A Weekend of Vermont Art
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Find out why the Green Mountains have inspired artists and writers throughout the decades with these creative diversions.
Day 1
Base yourself in the sophisticated outlet town of Manchester, where you can spend the morning touring the exhibits at the Southern Vermont Art Center or the Victorian furnishings at Abraham Lincoln’s son’s former estate of Hildene.
Day 2
The next day, head north on Route 7 to Rutland (45 min.) for a taste of America’s great small-town memorialist at the Norman Rockwell Museum. After lunch, continue north to Middlebury (45 min.) for a tour of the small but impressive Middlebury College Museum of Art or the quaint Vermont Folklife Center, before returning to Manchester for the night.
Day 3
Today, head south on Route 7A, making a detour in Shaftsbury (15 min.) to visit the Robert Frost Stone House Museum, former home of its namesake poet. Then continue on to Bennington (20 min.) to visit the Bennington Museum, which contains the unique art of folk artist Grandma Moses.
© Michael Blanding and Alexandra Hall from Moon New England, 2nd Edition
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