A Short Drive Away
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
- 1 Ethan Allen Homestead
- 802-865-4556
- www.ethanallenhomestead.org
This museum is just a quick drive from downtown. Built in 1787, the Homestead gives visitors a look at the history of 18th-century lifestyle and details the home and life of Ethan Allen, Vermont's founder and folk hero. Open May 14- Oct 12.
- Magic Hat Brewing Company
- 802-658-BREW(2739)
- artifactory@magichat.net
- www.magichat.net
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- The Magic Hat Brewing Company has been putting inspiration into every bottle of beer since 1994. Today, the So. Burlington, VT-based brewery is cranking out 400 bottles of beer every minute and the brewing process, in all its strange and satisfying glory, has never been more accessible.
The Cartifactory on Church Street tempts your taste buds with a small sampling of the tchotchkes available at the nerve center of it all: The Magic Hat Artifactory.
- Shelburne Farms
- 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne
- 802-985-8686
- www.shelburnefarms.org
- This 1400-acre working farm, national historic site, and nonprofit environmental education center is located on the lake shore. Open to the public from May 9 - Oct. 18, the site features a dairy barn and cheese factory, an inn and its adjoining restaurant (considered one of the finest restaurants in Chittenden County) and hundreds of acres of open, rolling hills that visitors are free to wander.
- Shelburne Museum
- 5555 Shelburne Road, Shelburne
- 802-985-3346
- shelburnemuseum.org
Founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) in 1947, this is one of the nation's most diverse and unconventional art museums. It features 150,000 works of impressionist paintings, folk art, quilts, furniture, and carriages. Special programming and workshops help visitors dive into nearly four centuries of the arts.
- Vermont Teddy Bear Company
- 6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne
- 802-985-1319
- www.vermontteddybear.com
- This national retailer of teddy bears and their accessories sells more than half 500,000 bears every year, but which had its origins in a tiny kiosk in Church Street Marketplace. Factory tours are available year-round, and are a must-do for the kids.
