Join Rokeby Museum’s Executive Director and Co-curator of Seeking Freedom for a talk on updating the main Underground Railroad Exhibition. This is part of a series of monthly gallery talks with the exhibition’s curators this summer. Each talk will explore... Read More
Join the Museum for its annual reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass. The public is invited to read the pre-divided sections of the speech.FREE
Join Rokeby Museum’s Executive Director and Co-curator of Seeking Freedom, Dr. Lindsay Varner, for a talk on the Robinson family and the stories told in Seeking Freedom. Dr. Varner will discuss the research done for the exhibition and share a... Read More
Join Rokeby Museum’s Executive Director and Co-curator of Seeking Freedom, Dr. Lindsay Varner, for a tour of the Exhibition and a discussion on how the curators approached presenting difficult histories and stories in it. This is part of a series of... Read More
At Rokeby MuseumTickets: Member: $6; Non-Member $10 This event is now sold out. The lecture will be recorded and posted on the museum's blog later this month. Rokeby Museum will host an evening discussion with author and journalist... Read More
This weekend, stop by Rokeby Museum and experience our seasonal exhibit, "Inspired by Nature: The Women Artists of Rokeby"
See how the strikingly beautiful landscape of the Robinson farm, the ever-changing woodlands, ponds, and fields, inspired the art of Ann Stevens Robinson and her daughters Rachael Robinson Elmer and Mary Robinson Perkins.
Once you`ve admired their work, Rokeby invites you to draw inspiration from the exhibit and try your hand at your own creative expression!
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May 16
Rokeby Museum is officially open for the season! Come celebrate with half-price admission all day today.
Immerse yourself in the struggle for freedom in our main exhibit, "Seeking Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Legacy of an Abolitionist Family"
Admire the art of our newest exhibit, "Inspired by Nature: The Women Artists of Rokeby"
Take a guided tour of the historic Robinson home, offered twice daily, 11:00am and 1:30pm
Explore our historic outbuildings and learn how Rokeby functioned as a commercial farm
Pair your visit with a walk on one of our interpretative nature trails!
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May 10
Attention all educators!
Rokeby Museum will be participating in the Educator Idea Fair, Saturday, May 3rd, at the Community Sailing Center in Burlington.
This free, drop-in program, hosted by @lakechamplainmaritime, is an invitation for all classroom teachers and homeschool educators to stop by, mingle with their peers, and discuss ideas. Rokeby Museum will be on hand to offer resources and information on all our educational programming.
#education #teaching #homeschooling #lakechamplain #museum #nonprofit #communitymatters
Apr 25
This 🌎Earth Day🌎, Rokeby Museum honors the work of Rowland E. Robinson (1833 - 1900); author, outdoorsman, and staunch conservationist. From 1877 until his death, RER wrote letters, essays, and articles calling for stronger fish and game laws, shaming those who violated them. When Vermont established its Fish and Game League in 1891, they elected RER as an honorary member in their very first meeting.
In 1896, RER published "In New England Field and Woods," a collection of essays dedicated to nature. A melancholy strain runs throughout the book, as RER mourns the ecological impacts of the late 19th century. This quote is taken from one essay, "A Plea for the Unprotected." It`s an eloquent call for not only stronger conservation laws but also the widespread adoption of a new conservation mindset.
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Apr 22
Rokeby`s trail camera has caught another late-night visitor to the Red Trail, a familiar one to many Vermonters. This raccoon, one of Rowland E. Robinson`s "midnight prowlers", stopped by a few times over the course of a week. RER had many colorful nicknames for the raccoon (free-booter, robber, despoiler of cornfields), but he also had a great fondness for the animal:
"This little brother of the bear is one of the few remaining links that connects us with the old times...when all the world had not entered for the race to gain the prize of wealth, or place, or renown. [It is pleasant] to know that he survives...if he too shall not then have gone the inevitable way of all the wild world." - RER, "The Raccoon", In New England Field and Woods, 1896
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Apr 14
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