Shelburne Museum

Operation of a Museum of art and americana including impressionist paintings, folk art, quilts, textiles, decorative arts, furniture, american paintings and 17th to 20th century artifacts. During the year ended march 31, 2024, the Museum's overall visitors totaled 121,690 including 22,052 school-aged children. Special exhibitions included: Shelburne Museum organizes and presents exhibitions and programs for the enrichment of the community. Each year the Museum presents approximately ten to twelve rotating and permanent exhibitions. During the fiscal year 2024, Shelburne Museum presented the following rotating exhibitions: all aboard the railroad in american art, 1840 - 1955, new england now: strange states, lorna mcmaster: stewarding a seed collection, upstream with ogden pleissner, a grand spectable in the great outdoors: elliot fenander's circus photography, confected borrowed & blue: transferware by paul scott, biance beck: outdoor sculptures. Special programs: during the fiscal year 2024 in-person programming continued to improve, building upon and expanding programs from fiscal year 2023. Shelburne Museum hosted programs for the visually imparied and those with alzheimer's disease and dementia; school partnerships with public elementary, middle, and high schools; summer camps that specialized in art programming such as knitting and print making; yoga classes in partnership with a local studio; ongoing webinars regarding conservation efforts; and school programs for students pre-k through college, including underwriting of admission and transportation costs for schools with high percentages (50% or more) of students on free and reduced lunch. Shelburne Museum continued to host free first fridays, which provides free admission to the public after 3pm on the first friday of every month during the season. This program welcomed a total of 3,799 visitors, 15 food & beverage vendors, and 4 live music performances. In 2024 Shelburne Museum continued offering sensory friendly fridays/times, to allow children and adults with sensory processing differences time to view special exhibitions in a light and sound adjusted environment. Shelburne Museum plans to expand this initiative in the coming years. In addition, Shelburne Museum continued the winter lights programming, which is an outdoor lightshow & experience that runs from late november through january 1st. This event allows us to engage with our community members during the winter months. Winter lights proved to be an incredibly successful program, welcoming over 48,000 visitors in 2024.