
A 100-acre park complex with 35 exhibit buildings and the SS Ticonderoga, the last steam-powered side-wheeler of its type in the U.S. The 18th- and 19th-century period homes contain furniture, American crafts, folk art, fine art, European paintings and sculpture, tools, farm implements, and more than 140 horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. The museum is considered to be one of the largest collections of Americana in the country. Open seasonally. Admission (children under 6 free). (Route 7. Tel. 802-985-3346) (HP)
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The Vermont
Heritage Network
The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program
Wheeler House, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
(802)656-3180
http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet
E-mail To: vhnet@zoo.uvm.edu