where natural history meets art
Join us at this year’s Over the “Hump” Summer Music Series.
Blues for Breakfast plays “Grateful Americana for the head hands and feet”.
Proceeds and donations will benefit the Birds of Vermont Museum. Local art vendors and food trucks too!
Thanks to Mr Charlie Frazier and the Huntington Recreation Committee for organizing this community-and-beyond festival series!
Other dates for music and community:
July 16: The Dogcatchers
July 23: Red Hot Juba
July 30: Mama Tried
Birds and Myth continues in August! Visit often, as some works are for sale and may go to new homes during the season.
Birds are some of our teachers, not only through our senses and observations, but also through our stories about them. These stories can be factual accounts, broader myths, or something in between. Legends, beliefs, representations, truth, insight, guidance, metaphors, meanings, and understandings all play a part.
The Birds of Vermont Museum’s 2025 art show is centered on the ideas of birds, myth, meanings, metaphors, and guides. We called for art that brings birds and their meanings to retell an old story, weaves several together, represents beliefs, and/or creates a myth for the future.
The show is open when the Museum is (Wednesday – Sundays, May 1 – October 31) and is included with admission. Admission is free for members.
All birders — current, experienced, newbie and would-be — welcome!
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds at the Museum’s trails, forest, and meadow. Learn something new, share what you know, or both! Most fun for adults, older children.
Please bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle.
Free, suggested donation $10 – $15
Max: 12 people
Register by calling 802 434-2167 or use this button:
Outdoors
We go out the last Saturday of every month. Walks start at 7:30 am April – August; 8am in September – March
Photo: Unidentified hawk overhead against a brilliantly blue sky. Photo copyright Erin Talmage and used by permission.
Not an early riser? You’re not alone. Some birds also prefer to sing, call, or display in late afternoon and early evening.
Enjoy a sunset stroll around the Museum’s forests and clearings and “meet” some of them. Erin Talmage and Ali Wagner will lead the walk.
Although we may see and hear fewer species than we do at dawn, a late day ramble gives us more time to appreciate each kind and to better learn their songs.
Please call 802 434-2167 to reserve your spot, or try the button below:
Max: 8
Suggested donation: $5-$15
Meet at the Museum entrance
Conditions: Trails can be muddy and uneven, and there are some slopes. We usually walk then pause for observation. Some benches here and there provide additional rest points.
Tick protection is recommended.
Photo: Hermit Thrush by Mark Paul and used with permission.
Welcome to our late spring and early summer events! We’ll walk and bird, sit in the forest, explore art, and maybe even try whittling and wood carving.
The trails are open from sunrise to sunset, every day—we recommend using the south trails (Spear, Discovery, Story) rather than Gale’s, Pop’s, or Bob’s, thanks to flooding last July. Trail maps and more information are available on our website, and are posted at the museum and at trail kiosks as well.
Visitors are invited to our low-key informal welcome reception for our 2025 show, Birds and Myth: meanings, metaphors and guides, on the afternoon of July 24.
Explore visual and written art at your own pace, meet creators, be inspired, ask questions, and browse through the book of artists’ statements. Examine art, thoughts, or discuss meanings with other visitors and artists. What myths with and about birds inform you, challenge you, guide you?
You are welcome to come early to the Museum and stay for the reception; come at the time of the reception; or just drop in part way through.
Included with Museum admission, but donations welcome. Please register! If we know how many people are coming , we will have enough refreshments, chairs, and so on. Call the museum at 802 434-2167.
Although the art is indoors, the reception will be generally outdoors, weather permitting.
Read more about the show elsewhere on our website.
Image is “Galway Shawl, Cardinal” painting by Dara Theodora. Shown with the artist’s permission.
Experience Vermont’s butterflies and other insects up close!
Join Vermont Entomological Society naturalists and entomologists for an exploratory stroll on the Birds of Vermont Museum grounds.
Bring binoculars, magnifying glasses, and an insect net if you have one. Pack a lunch if you would like to picnic after the walk. Do bring your water bottle and dress for outdoors.
Free, suggested donation : $5-$10
Register (optional) by calling the museum at 802 434-2167.
Max: 20 people
If it is raining on the day of the walk, please call the Museum (802 434-2167) to see if we have rescheduled; rain date is Sunday, July 7).
Terrific for anyone interested in Vermont’s six-legged creatures.
Check out the Vermont Entomological Society site https://www.vermontinsects.org/ — gorgeous photos and information about the Society.
Birds and Myth continues in July! Visit often, as some works are for sale and may go to new homes during the season.
Birds are some of our teachers, not only through our senses and observations, but also through our stories about them. These stories can be factual accounts, broader myths, or something in between. Legends, beliefs, representations, truth, insight, guidance, metaphors, meanings, and understandings all play a part.
The Birds of Vermont Museum’s 2025 art show is centered on the ideas of birds, myth, meanings, metaphors, and guides. We called for art that brings birds and their meanings to retell an old story, weaves several together, represents beliefs, and/or creates a myth for the future.
The show is open when the Museum is (Wednesday – Sundays, May 1 – October 31) and is included with admission. Admission is free for members.
Early summer mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders.
Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum?
Bring binoculars and good walking shoes. Early mornings are often damp with dew and boots are definitely in order. Don’t forget bug spray/tick repellent!
Park at 900 Sherman Hollow Road, in the Museum parking lot.
Free, suggested donation: $10
Please register by calling the museum at 802 434-2167 or use the button below:
Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Birds and Myth continues in June! Visit often, as some works are for sale and may go to new homes during the season.
Birds are some of our teachers, not only through our senses and observations, but also through our stories about them. These stories can be factual accounts, broader myths, or something in between. Legends, beliefs, representations, truth, insight, guidance, metaphors, meanings, and understandings all play a part.
The Birds of Vermont Museum’s 2025 art show is centered on the ideas of birds, myth, meanings, metaphors, and guides. We called for art that brings birds and their meanings to retell an old story, weaves several together, represents beliefs, and/or creates a myth for the future.
The show is open when the Museum is (Wednesday – Sundays, May 1 – October 31) and is included with admission. Admission is free for members.