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Open daily

10 AM - 5 PM

Please read our Staying Safe guidelines before your visit.

Your safety is our priority. As guidance from the CDC and the State of Vermont changes, we are continuing to require masks for all unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated Fairbanks Museum visitors while you are indoors. This includes children aged 2 - 11, who cannot be vaccinated at this time. Infants and toddlers aged 2 and younger are not required to wear a mask. Fully vaccinated visitors are no longer required to wear masks. You are welcome to choose to wear a mask for your own protection and the safety of others.

Masks are not required outside.

We ask that you respect the distancing guidance and remain 6" apart from people who are not part of your group.

Museum Admission

Members: FREE (please bring your membership card)
Adults: $12.00
Seniors (65+)/children (5 -17): $8.00
Children aged 4 and younger: FREE

Planetarium Admission

Members: FREE
Nonmembers: $7

The Fairbanks Museum is grateful for support from residents in St. Johnsbury and communities that contribute through municipal appropriations. If you live in any of the these towns, you are welcome to visit the galleries any day, any time at no charge: Barnet, Burke, Concord, Danville, East Haven, Granby, Kirby, Lyndon, Newark, Peacham, St. Johnsbury, Sheffield, Stannard, Sutton, Waldon, Waterford, Wheelock and Monroek NH. There is still a charge to view the planetarium show.

Free, off-street parking is available in a desingated parking lot on Thaddeus Lane. Under the solar canopy, this lot hosts two Level 2 EV charging stations through the ChargePoint network. The first two hours of charging is 20 cents per KWH.

Groups of 8 or more MUST reserve tickets in advance of your visit. Smaller groups may visit without a reservation.

You are welcome to enter the Museum as soon as you arrive. We suggest allowing about 2 hours to tour the galleries.

Please check the Vermont Department of Health COVID-19 guidelines for travel and prevention measures. These advisories are updated frequently -- please be sure to read the most recent announcements.

What’s Open

The timeless natural history exhibits in the Fairbanks Museum main gallery have been refreshed and renewed. You’ll find yourself face-to-face with our gigantic moose, towering bears, hovering hummingbirds, as well as mounts from our collections that have not been on view before. Open spaces include:

Indoors

Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium
Vinton Space Science Gallery
Main Gallery (natural history)
Balcony Gallery (Fairbanks Family legacy collections, local artifacts, Inside Out exhibit, John Hampson's Bug Art)
Soucy Family Exploration Station
Museum Store

Outside

Shippee Family Eye Care Butterfly House
Eye on the Sky Weather Observation Station
Delia Griffin Playground
Campus picnic tables

On view through December 31, 2021