In the heart of Stowe village, this gently provocative community art center has rotating exhibitions of traditional and avant-garde work. It also sponsors 'Exposed,' an annual town-wide outdoor sculpture show that takes place from mid-July to mid-October.
Helen Day Art Center
Stowe & Smugglers Notch
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Shelburne Museum
27.81 MILES
The extraordinary 45-acre Shelburne Museum, nine miles south of Burlington, showcases 100,000 priceless artifacts, from America and abroad.
Shelburne Farms
28.23 MILES
In 1886 William Seward Webb and Lila Vanderbilt Webb built themselves a magnificent country estate on the shores of Lake Champlain. The 1400-acre farm,…
Church Street Marketplace
26.12 MILES
Burlington's pulse can often be taken along this four-block pedestrian zone running from Pearl to Main Sts. When the weather's good, buskers (licensed by…
Waterfront
26.55 MILES
A five-minute walk from downtown, Burlington's delightfully uncommercialized waterfront features a scenic, low-key promenade, a 7.5-mile bike path, a pier…
Magic Hat Brewery
26.19 MILES
Drink in the history of one of Vermont's most dynamic microbreweries on the fun, free, self-guided 'Artifactory' Tour (once you see the whimsical labels,…
Nearby Stowe & Smugglers Notch attractions
1. Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum
0.17 MILES
Located in an 1818 meeting house that was rolled to its present spot by oxen in the 1860s, this museum is an inspired tribute to skiing and snowboarding…
2. Stowe Craft
0.22 MILES
Stowe has no shortage of galleries and fine craft shops with artists of local and international renown; this one offers some of the most adventurous,…
3. Stowe Cider
1.17 MILES
At the sign of the winged apple, this warehouse-like facility houses the production facility and tasting room for Stowe's homegrown cider company, founded…
4. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park
1.18 MILES
A captivating collection of contemporary sculpture, paintings, photography and fountains fills this gallery and sculpture park 1 mile up Mountain Rd from…
5. Alchemist Brewery
1.75 MILES
One of Vermont's most legendary beers, Heady Topper, was born at this microbrewery, which recently expanded operations into a spiffy new Stowe Visitors…
6. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory
8.14 MILES
In 1978 Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took over an abandoned gas station in Burlington and, with a modicum of training, launched the outlandish flavors…
7. Underhill State Park
9.02 MILES
This teeny park on the western slopes of Mt Mansfield (25 miles northeast of Burlington) is the perfect jumping-off point for the classic climb to Vermont…
8. State House
14.84 MILES
Montpelier's main landmark, the gold-domed capitol building, is open year-round for guided tours with volunteer guides; there are also self-guided audio…