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Attractions

Montshire Museum - Montshire is a hands-on museum, located in Norwich, Vermont, with dozens of exciting exhibits relating to the natural and physical sciences, ecology, and technology.

Sugarbush Farm - Sugarbush Farm is one of the few places in the state where you can get the real Vermont Cheddar. Also find other genuine Vermont farm products like pure maple syrup and pure Vermont honey. At the same time, it's a place where people can soak up a bit of Vermont's past, its rural life and the family farm to enjoy.

Billings Farm & Museum - Billings Farm & Museum is a living museum of Vermont's rural past, as well as a working dairy farm. The farm dates back to 1871, when owner Frederick Billings, a lawyer, railroad entrepreneur, and philanthropist began importing cows from the Isle of Jersey. His farm prospered, and today, is still a working dairy, which operates with this nationally renowned farm life museum.

Vermont Marble Exhibit - Vermont Marble Exhibit is the world's largest marble exhibit. The facility displays include marble from Vermont and around the world. The Hall of Presidents displays statuary white marble relief carving of all past U.S. Presidents.

Dakin Farm - See how time-honored skills and century-old tradition combine with the most modern smokehouse facilities to produce ham, cheddar cheese, Vermont maple syrup, and other specialty foods known the world over for their unique flavor and wholesome goodness. Visitors can view our educational Vermont maple syrup movie, tour a maple syrup cannery, tour a state-of-the-art smokehouse and more.

Rock of Ages - Rock of Ages offers a look at the 50-acre, 500-foot-deep active granite quarry. Watch as seemingly ant-like creatures cut granite far below you in the quarry depths. Their tour offers a bit of geology, cultural heritage, technology, and artistry - truly something of interest for every member of your family.

Morse Farm - Morse Farm specializes in presenting the maple process in their Sugarhouse and Woodshed theatre, live during sugaring and via humorous and educational video year round. See dioramas depicting Vermont farm life, folk art sculptures, maple trail and exciting and beautiful views.


Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History - Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History has been open to the people ever since 1880! It consists of three parts: the Judd-Harris House (built in 1829); the Walter Cerf Gallery; and the Stewart-Swift Research Center. Today the museum offers tours, exhibits, and exciting programs!

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum - Climb aboard a 54-foot replica of Benedict Arnold's gunboat Philadelphia II, Watch craftsmen continue traditional maritime skills of boat building and blacksmithing in 18th Century working shops, Uncover the rich legacy of shipwrecks in a Nautical Archaeology Center.

American Precision Museum - The Museum preserves the heritage of the mechanical arts, celebrates the ingenuity of our mechanical forebears, and explores the effects of their work on our everyday lives. The American Precision Museum, housed in the original Robbins & Lawrence Armory, now holds the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the nation.

Porter Music Box Museum - Porter Music Box Museum houses an exquisite collection of music boxes, including several from the collections of Louis Hoone and Ruth Bornand. Also you can view other unique items, including the extraordinary 1926 Steinway Duo-Art Aeolian reproducing piano.

Norman Rockwell Museum - Norman Rockwell Museum is nationally recognized for the collection of Norman Rockwell' s art, established 1976. Chronological display of more than 2,500 magazine covers, advertisements, calendars, and other published works shows Rockwell's development as an illustrator and links his work to the political, economic, and cultural history of the United States.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science - Located next to one of New England’s natural wonders, the Quechee Gorge, the VINS Nature Center includes a state-of-the art Raptor Exhibit, displaying one of North America’s finest collections of birds of prey. Visitors can now get eye to eye with Snowy Owls, Peregrine Falcons, Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles and other birds of prey.

Parade Gallery - Parade Gallery offers a constantly evolving selection of original art, sculpture, ceramics, limited edition prints and reproductions.