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, 2022, the Museum's overall visitors totaled 74,669 including 11,126 school-aged children. Special exhibitions included: Shelburne Museum organizes and presents exhibitions and programs for the enrichment of the community. Each year it presents approximately ten to twelve exhibitions. During the fiscal year 2022, Shelburne Museum presented a total of 5 in-person exhibitions that were open to the public along with 4 online exhibitions. In-person exhibitions consisted of luigi lucioni: modern light, eyesight & insight, nancy winship miliken, stagecoach inn reinstallation, and maria shell quilts. Online exhibits consisted of quilts from Shelburne Museum's collection, art in motion: automata & whirligigs, curtis, and sm alternate history. Special programs: during the fiscal year 2022 in-person programming continued to be decreased due to the covid 19 pandemic, yet many programs returned. Shelburne Museum did see a return to 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 transportation for schools with high percentages (50% or more) of students on free and reduced lunch. We reinstated free first fridays, free admission to the publc after 3pm on the first friday of every month during the season. This program welcomed a total of 6,105 visitors, 20 food & beverage vendors, 19 musicians and 3 guest speakers. In addition, we started winter lights, an outdoor light show & experience, running from late november throuh january 1st. This event was created to engage our community members during the winter months. Winter lights proved to be incredibly successful, welcoming over 27,000 visitors.