Explore Spring!

Two children - one in a pink dress and the other in a green shirt and grey hat - reach nets into a pond. Green grass, mostly bare branches, and faded stems of taller plants indicate early spring.

Let’s get outdoors during school break! Will we find frogs, frogs, newly-returned birds?

Can we find a fungus, an animal, a new spring plant? After a time outside, we will look at some of our findings up close and look for birds at our feeders. A great way to celebrate Earth Day!

Please register in advance. Use the button below:

Or call + 1 802 434-2167

All ages welcome • Children should be accompanied by an adult.
Limited to 10 guests

Suggested: $10

Outdoors! Mud boots recommended; dress for the day’s weather.

 

June 2025 events

A green June Vermont landscape showing a tree branch at the top, shading the viewer, then a meadow of ferns in the fore- and midground, with forest in the background, and a forested hill beyond that. Photo by Erin Talmage for the Birds of Vermont Museum, 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.

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May 2025 events

Young children peer through the glass of a double entrance door.

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!)

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April 2025 events

A barn-style dark wooden building at the end of a wooden bridge, with a slate walkway in front. Some benches are at the viewer's left, next to the entrance. Trees with buds tinting the otherwise bare branches are visible to the left. It is early spring (April).

We’re busy getting ready for Opening Day in May! Choosing art, organizing volunteers, checking trails… While we do this, the Museum is open by appointment and for special events.

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!)

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Spring Wildflowers Progression III

Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.

Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19

Suggested donation: $10
Max: 12 people / walk

Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-iii-5-19-2024 or call 802 434-2167.

Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)

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Spring Wildflowers Progression II

Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.

Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19

Suggested donation: $10
Max 12 people / walk

Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)

Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-ii-5-5-2024 or call 802 434-2167 to sign up.

 

#NatureWalk #SpringInVermont #SpringEphemerals

Spring Wildflowers Progression I

trout lily (yellow bloom on thin green stem; mottled leaf from base). Photo by K. Talmage and used by permission.

Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.

Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19

Suggested donation: $10
Max 12 people / walk

Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)
Register for Sunday, April 21 at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-i-4-21-2024

Links for May 5 and May 19 coming soon.

 

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