placed one at our Granary Pond, typically a quiet spot. What we learned is that this pond is a favorite spot for ducks (no surprise there)! Rain or shine, half-frozen or thawed out, the pond made an attractive spot for ducks of all types, who stopped by to wet their feet and dive for food.
There was one unusual sighting. Early one morning, two nocturnal visitors popped up in an odd place: crawling across a fallen tree to access the center of the pond. Were they worried about predators or just exploring? Who can say, but it`s another reminder that curious animals will show up when you least expect them to, so it`s lucky we had our trail camera there to capture it.
Rokeby`s nature trails are open year-round, dawn to dusk. Stop by anytime and see what you`ll find!
#rokeby #museum #naturetrail #TrailCamera #wildlifephotography #pondlife #ducks #raccoon
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Apr 27
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Join Rokeby Museum tomorrow for a special Conversations in History program, with a local focus! Hear the story of John & Marianne Orvis, an extraordinary 19th-century couple, in their own words, read aloud by friends of Rokeby Museum and Ferrisburgh locals Dean Leary and Jane Williamson and narrated by Rokeby Board Member and Orvis Family descendant, Clark Hinsdale III!
Meet us this Sunday, April 26th, at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall from 3:00pm - 4:00pm to learn how John & Marianne Orvis fought for abolition and social reform. Explore the artifacts, letters, and works of art passed down by the family that preserved their story through the centuries.
Admission for this program will be $5 per person, $10 per family. This program will be free to Rokeby members.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #vermonthistory #speaker #conversation #art
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Apr 25
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This Arbor Day, Rokeby Museum brings a special selection from Rowland E. Robinson`s 1896 work, "In New England Fields and Woods." Robinson`s essay "Spare the Trees" is a brief but poignant appeal for stronger forestry laws, sometimes forgotten in the rush to protect fish and game.
Born in 1833, Robinson had never seen the primeval woodlands of Vermont, already long cleared for settlements and farming. Yet as he lived, he bore witness to the further denudement of the state as it continued to develop into the 19th century. His feelings for the rapidly shrinking woodlands are evident throughout the passage, no more so than in its final paragraph:
"The Yankee, with his proverbial thriftiness and forecast, appears entirely to lose these gifts when it comes to the proper and sensible management of woodlands. Can he not understand that it is more profitable to keep a lean or thin soil that will grow nothing well but wood, growing wood instead of worthless weeds? The crop is one which is slow in coming to the harvest, but it is a sure one, and is every year becoming a more valuable one. It breaks the fierceness of the winds, and keeps the springs from drying up, and is a comfort to the eye, whether in the greenness of the leaf or the barrenness of the bough, and under its protecting arms live and breed the grouse, the quail and the hare, and in its shadowed rills swim the trout."
#rokeby #museum #history #ArborDay #woodland #conservation #nature
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Apr 24
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Don`t miss Rokeby Museum`s next Conversations in History this Sunday, April 26th, at Ferrisburgh Town Hall! Join us from 3:00pm - 4:00pm to hear the story of John & Marianne Orvis, an extraordinary 19th-century couple who together led a life of activism and social reform.
This talk will be given by Clark Hinsdale III, Rokeby board member, and direct descendant of the Orvises, who rediscovered their story through artifacts, letters, and works of art passed down by the family. These artifacts will be displayed at the town hall for attendees to examine.
Learn how John Orvis was inspired by the abolitionist fervor of his Quaker community to join the fight against slavery. Later, his interest in utopianism brought him to the Brook Farm Community in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marianne Dwight, whose journal would become an invaluable record of the community.
Admission for this program will be $5 per person, $10 per family. This program will be free to Rokeby members.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #speaker #speakerseries #conversation #utopia #familyhistory #ferrisburgh
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Apr 23
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This Earth Day, Rokeby Museum recognizes the need for collective action to drive environmental change. We see this lesson in the life of Rowland E. Robinson, who not only advocated for stricter conservation laws but actively worked to enforce them.
Robinson lived through a time of dramatic environmental change. An avid outdoorsman, Robinson understood the fragility of Vermont`s ecosystems and called for the banning of unethical and unsustainable hunting practices, such as crust hunting and rifle fishing.
Robinson clashed repeatedly with the State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, often penning editorials accusing them of failing to enforce game laws. Taking matters into his own hands, Robinson joined the Ferrisburgh Sportsman`s Club. Acting as their secretary, Robinson was able to bring public attention to those who skirted the laws on hunting and fishing.
From 1877 until his death, RER continued to write letters, essays, and articles highlighting the need for environmental action. When Vermont established its Fish and Game League in 1891, they elected RER as an honorary member in their very first meeting. Today, we recognize Robinson as simply one part of a national movement that worked tirelessly to reverse the environmental damage of the 19th century.
#rokeby #museum #history #EarthDay #environment #CollectiveAction #conservation
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Apr 22
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Registration for Rokeby Museum`s 2026 Artists of Rokeby summer camp is still open! Session 1 will run from 7/13 - 7/17, and Session 2 will run 7/20 - 7/24. This 5-day program will introduce campers to the artists of the Robinson family while exploring the nature that inspired them. Play fun games! Make your own nature journal! Learn to birdwatch! Try your hand at sketching, painting, scrapbooking, and more!
The final day of each session will include a pizza party and an exhibition of the campers` work. No artistic experience is required. All supplies are provided.
