Closed for the off season, will reopen on May 10!
Shelburne Museum Members get exclusive access to special events!
Registration opens one month prior to the event date. You must have an active Shelburne Museum membership to register. Please contact members@shelburnemuseum.org with any questions.
Friday, May 9 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
We know you missed us! Welcome the new season by coming back to the Museum on a special preview day before our opening, just for Members. Explore our new special exhibitions and revisit old favorites!
Registration not required.
Friday, May 9 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education
Join us in kicking off the 2025 Shelburne Museum season with the exhibition opening of Sound, Art, & Ink: Higher Ground Gig Posters! This Members-only event features an exhibition of 270 gig posters that celebrates a unique creative collaboration that brought together Higher Ground, Solidarity of Unbridled Labour, and Iskra Print Collective to elevate ephemeral musical moments into vibrant works of art.
Bonus perk! We will be giving away a limited number of special-edition posters created by Iskra to commemorate this exhibition.
Light refreshments, cash bar. FREE for Members. Registration required.
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Sunday, June 1 | 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Brick House
Join us for the rare opportunity to see Brick House, Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb’s iconic Vermont residence. One-hour guided tours will take you through the interiors where Webb experimented with ideas for displaying her collections, plus explore the gardens on your own. Light refreshments, reservations required.
$50 for general public; $40 for Shelburne Museum Members.
Tickets on sale soon!
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Sunday, June 7 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education
Shelburne Museum welcomes its Member community to a special evening with acclaimed ceramic artist Mara Superior for an illustrated panel discussion exploring her nearly five-decade career working in porcelain. She will be joined by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, the Anthony W. And Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Kory Rogers, the Francie and John Downing Senior Curator of American Art at Shelburne Museum.
Together, they will examine the autobiographical nature of Superior’s work, her artistic influences, and the historical precedents that inform her practice. The conversation will also consider the evolving themes in her art—including the significance of home, food, travel, fine and decorative arts, and activism—as well as what lies ahead in the next chapter of her remarkable career.
Open to Shelburne Museum Members.
Registration coming soon!
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this exciting Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Friday, June 20 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education
Members, gather with us to celebrate the opening of Making a Noise. Light refreshments, cash bar. Free for Members.
Featured Indigenous artists merge sound and textile design to create interactive works that explore the connections between humans and the nonhuman world. Through layered cultural meanings, their art bridges tradition and contemporary expression.
Registration coming soon!
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this exciting Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Wednesday, July 16; Wednesday, August 13; Wednesday, September 17 from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Print Shop
Members, jump into the creative world of printing in the Museum’s Print Shop! Members can register for any or all of three hands-on printmaking activities, from posters to postcards, using 19th century wood type, ink, and the Print Shop’s printing presses. Take home your own original printed masterpiece! Registration required. Free for Members, ages 16+.
Registration for one, two, or all three workshops coming soon!
Registration coming soon!
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this exciting Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Friday, September 12 | 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Ticonderoga
Mark the 70th anniversary of the Ticonderoga’s momentous arrival to Shelburne Museum! Celebrate on the decks of the iconic steamboat while enjoying special Ti tours, a scavenger hunt, signature cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and more!
Tickets on sale this summer.
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this exciting Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Sunday, September 21 | 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Brick House
Join us for the rare opportunity to see Brick House, Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb’s iconic Vermont residence. One-hour guided tours will take you through the interiors where Webb experimented with ideas for displaying her collections, plus explore the gardens on your own. Light refreshments, reservations required.
$50 for general public; $40 for Shelburne Museum Members.
Tickets on sale soon!
Not yet a Member? Join today for access to this Member event!
Please reach out to Membership at members@shelburnemuseum.org or 802-985-0923 with any questions.
Thursday, June 20 | 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Embark on a journey through American history and explore the captivating world of trains in American visual culture during the transformative period of industrialization from 1840 to 1955. Organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Joslyn Art Museum, and Shelburne Museum.
Light appetizers and a cash bar.
Support for All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955 at Shelburne Museum is generously provided by Donna and Marvin Schwartz with additional support from Katherine Coppock, and the Oakland Foundation.
Sunday, June 9 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join us for Garden Stroll at the Brick House on Sunday, June 9, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. to enjoy beautiful seasonal blooms that adorn the grounds. Enjoy flower tours of the incomparable Brick House peony gardens.
Please note: Garden Stroll is an outdoor event that will occur rain or shine.
Tickets are $45 for Members and $55 for non-members.
Friday, May 10 | 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Kick off the Museum’s 2024 season by joining us for the opening reception for New England Now: Strange States. This exhibition features new and recent artwork from twelve multidisciplinary artists from the region tapping into a rich tapestry of mediums and techniques to create their perceptions of the ethereal grounded in topics of mythology, environmentalism, the ideals of beauty, transformation, and gender and cultural identity.
Light appetizers and a cash bar.