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Steve Maleski, Chris Bouchard, and Mark Breen.
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Visit The Fairbanks Museum
The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium protects a vision of the past, reflects the knowledge of the present, and opens a window on creativity that will shape our future.
When Franklin Fairbanks opened the doors to this Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont over a century ago, he invited all of New England to see beyond the horizon by bringing esquisite examples of natural science and beautiful artifacts from around the world to his home town. His "cabinet of curiosities" grew to include our National Historic Register building, a triumph of Victorian architecture, which is the cornerstone of St. Johnsbury's Victorian Main Street and serves as a beacon to visitors. Inside, our collections include some 175,000 objects:
- 75,000 natural science specimens (mounted birds, mammals, reptiles and fish; insects; nests and eggs; shells; fossils; rocks and minerals; herbarium)
- 95,000 historical artifacts (tools; toys; dolls; textiles; weapons; archival photographs and documents)
- 5,000 ethnological items representing Oceania, the Near East, Africa, Egypt, Japan and native North America.
Our Eye on the Sky Weather Gallery invites you to explore the elements that shape our daily weather and the forces that shape climates around the world. The only public planetarium in the state of Vermont gives guided tours of the cosmos every week. And a full calendar of events, festivals, programs, lectures and workshops engages visitors of all ages.
Explore your world ...
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