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Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Stewart-Swift Research Center

View fullsize 1. Entering Stewart-Swift Research Center from the Adèle Pierce Gallery of the Sheldon Museum.
View fullsize 2. Archival Assistant Taylor Rossini working in the public Reading Room on the NEH grant-funded project that was awarded to the Research Center in 2020.
View fullsize 3. Archival Vault where we store over 200 years of local newspapers, historic maps, plans and blueprints.
View fullsize 4. Staircase leading to our basement archival storage rooms.
View fullsize 5. Flat File room where we store artwork, large posters, ephemera, documents, maps and framed items, all filled to capacity.
View fullsize 6. Large ephemera, such as these political posters, are stored in these flat files.
View fullsize 7. Lucinda Cockrell, an RC volunteer and Sheldon Trustee, is working on one of the NEH-funded projects—a finding aid to the ephemera collection.
View fullsize 8. Entering climate-controlled main archival storage.
View fullsize 9. We store our most valuable manuscripts, documents, books, photographs and other materials in this climate-controlled room.
View fullsize 10. Rare books, atlases, and local imprints are stored on these shelves.
View fullsize 11. This room is utilized to its capacity with movable shelves to save space, and large framed posters and prints hang on the walls.
View fullsize 12. Archivist Eva Garcelon-Hart working in her office.
View fullsize 13. Inside the Mechanical Room. We recently upgraded our environmental system that monitors archival storage conditions to preserve archival documents for future generations.

 

Museum & Store Hours

The Museum is currently closed for the winter season. We will re-open to the public on May 21, 2025.
Wednesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm

One Park Street
Middlebury, Vermont 05753
(802) 388-2117

ADMISSION: 

Adult: $10.00

Senior (65 and up): $5.00

Research Center: $10.00

Sheldon Members: Free

Youth (18 and under): Free

Student (with current ID): Free

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Research Center Hours

The Research Center is currently closed for the winter season. We will re-open to the public in late May 2025 with limited hours for research appointments. We appreciate your understanding as we undertake a large internal project to reimagine our permanent exhibits.

The Sheldon Museum is thankful for the generous support of our Business Community!

Business Members:

Gold Level Members:

LMA Services, Inc.

National Bank of Middlebury

Swift House Inn

Two Brothers Tavern

Silver Level Members:

Co-operative Insurance

Vermont Book Shop

Bronze Level Members:

A & W

Deppman Law

Distinctive Paints

Joseph P. Carrara & Sons

County Tire Center

Fire & Ice Restaurant

Fyles Bros. Inc.

Laberge Insurance Agency 

LMA Services, Inc.

Little Seed Coffee Roasters 

Marble Trail Financial

Middlebury Inn

Mister Ups

The Oxford Company

The Richards Group

r.k. miles, Inc.

2025 Exhibit Sponsor:

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