Open for Winter Lights DONATE NOW Shop Blog Press search Visit Exhibitions Collections Learn Calendar About Join & Support VISIT Grounds and Landscape More than twenty gardens add color and natural beauty to the Museum grounds. In the spring hundreds of lilacs and peonies fill the air with perfume, and in the summer thousands of daylilies nod in the breezes off the lake. Perennial and annual flower gardens, herb and heirloom vegetable gardens, and flowering fruit trees flourish through the fall. All year long, these inviting green spaces are favorite attractions for Museum visitors. Rent a garden space for your event or celebration! Alyssia’s Garden Perennials and a schoolhouse playground. Apothecary Garden Plants and blossoms for health and well-being. Bostwick Garden A formal garden designed to evoke an artist’s color palette. Circus Building Daylily Garden More than 1,700 daylilies in thirty-eight varieties ring the Circus Building and provide a brilliant burst of summer color. Danby Fountain Garden Colorful annuals flow from a decorative garden fountain. Diamond Barn Garden Bright blossoms against a backdrop of warm wood. Dutton Dooryard Garden A nineteenth-century array of scent and color. Dyer’s Garden A patch of colorful herbs and plants for fabric dyes. Eagle Garden Bright annuals highlight bronze sculpture. Gardens of Pleissner Courtyard Artistic palettes of color and texture. Hat and Fragrance Garden Plants and herbs traditionally used for fragrances and dyes. J. Watson Webb Jr. Memorial Peony Garden More than 700 peonies in twenty-five varieties. Main Entrance Gardens Pause here for a magnificent preview of the extensive gardens on the Museum grounds. Meeting House Garden A formal, floral-lined walkway. Owl Cottage Garden A playful pathway of zinnias. The Pauline Cropper Mallory Heritage Garden at Dutton House An extensive 1820s heirloom kitchen garden. Prentis/Stencil Garden A sensory-filled garden path. Railroad Station Gardens Vibrant beds of annuals and daylilies. Settlers’ Gardens Flax and kitchen gardens from 1790s Vermont. Vermont House Garden A stately beds of geraniums. Welcome Garden A restful garden of annuals welcomes visitors with an array of colors, textures, and fragrances. Previous Next MUSEUM MAP There is so much to discover and explore at Shelburne Museum: thirty-nine buildings, more than twenty gardens, and some 100,000 artifacts spread out over forty-five acres. And that’s not even mentioning our steamboat, passenger train, and covered bridge! Our handy museum map—available here for you to print or download to your mobile device—will help you get the most out of your visit (you can also pick up a copy of the map at the admissions desk in the Museum Store). In addition to showing locations for shuttle stops, restrooms, our shop and café, and more, the map also includes a brief description of each building and the types of objects you will find inside, as well as tips for designing your visit to match your interests. Shelburne Museum Campus Map Back To Top Stay Connected: Sign up for the Shelburne Museum E-Newsletter now SHELBURNE MUSEUM 6000 Shelburne Road PO Box 10 Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-3346 info@shelburnemuseum.org Open June 2–October 17 Wednesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM VISIT EXHIBITIONS COLLECTIONS LEARN CALENDAR ABOUT JOIN & SUPPORT Shop Blog Press Mission and Values Employment Volunteering Rights and Reproductions Host Your Event at Shelburne Museum Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Vimeo Spotify © SHELBURNE MUSEUM 2021