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A museum and a unique Vermont experience
With historic barns, working fields, and a herd of Jersey cows, it highlights the history and culture that have shaped the museum.
Billings Farm & Museum is where Vermont’s agricultural past meets its living present. It’s a place to explore, discover, and connect. Through seasonal exhibitions, historic spaces, hands-on experiences and authentic farm life, visitors of all ages will find something that sparks curiosity, starts conversations, and creates lasting memories.
Something new to discover! The seasonal exhibitions don’t gather dust. From contemporary art installations and photography to quilts, farm fashion, and stained glass, each exhibition finds fresh ways to tell stories that shape Vermont. Inspired by the farm, the landscape, and the people who have cared for this place, these ever-changing exhibitions invite visitors to see this place through new eyes.
July 10 – September 6, 2026
A Vermont Quilt Sampler
Featuring quilts from across Vermont, this annual exhibition celebrates the artistry, craftsmanship, and creativity of the state’s quilting community. From time-honored patterns to bold contemporary works, these colorful, skillful, and inspiring quilts share stories.
May 23, 2026 – May 10, 2027
Art on the Barns
A bold outdoor exhibition of contemporary art inspired by and designed specifically for the historic barns and buildings of Billings Farm & Museum. The large-scale paintings create playful and thought-provoking connections between art, architecture, agriculture, and the surrounding landscape that evolves with the seasons.
By Gail Rickards
September 19 – November 29, 2026
Farm Fashion: Workwear, Utility & Style
Denim. Wool. Snaps and zippers. The clothes people wore to work the land were designed to be functional, not fashionable. Farm Fashion traces the journey from Vermont fields to the modern wardrobe, exploring how utility, durability, and rural identity have influenced contemporary fashion and style.
June 27 – November 29, 2026
Pieced in Light
Through color, light, and pattern, contemporary stained glass works transform the historic 1890 Farm Manager’s House. Inspired by historic decorative motifs and traditional craftsmanship, the exhibition also connects with the process and craft of quilting.
Explore the stories, people, and places that shape Billings Farm & Museum through historic spaces, exhibits, film, and authentic experiences around Vermont farm life. More than exhibits to walk past, these are stories to step into.
Farm Life Exhibits
Explore four historic barns filled with the tools, artifacts, and stories of Vermont farm life. Discover what it meant to harvest ice in winter, tap maple trees in spring, attend the Town Meeting, and send children to a one-room schoolhouse at the turn of the 20th century.
1890 Farm Manager’s House
Explore a meticulously restored 1890 home where farm business, family life, dairy production, and innovation came together under one roof. Visitors can step back in time through conversations with interpreters, self-guided tours, and seasonal programs. Depending on the time of year, visitors may watch cooking demonstrations on the wood-burning stove and sample historic recipes, explore the language of Victorian flowers, or experience the house decorated for a Victorian Christmas.
Creamery
Step inside the restored 1890 creamery and learn how Billings Farm turned fresh milk into butter using scientific farming practices and innovative equipment, including a motorized swing churn. From cream separation and churning to packing and shipping, the space reveals the ingenuity and dairy traditions that helped make Vermont a leader in butter production at the turn of the 20th century.
Trophy Room
Delve into more than 150 years of Jersey cow breeding excellence. From Frederick Billing’s vision for modern farming in 1871 to today’s award-winning herd, these trophies celebrate generations of excellence in animal care, genetics, and dairy production.
Upon this Land
Trace the story of Billings Farm and the surrounding lands from the Marsh family, through the Billings and Rockefeller years to today. Through themes of conservation, agriculture, and stewardship, the exhibit reveals how generations have shared and cared for this remarkable place.
A Place in the Land Film
Explore the conservation legacy of George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings, and Laurance Rockefeller in this Academy Award-nominated documentary by Charles Guggenheim. Shown in the Visitor Center Theater, it offers an inspiring introduction to the people, landscape, and stewardship that shaped Woodstock. The film is approximate 30 minutes and can be viewed without museum admission.
Shop Vermont-made gifts, local goods & Billings Farm cheese.
Browse thoughtfully curated gifts inspired by Vermont’s farms, makers, and traditions. From Billings Farm cheddar cheeses and maple treats to handcrafted pottery, children’s toys, locally made goods, the Gift Shop offers something for every age. Whether you’re looking for a meaningful keepsake or the perfect gift for someone who loves Vermont, you’ll find it here. No admission required.