Come visit the Mill Museum’s tent at this lively event! We will have a drop-in weaving activity! Fun for all ages.

Celebrate 250 years of Vermont history and culture at this lively, family-friendly festival featuring 30+ museums, historical societies, and cultural organizations! Enjoy hands-on activities, artifact touch-and-learns, crafts, games, demonstrations, live music, a history photo booth, face painting, giveaways, food vendors, and a splash pad for kids. Spotlight Vermont 250 is presented by Chittenden County Historical Society, Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, and Love Burlington. Supported by Vermont Humanities and Vermont 250th Anniversary.

French Heritage Day celebrates Vermont’s rich French history and heritage, as well as Québecois culture. The festival started in 2005 in Vergennes and moved to Winooski in 2015 where it took up root at the Winooski Farmers Market. The event has welcomed many different performers, ceremonies, and activities over the years.

Join us in celebration with music, cuisine, education, and activities!

The Mill Museum will be open!
Back by popular demand, we will once again be offering “en plein air” watercolor painting kits at our museum tent. Come hang out for a while and be inspired to paint the local landscape of the Winooski River and our historical mill town.

Cost: $40
includes coffee/tea, lunch + signed copy of Counting on Grace by author Elizabeth Winthrop.
Registration Full. Please email or call the museum to be put on waitlist. info@themillmuseum.org #802-355-9937

This workshop is supported in part by a grant from Vermont Humanities, in partnership with the Vermont 250th Commission. Additional funding for this workshop comes from Mascoma Bank. Thank you for your generous support!

Visit the Mill Museum to participate in a free drop in Quilt design activity. 

The Pride and Joy project is sponsored by Riot Craft Studio featuring artist Elise Whittemore to celebrate queer joy through quilts.

Join us for a Family Day open house to view our newest exhibition Investigating Child Labor. This new exhibition includes interactive displays to engage the whole family. Learn about the types of jobs kids had to do in VT 100 years ago and the work that photographer Lewis Hine did for the National Child Labor Committee to help pass laws that protect kids.

Family Day activities:
-Look at vintage 3-D mill photos with a stereoview 
-Child Labor protest sign writing + photo op
-Learn about sustainable chocolate + sample some!
-Bobbin Game Challenge
-Weaving activity and more!