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Rokeby Museum

Name: Rokeby Museum
Address: 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT, 05456, US
Telephone: +18028773406
Price range: $

Rokeby Museum presents a nationally significant Underground Railroad story

Rokeby Museum is open seven days a week May to October, and during the winter months for pre-booked groups and special programs.

08/27/2026

Rokeby Museum is proud to announce the launch of our online collections database! Over 1,000 items owned by the Robinson family are now fully searchable. Simply go to our homepage and select "Collection" > "Online Collections" (or go straight to rokeby.org/collection) to start exploring!

The Rokeby Museum Online Collections Database is an ongoing project. We will continue adding entries and improvements into the future. On each entry is a button in the upper right to send us feedback. We're eager to hear your thoughts!

08/26/2026

Today is the first day of school for Addison County, but the summer's not over yet! Rokeby Museum will be open every day from 10:00am to 5:00pm until October 12th. Now that school is back in session, Rokeby is once again considering requests for on-site field trips into mid-November.

We offer educational tours appropriate for grades 3-12, bringing students through our exhibits, historic house, and outbuildings. We use authentic material from our collections to bring the Underground Railroad to life and demonstrate the courage and resilience of those who traveled it.

We accept requests from all educational institutions and programs, including homeschools. For further information, go to https://rokeby.org/education/ or direct all questions to Education Programs Manager Jonathon Ahl at [email protected].

08/23/2026

Today, Rokeby Museum recognizes the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. On this day, 235 years ago, hundreds of enslaved workers rose up in revolt and killed their enslavers on the island of Haiti, then known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue. This was the start of the Haitian Revolution, which directly led to the abolition of slavery in all French colonies in 1794 and the independence of Haiti in 1804.

The impact of the Haitian Revolution on American enslavement is still debated today. But it can't be denied that the proof that the enslaved could overthrow their enslavers, and the presence of an independent Black-run state so close to the country, was a notable factor in the struggle for abolition for decades.

The Robinsons were pacifists and did not personally condone the use of violence in self-liberation. However, they recognized that such violence was a natural result of the inhumanity of enslavement. Today, Rokeby Museum invites its followers to consider the "historic causes, the methods and the consequences" of slavery and how we can learn from these lessons to eliminate injustice in our current day.

Photo Credit: Monument of Slaves in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. © Pablo Velasquez / Shutterstock.com

08/21/2026

176 years ago, the United States Congress was considering one of the most controversial and unjust laws ever put on the books: the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Outraged abolitionists held conventions to organize resistance to this law, and none were as impactful as the meeting held in Cazenovia, New York, on this day.

The Cazenovia Convention was significant for its explicit call for Freedom Seekers to attend. Organized by abolitionist Gerrit Smith and chaired by Frederick Douglass, the meeting was notably diverse. It is said that 2,000 abolitionists attended. Historians estimate that up to fifty Freedom Seekers may have been present at what became known as the "Fugitive Slave Convention," the largest gathering of the self-emancipated at the time.

Today, Rokeby Museum honors the attendees of the Fugitive Slave Convention for their bravery and willingness to organize. Among its other business, the convention resulted in the publication of "A Letter to the American Slaves from those who have fled from American Slavery," an open letter from the Freedom Seekers which encouraged the enslaved to self-liberate and condoned the use of violence for this end:

"We have said that some of us are non-resistants. But, while such would dissaude you from all violence toward the slaveholder, let it not be supposed, that they regard it as guiltier than those strifes, which even good men are wont to justify. If the American revolutionists had excuse for shedding but one drop of blood, then have the American slaves excuse for making blood to flow, 'even unto the horse-bridles.'"

08/16/2026

Save the date! Rokeby Museum is reviving our Conversations in History series with a special guest speaker. Join us at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall on Saturday, September 12th at 3:00 pm for "Bridging Divides in a Nation at War: A Vermont Conversation on Peace and Power" with . Isaac and audience members will explore the costs and benefits of war for Vermonters, and the role of the Green Mountain State in a country nearly constantly at war.

Isaac Evans-Frantz is a lifelong Vermonter, political activist, and public servant. With the non-partisan Action Corps, Isaac played a pivotal role in Congress’ historic passage of bipartisan legislation reasserting Congress’ power over war during the first Trump administration. Isaac holds a Master in Public Administration from the City University of New York. Through his leadership, Isaac remains committed to advancing freedom and unity for Vermonters and people everywhere.

