The Henry Sheldon Museum: A repository of Vermont history
By Tulip Larson | September 14, 2023Founded in 1884 by Henry L. Sheldon, the Sheldon Museum is the oldest community museum — a museum dedicated to serving and preserving its surrounding community — in the country. Sheldon was born in 1821 to a prominent Vermont family, and moved to Middlebury when he was 20. An eccentric man, Sheldon ...