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Church Street Marketplace
Burlington's pulse can often be taken at the Church Street Marketplace, a four-block pedestrian zone running from Pearl to Main St. When the weather's good, buskers (now licensed by the town), crafts vendors, soapbox demagogues, restless students and curious tourists mingle in a vibrant human parade.
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ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
The colorful past, present and future of Lake Champlain is explored at the lively ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain , perched on the edge of the lake. A multitude of aquariums wiggle with life and many exhibits invite inquisitive minds and hands to splash, poke, click, listen and crawl.
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Ethan Allen Homestead
American Revolution hero Ethan Allen, often referred to as 'Vermont's godfather,' lived in this 18th-century Colonial homestead. Be sure to take the guided tour (included in entrance fee; tour times vary) of the historic house. The center features multimedia exhibits documenting the exploits of Allen's Green Mountain Boys and also has walking trails behind the house. To reach the homestead, take the North Ave Beaches exit and follow the signs. It's 1 mile north of Burlington on VT 127.
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Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts
Under the auspices of Burlington City Arts, the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts is an exciting locus for art exhibits, classes and discussions. Ongoing open studios involve the community with an artist in residence. A community darkroom has open studio hours, classes and discussions.
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Fleming Museum
Fleming Museum at the UVM boasts a collection of over 20,000 objects from a variety of civilizations, ranging from African masks, Indian drums and samurai armor to an Egyptian mummy. Highlighting the fine American collection are colonial portraiture, a series of Stieglitz photos and canvases by Winslow Homer and Andy Warhol.
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Magic Hat Brewery
You can drink in the history of one of New England's most dynamic microbreweries on the fun, free, 20-minute Artifactory Tour at the Magic Hat Brewery and learn all the nuances of the beer-making process. Afterwards, sample four of 16 beers on tap.
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Shelburne Farms
In 1886 William Seward Webb and Lila Vanderbilt Webb built a little place for themselves in the Vermont countryside on Lake Champlain. The 1400-acre farm, designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (who also designed New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace), was both a country house for the Webbs and a working farm. The grand, 24-bedroom English-style country manor (completed in 1899), now an inn, is surrounded by working farm buildings inspired by European romanticism.
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Shelburne Museum
The extraordinary Shelburne Museum, 9 miles south of Burlington off US 7, occupies 45 acres near the former Vanderbilt/Webb estate. HO and Louisine Havemeyer were patrons of the arts and collectors of European and old masters paintings. Their daughter Electra's interests, however, tended toward Americana. Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) amassed a huge, priceless collection of American works of art and craft that she put on display in the numerous buildings of the museum.
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University of Vermont
Chartered in 1791, the University of Vermont is the fifth oldest college in New England. Occupying a verdant 460-acre campus just east of the town center, it features a number of 18th-century buildings, but it's the youthful vigor of its 10,700-student body that has the greatest impact on Burlington life.
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Waterfront
A five-minute walk from the center of town, the Waterfront is refreshingly unencumbered by the souvenir stands and chain stores that crowd the more developed waterfronts of most American cities. Instead, it's a low-key promenade with a 7.5 mile bike path, a pier for boat trips on Lake Champlain, the ECHO aquarium (p000) and the Discovery Landing, a modern observatory with a small café that's great for watching the sun set over the lake.
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