"Bridging Divides in a Nation at War" is a Vermont Humanities Council Program hosted by Rokeby Museum. This program is FREE and accessible to the public.

08/14/2026

New books are in at Rokeby Museum! We've added a few recent titles to our gift shop. Stop by and pick up some spectacular non-fiction, such as the much-talked about "A Resistance History of the United States" (2026) by Tad Stoermer or "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" (2024) by Kellie Carter Jackson. More in the mood for fiction? Try "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" (2023) by James McBride, one of our winter Book Club picks, which has remained a staff favorite. And for a taste of something quintessentially Vermont, grab "The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life" (2025), a memoir by Helen Whybrow.

Then, take some time to browse our other great books on offer, including original copies of Rowland E. Robinson's books, as well as unique gifts from local artists. Even before you step foot in our exhibit, there's plenty to see at Rokeby Museum!

08/11/2026

Another Annual Pie & Ice Cream Social comes to a close. Rokeby Museum would like to thank everyone who came out and enjoyed themselves last Sunday. We had over 230 visitors over the course of the day, with dozens of pies sold! A huge thank-you goes to our tireless volunteers who provided pies, set up tents and tables, served visitors, and otherwise made this event a success! We would also like to thank the members of Meander VT for providing live music, as well as the following sponsors for supporting the event: , , Gaines Insurance Agency, and

Rokeby Museum is proud to be a local institution, and it is thanks to visitors like you that we can continue telling our stories for years to come. Be sure to visit again before the summer is finished!

08/09/2026

Today is the day! The Roleby Museum annual Pie & Ice Cream Social is officially open! Stop by to enjoy a slice of pie and a scoop of ice cream for only $8! Choose between 4 flavors of ice cream, and more pie flavors than you can count! The fun doesn't stop there; tour our historic house, walk our grounds, play fun games, enjoy music from Meander VT, and so much more! We're here until 4:00, so don't miss this community favorite! Admission is FREE all day.

08/08/2026

Tomorrow is Rokeby Museum's annual Pie & Ice Cream Social! Stop by 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for a slice of pie and a scoop of ice cream (only $8!), good conversation, games, local history, and live music provided by Meander VT.

From their page, "Meander, VT lies where the River Shannon joins the River Winooski. It was chartered on the principle that the shortest distance between two points is…beside the point." They're an "ever-changing" group of musicians who play together in VT-Irish sessions. This Sunday will feature:

Kevin Burget on whistle & uilleann pipes
Lucy Cu**in on concertina
Paul Davis on guitar/vocals
Lynn Mahoney on accordion
Doug Riley on bass/vocals
Steve Schumacher on mandolin
Janet Wilson on fiddle
and more!

Don't miss out! Admission for this event and access to our historic house is FREE

08/07/2026

Rokeby Museum continues our series on Rowland E. Robinson (1833-1900) with another excerpt from his 1896 work, "In New England Field and Woods."

AUGUST DAYS

"With such unmistakable signs made manifest to the eye and ear the summer signals its fullness and decline, that one awakening now from a sleep that fell upon him months ago might be assured of the season with the first touch of awakening.

To the first aroused sense comes the long-drawn cry of the locust fading into silence with the dry, husky clap of his wings; the changed voice of the song birds, no more caroling the jocund tunes of mating and nesting time, but plaintive with the sadness of farewell...

The bluebird's abbreviated carol floats down from the sky as sweet as then, but mournful as the patter of autumn leaves. The gay goldfinch has but three notes left of his June song, as he tilts on the latest blossoms and fluffy seeds of the thistles...

The trees are dark with ripened leafage...The brook trails its attenuated thread out of the woodland gloom to gild its shallow ripples with sunshine and redden them with the inverted flames of the cardinals that blaze on the sedgy brink...

Summer wanes, flowers fade, bird songs falter to mournful notes of farewell; but while regretfully we mark the decline of these golden days, we remember with a thrill of expectation that they slope to the golden days of autumn, wherein the farmer garners his latest harvest, the sportsman his first worthy harvest, and that to him that waits, come all things, and even though he waits long, may come the best."

- “August Days”, In New England Fields and Woods, 113 - 118

Address

4334 Route 7
Ferrisburgh, VT
05456

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+18028773406

Website

http://www.rokeby.org/

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