The Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh might not be known for festive parties, but that’s exactly what took place on November 30. The occasion was to honor outgoing director Jane Williamson for 20 years of ...

The Rokeby Museum urgently needed repairs to its 200-year-old home in Ferrisburgh. PC Construction Co., an employee-owned business in South Burlington, was looking for a good project for its annual ...

Handwritten on a contemporary, 30-foot-long, black-and-white photograph on display at the Rokeby Museum is the following sentence: “Not a particle of the productions of slave labor, whether it be rice ...

The Rokeby Museum takes a spooky turn just before Halloween when the historic home offers a series of staged readings of seances that took place there 180 years ago. “Spirits of Rokeby” unfolds ...

The Rokeby Museum has received a $1 million donation from the Patrick Foundation, marking a significant moment in its history, according to a community announcement. The donation will support the ...

FERRISBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) - The advent of most schools and colleges going online this year has brought learning through correspondence courses back into the spotlight. But with a computer and internet, ...

FERRISBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) - The Rokeby Museum has officially opened for the season. They celebrated the opening by giving free tours on Sunday afternoon. The national historic landmark in Ferrisburgh ...

Jane Williamson, director of the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, shows off the museum’s new exhibit, “Free and Safe,” about the Underground Railroad in Vermont. Before the Civil War, Rokeby was the home ...

Thursday is Juneteenth, a day to celebrate the official end of slavery in the U.S. It commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free, two years after the ...

Vermont’s Rokeby Museum has both exposed and experienced the effects of racism at its preserved historic site on a former sheep farm. By Carolyn Shapiro This article is part of our latest Museums ...