This program is designed for campers ages 9-13. Suggested tuition is $350 per camper.
Registrations close on 7/1.
Please direct all questions to jahl@rokeby.org or sign up at:
https://rokeby.org/event/rokeby-summer-camp-artists-of-rokeby-2026-session-1/
#rokeby #museum #summer #daycamp #art #nature #history #vergennes #ferrisburghvt #addisoncountyVT #registration #preteenager
Apr 29
Here at Rokeby Museum, we`re always moving our trail cameras around. This month, we placed one at our Granary Pond, typically a quiet spot. What we learned is that this pond is a favorite spot for ducks (no surprise there)! Rain or shine, half-frozen or thawed out, the pond made an attractive spot for ducks of all types, who stopped by to wet their feet and dive for food.
There was one unusual sighting. Early one morning, two nocturnal visitors popped up in an odd place: crawling across a fallen tree to access the center of the pond. Were they worried about predators or just exploring? Who can say, but it`s another reminder that curious animals will show up when you least expect them to, so it`s lucky we had our trail camera there to capture it.
Rokeby`s nature trails are open year-round, dawn to dusk. Stop by anytime and see what you`ll find!
#rokeby #museum #naturetrail #TrailCamera #wildlifephotography #pondlife #ducks #raccoon
Apr 27
Join Rokeby Museum tomorrow for a special Conversations in History program, with a local focus! Hear the story of John & Marianne Orvis, an extraordinary 19th-century couple, in their own words, read aloud by friends of Rokeby Museum and Ferrisburgh locals Dean Leary and Jane Williamson and narrated by Rokeby Board Member and Orvis Family descendant, Clark Hinsdale III!
Meet us this Sunday, April 26th, at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall from 3:00pm - 4:00pm to learn how John & Marianne Orvis fought for abolition and social reform. Explore the artifacts, letters, and works of art passed down by the family that preserved their story through the centuries.
Admission for this program will be $5 per person, $10 per family. This program will be free to Rokeby members.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #vermonthistory #speaker #conversation #art
Apr 25
This Arbor Day, Rokeby Museum brings a special selection from Rowland E. Robinson`s 1896 work, "In New England Fields and Woods." Robinson`s essay "Spare the Trees" is a brief but poignant appeal for stronger forestry laws, sometimes forgotten in the rush to protect fish and game.
Born in 1833, Robinson had never seen the primeval woodlands of Vermont, already long cleared for settlements and farming. Yet as he lived, he bore witness to the further denudement of the state as it continued to develop into the 19th century. His feelings for the rapidly shrinking woodlands are evident throughout the passage, no more so than in its final paragraph:
"The Yankee, with his proverbial thriftiness and forecast, appears entirely to lose these gifts when it comes to the proper and sensible management of woodlands. Can he not understand that it is more profitable to keep a lean or thin soil that will grow nothing well but wood, growing wood instead of worthless weeds? The crop is one which is slow in coming to the harvest, but it is a sure one, and is every year becoming a more valuable one. It breaks the fierceness of the winds, and keeps the springs from drying up, and is a comfort to the eye, whether in the greenness of the leaf or the barrenness of the bough, and under its protecting arms live and breed the grouse, the quail and the hare, and in its shadowed rills swim the trout."
#rokeby #museum #history #ArborDay #woodland #conservation #nature
Apr 24
Don`t miss Rokeby Museum`s next Conversations in History this Sunday, April 26th, at Ferrisburgh Town Hall! Join us from 3:00pm - 4:00pm to hear the story of John & Marianne Orvis, an extraordinary 19th-century couple who together led a life of activism and social reform.
This talk will be given by Clark Hinsdale III, Rokeby board member, and direct descendant of the Orvises, who rediscovered their story through artifacts, letters, and works of art passed down by the family. These artifacts will be displayed at the town hall for attendees to examine.
Learn how John Orvis was inspired by the abolitionist fervor of his Quaker community to join the fight against slavery. Later, his interest in utopianism brought him to the Brook Farm Community in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Marianne Dwight, whose journal would become an invaluable record of the community.
Admission for this program will be $5 per person, $10 per family. This program will be free to Rokeby members.
#rokeby #museum #history #event #speaker #speakerseries #conversation #utopia #familyhistory #ferrisburgh
Apr 23
This Earth Day, Rokeby Museum recognizes the need for collective action to drive environmental change. We see this lesson in the life of Rowland E. Robinson, who not only advocated for stricter conservation laws but actively worked to enforce them.
Robinson lived through a time of dramatic environmental change. An avid outdoorsman, Robinson understood the fragility of Vermont`s ecosystems and called for the banning of unethical and unsustainable hunting practices, such as crust hunting and rifle fishing.
Robinson clashed repeatedly with the State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, often penning editorials accusing them of failing to enforce game laws. Taking matters into his own hands, Robinson joined the Ferrisburgh Sportsman`s Club. Acting as their secretary, Robinson was able to bring public attention to those who skirted the laws on hunting and fishing.
From 1877 until his death, RER continued to write letters, essays, and articles highlighting the need for environmental action. When Vermont established its Fish and Game League in 1891, they elected RER as an honorary member in their very first meeting. Today, we recognize Robinson as simply one part of a national movement that worked tirelessly to reverse the environmental damage of the 19th century.
#rokeby #museum #history #EarthDay #environment #CollectiveAction #conservation
Apr 22
