Noyes House Museum, Morrisville, Vermont

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

You know what this means- the 2026 season is starting to begin! Our staff put in some elbow grease and time to make the house glisten for visitors starting June 18th. We are so excited to begin tours and get the season started! ☺️

05/15/2026

On display currently in the quilting exhibit is a mariners compass quilt that was graciously made by H.S Emerick for her daughter's marriage to T.B. Ellis in 1884. What you don't get to see is that the backing is made out of cut up flour sacks!

We are so excited to start preparing the museum for the season and to see all of you! Opening day is June 18th at 12pm!

05/06/2026

This photograph was sent our way by the Hardwick Historical Society, and we are having a tough time coming up with where the building was located! It has the landscape similar to the Oxbow, but it is not the tannery building. On the back is the stamp of a Morrisville photographer. We are curious if anyone has any information about it. ☺️

04/30/2026

We're more than just a place to visit and look at the historic treasures of our community's past, but also a place of research! Lately, we have been investigating into the history of a few different homes for inquiring minds. Pictured below is the old nurses' dormitory for the original Copley Hospital (now known as the Copley House).
It was used as an apartment building for many years, and what happened to it after that is still currently a mystery. It most certainly is not on the property now, but was it moved or demolished- a true question as Morrisville has had quite a knack for moving buildings!

04/26/2026

"Where does this door lead to?" is another common question we get on tours. This door is located on the second floor, in between the current exhibits of sports and dairy farming. The answer to this is that it actually hides the stairs that go up to the attic of the brick portion of the house!

04/18/2026

A thought provoking piece on how our landscape has changed, with some wonderful photographs of our past and present colliding!

04/11/2026

A moo-ving piece on dairy farming in Morrisville, as well as other agricultural pursuits including maple sugaring!

02/06/2026

Today was a day of research on this lovely piece sitting grandly in our formal parlor. I usually make the comment during tours how I visit many museums when I am not working, and I have yet to see the same version of an Estey organ. Truly, this organ stumped me for the longest time as there was not much documented in our archives regarding it. Thankfully, a long rabbit hole led me to the actual catalogs of the Estey organs. Eureka! The mystery is now solved!

This is a Style E 32, Code- Laconic. It was manufactured in 1892, and sold for $235 which is around $8,400 in 2026. It has eleven stops, and two full five octave sets. When boxed up, it weighed 405 pounds!

In short, the Estey Organ Company produced organs in Brattleboro, Vermont from the 1850s to 1961. It was started by Jacob Estey and was one of the world's largest organ manufacturers for the time period.

01/24/2026

❄️With the storm coming in, it was only fitting to peruse our collection of winter scenes. It is fascinating to see how much snow accumulated back then, and how different we maintain the roads. Pictured below is Congress Street, looking up towards the intersection. There is no exact date on when this was taken, but based off of the vehicle in the background, it was around or just before the mid-1900s.❄️

Stay warm and stay safe! 😊