Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 07001344 Phone +1 802-748-2372 | Built 1890 (1890) Added to NRHP January 2, 2008 Architectural style Romanesque architecture | |
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Website www.fairbanksmuseum.org Address 1302 Main St, St Johnsbury, VT 05819, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PM Similar St Johnsbury Athenaeum, Dog Mountain, Montshire Museum of Science, Old Stone House Museum, American Precision Museum Profiles | ||
The fairbanks museum has a new digital planetarium
The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium is a combination museum and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It was founded in 1891, by Franklin Fairbanks. The museum and its building are on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Contents
- The fairbanks museum has a new digital planetarium
- Fairbanks museum and planetarium top 5 facts
- History
- Contemporary collection
- Praise and recognition
- References
In addition, there is also a planetarium and weather forecasting department entitled: Eye on the Sky weather station. Meteorologists broadcast their unique weather forecasts for Vermont (and the areas immediately around the state) on Vermont Public Radio and Magic 97.7 daily. In addition, the museum also produce weather forecasts for three newspapers, The Caledonian Record, the Times Argus, and the Rutland Herald daily.
Fairbanks museum and planetarium top 5 facts
History
Construction on the museum building was started in July 1890, and finished in June 1891. The building features red sandstone and limestone laid in Romanesque style. It was designed by architect Lambert Packard. The museum was opened in December 1891 by Franklin Fairbanks. The museum was expaneded in 1894, to hold the full collection of Fairbansk.
In part the tradition of the museum reporting weather atmospheric conditions, comes from Fairbanks' on tradition of doing it. Many of the main collections in the contemporary museum, come from Fairbanks own collection.
Contemporary collection
The museum is organized into 3 different departments: Natural Science, Historical, and Ethnological. The entire collection includes 160,000 objects.
Praise and recognition
The museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The listing included one contributing building and two contributing objects.
In 2010, Yankee magazine named Fairbanks as the second best history museum in New England.