Lots of pics. Go get some nachos.
When one hears the word “museum” they tend to think of large, ugly buildings full of ugly, boring stuff. Fortunately, the Shelburne Museum is not your ordinary museum. Not in the slightest. While there is some art on display, there is much, much more to see. Many of the collections are just bizarre, ranging from automatons to horse-drawn carriages. And this is not just one museum; it’s several. How’s that? Technically the museum is outside, and several of the buildings house different collections. The buildings themselves can be considered a museum as well; where else can you find a jail, lighthouse, covered bridge, and even a steamship that were bought and moved to one site?
The entrance to the museum is a large round barn. Inside is the ticket booth and some art exhibits, one being various chandeliers. My favorite was the one made of plastic kitchenware.
Next thing we saw was an old creaky carousel. It still works and you can ride it.
What’s this? Oh, a train station.
How about that…a passenger car.
Huh? You can go inside?
Well, that was interesting. What’s up the trail from the train station?
A steamship.
But can you go inside?
Absolutely.
A view from the deck of the ship. It looks like a town, but all but the church way in the back are part of the museum.
Hey, what’s that across from the steamship?
A lighthouse, complete with rocks.
“Turtle Boy”
The covered bridge used to be the entrance to the museum.
This was a very, very tiny jail:
Inside the one-room schoolhouse.
Inside the 50’s house.
