Here you will find descriptions and pictures from some of Shelburne Museum’s past exhibitions, ranging in subject from French Impressionism and twentieth-century American painting to circus photography, studio glass, Vermont furniture, and more. Catalogues from many of these exhibitions are available in our store and online.

Do you have a question about any of our past exhibitions? Please contact us at info@shelburnemuseum.org.

Vermont Furniture at Shelburne Museum

Vermont Furniture at Shelburne Museum

A Grand Spectacle in the Great Outdoors

A Grand Spectacle in the Great Outdoors

Elliot Fenander’s Circus Photography

Lorna McMaster

Lorna McMaster

Stewarding a Seed Collection

Confected, Borrowed & Blue

Confected, Borrowed & Blue

Transferware by Paul Scott 

New England Now

New England Now

Strange States

All Aboard

All Aboard

The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955

Pop Up

Pop Up

Inflated Sculpture

Object/s of Play

Object/s of Play

The Work of Cas Holman and Karen Hewitt

Built from the Earth

Built from the Earth

Pueblo Pottery from the Anthony and Teressa Perry Collection

Pet Friendly

Pet Friendly

The Art of Stephen Huneck

Right Under Your Nose

Right Under Your Nose

Children’s Printed Textiles from the Collection of J.J. Murphy and Nancy Mladenoff

Maria Shell

Maria Shell

Off the Grid

Nancy Winship Milliken

Nancy Winship Milliken

Varied and Alive

Eyesight & Insight

Eyesight & Insight

Lens on American Art

Luigi Lucioni

Luigi Lucioni

Modern Light

Painting a Nation

Painting a Nation

American Art at Shelburne Museum

Lying in Wait

Lying in Wait

Sporting Art by Ogden M. Pleissner

Peter Kirkiles

Peter Kirkiles

At Scale

New England Now

New England Now

People

Revisiting America

Revisiting America

The Prints of Currier & Ives

Peter Kirkiles

Peter Kirkiles

At Scale

Creature Comfort

Creature Comfort

Animals in the House

Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Contemporary Analog Photography

Joel Barber & the Modern Decoy

Joel Barber & the Modern Decoy

In Their Element: Jonathan D. Ebinger, Rodrigo Nava, Dan Snow

In Their Element: Jonathan D. Ebinger, Rodrigo Nava, Dan Snow

Outdoor Sculpture

Ink + Icons

Ink + Icons

Album Quilts from the Permanent Collection

Ogden Pleissner and the Working Landscape

Ogden Pleissner and the Working Landscape

William Wegman

William Wegman

Outside In

Harold Weston

Harold Weston

Freedom in the Wilds

Johnny Swing

Johnny Swing

Design Sense

Mapping an Uneven Country

Mapping an Uneven Country

Bird’s Eye Views of Vermont

New England Now

New England Now

Dorset House

Dorset House

Bench Space

Bench Space

Crystal Cawley

Crystal Cawley

Playing Cowboy

Playing Cowboy

In the Garden

In the Garden

Puppets

Puppets

World on a String

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

The Art of Dessert

Hooked on Patty Yoder

Hooked on Patty Yoder

Carpet Diem

Carpet Diem

Molly Nye Tobey Designs for the Mid-Century Home

Featured Outdoor Sculpture

Featured Outdoor Sculpture

Aaron T Stephan

Pieced Traditions

Pieced Traditions

Jean Lovell Collects

Upstream with Ogden Pleissner

Upstream with Ogden Pleissner

Wild Spaces, Open Seasons

Wild Spaces, Open Seasons

Hunting and Fishing in American Art

Backstage Pass

Backstage Pass

Rock & Roll Photography

Hard-Edge Cool

Hard-Edge Cool

The Routhier Collection of Mid-Century Prints

Papering the Town

Papering the Town

Circus Posters in America

Dominique Ehrmann

Dominique Ehrmann

Once Upon A Quilt

Wind, Waves, and Light

Wind, Waves, and Light

Kinetic Sculpture by George Sherwood

Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

American Modern

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

Shelburne Museum’s Decoy Collection

32 Degrees

32 Degrees

The Art of Winter

Eyes on the Land

Eyes on the Land

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