Shelburne Museum, Day 2

Bill didn't sleep well at all and was up before 6:00, I got up around 7:45. We finished our strawberry bread with our morning beverages, packed and headed out around 9:20.  Stopped at McDonalds for breakfast and were on the road by 9:45.

We stopped at The Shelburne Museum for Day 2 at 10:15.  Yesterday, we went to the right, so today we went to the left, starting at the Round Barn.  We had no idea what was inside but it was full of antique carriages, sleighs, toboggans and other conveyances.  Many of them were owned by the Webb family.

Check out the velvet seat!

This one is actually called a "traverse" and here's the information about it...

Next stop was the Circus Building, which is built in a U shape and fits in very nicely with the grounds and landscaping.  It includes a hand carved circus parade, as well as animals from a carousel.

And for the kiddos there's a carousel ride.

We checked out the Beach Gallery, which was full of firearms and missed the Railroad Station when we hurried to catch a tour of the steamboat Ticonderoga .

Seriously, this is an actual side-paddlewheel passenger steamboat that was completed in 1906 and traveled along Lake Champlain until 1953.  It was the last commercial operating steamer on Lake Champlain.  It's 220 feet long and was moved 2 miles overland from Lake Champlain to this exact spot in 1955.  That move was a "remarkable engineering effort that stands as one of the greatest feats of maritime preservation."

Short films run continuously showing the amazing move overland. I tried to find a link online but wasn't successful.  As we all know...I'm not that technically savvy.  If you're interested in watching it and can find it, send me the link and I'll include it here.  It's worth watching!

The top deck...

The red chicken was a design idea dreamed up by Mrs. Webb.

The main deck, very nice.

The tour was free and very worthwhile!

We wandered through the General Store and Apothecary Shop, which includes a collection of straight razors donated to the museum.  

From there to the Vermont House Gallery, which was full of antique furniture;

the Meeting House; Horseshoe Barn Annex - farm and trade wagons, stagecoaches and special vehicles; the Horseshoe Barn - more carriages, wagons and sleighs, the Print Shop, which has presses from the 1820's to 1950's.  I believe they do some commercial printing today.

Bookmark

Stationery

the Weaving Shop and finally...the Jail!

We didn't leave until 2:35!  It was a beautiful day, temperature around 70*.  

Before heading out of town, we made another stop at McDonalds for iced coffees and the bathroom, hit the road at 3:00.

We enjoyed a beautiful drive through Vermont and arrived at home by 6:50, still 64*.

Thanks for stopping by...
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