where natural history meets art
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.
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
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
Please register by calling the museum at 802 434-2167 or use the button below:
Outdoors
We go out the last Saturday of every month. Walks start at 7:30 am April – August; 8am in September – March
Photo: Single Red-winged Blackbird egg. Photo © copyright E. Talmage and used by permission.
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
This typical view of a warbler is copyright © E. Talmage and used with permission.
Late spring 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? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the Museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds.
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 by using the button below:
Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Image of Chestnut-side Warbler copyright © E. Talmage and used with permission.
Late spring mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders. This walk will be led by Pat Phillips and Tom Jiamachello, and is co-sponsored by the Green Mountain Audubon Society.
Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the Museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds.
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.
Max: 15 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Spring 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? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the Museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds.
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.
Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Spring mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders. Sam Darmstadt leads this week’s walk.
Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the Museum’s forest and meadows. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds.
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.
Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Photos by E. Talmage and used by permission.
It’s a great month for getting outside (again, if you’ve been indoors for mud season). Check out our events for May, below. Birds walks, new art show, just sitting and more.
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. (Let us know if the wind moved any!)