The tour also shows how the ice cream is made, and culminates in a question and answer session complete with free samples. On this tour you'll see how The Vermont Teddy Bear Company makes its bears from beginning to end. This year, the 20 year old company expects to sell 600,00 bears, all of which are handstitched closed. Highlights of the tour include the hydraulic press that can punch through 14 layers of material with 80,000 tons of pressure and the giant stuffing machines. After the tour is over, you can choose your own bear and watch it stuffed and sewn up right before your eyes.
Bears are also available online for almost any occasion.
National Museum of the Morgan Horse - located in Shelburne, Vermont. This small museum was founded in 1988, and is operated under the nonprofit charter of the American Morgan Horse Institute. Take a self guided tour and learn all about this special breed of horse. All Morgan horses are direct descendants of Figure, a famous stallion owned by Justin Morgan. Morgans are known for their compact, muscular bodies, as well as their smooth and stylish appearance.