The Nature Museum at Grafton
Explore and connect to the natural world in the heart of the Green Mountains! The Nature Museum offers indoor and outdoor experiences including exhibits on local flora, fauna, and geology, a native pollinator garden, the Magic Forest Playscape for nature play and exploration, and connections to local trails (maps available). More than just a museum, they host regular all-ages workshops and speakers, seasonal camps, and custom programming for visiting families and wedding parties.
They are known for the annual Fairy House Festival which takes place the last weekend in September. Hundreds of visitors from all over New England come to walk the enchanting fairy house trail. Tickets are available online each year starting in late summer.
Everything The Nature Museum does is designed to inspire people to fall in love with the natural world and become conservation-minded citizens and neighbors. Visit the Museum to start your exploration! They are open Friday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm.
Grafton Historical Society
Grafton’s fascinating past is on display in this award winning museum with a gift shop, rich with artifacts representing over 250 years of history. Exhibits changed annually.
The Turner Interpretive Center
The Turner Interpretive Center, located across from the Grafton Inn, explains the story of escaped slave Alec Turner and his family as told by his daughter, renowned Vermont storyteller Daisy Turner.
Grafton, Vt. is proudly part of Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail.
Atelier Annex
Atelier Annex, a fine art gallery nestled in the village of Grafton, VT, features international, regional and emerging artists for whom mastery means that time has been taken, form and light are well considered, materials chosen for their “rightness.” Spend a little time with us, wander the gallery and find a fascinating story wrapped in a work of art.
This year Atelier Annex hosts; the estate of internationally renowned sculptor John Henry, the wearable art works of goldsmith Michael Reid Hunter, painter Maxwell Barrett, multi-media artist, musician and poet Harry Hudson, photographer Linda Adele Goodine, ceramicist Mark Richardson, printmaker and sculptor Katherine Henry.
217 Main Street, Grafton
802.875.1046
https://www.atelierannex.com/
Jud Hartman Gallery
Fine arts gallery featuring a unique series of limited edition bronze sculptures entitled “The Woodland Tribes of the Northeast” as well as watercolors and oils by various artists.
Main St. (by the Brick Church), Grafton
802.843.2018
judhartmanngallery.com
