Fairbanks Museum
Fairbanks Museum is a building in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 2008.
Plan your visit
- Access
- Open to visitors
Source: Wikidata: science museum, natural history museum with official website · last verified October 31, 2026 - Location
- St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont
- Official website
- See the official website
- Directions
- Get directions
National Register listing does not mean a place is open to the public. Parking and accessibility are shown only when verified.
History
The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum, history museum, and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It was founded in 1890 by businessman, politician, naturalist, and collector Franklin Fairbanks. The museum and its buildings are on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Eye on the Sky Weather Center is a meteorology and weather forecasting station operated regularly at the site since 1893. Meteorologists broadcast their unique weather forecasts for Vermont, New Hampshire, and areas immediately around the region, on Vermont Public Radio and Magic 97.7. The facility also produces daily weather forecasts for three newspapers: The Caledonian Record, Times Argus, and Rutland Herald.
The Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium, established in 1960, is located at the museum, and produces public astronomy shows, as well as educational classes on various space science topics. Other productions of the planetarium include the Eye on the Night Sky astronomy program for radio broadcast, and the Night Owl astronomy & spaceflight news articles for online and print publication.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in St. Johnsbury
- Benoit Apartment House-74 Pearl Street Building · listed 1994
- Benoit Apartment House-76 Pearl Street Building · listed 1994
- Cote Apartment House Building · listed 1994
- Fairbanks, Franklin, House Building · listed 1980
- Maple Street-Clarks Avenue Historic District District · listed 1994
- Marshall, Caleb H., House Building · listed 1994
- Morency Paint Shop and Apartment Building Building · listed 1994
- Railroad Street Historic District District · listed 1974
- Shearer and Corser Double House Building · listed 1994
- St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Building · listed 1996
- St. Johnsbury Federal Fish Culture Station District · listed 2005
- St. Johnsbury Historic District District · listed 1980
- St. Johnsbury Main Street Historic District District · listed 1975
Nearby historic places
- Rocks Estate Bethlehem, NH · about 17 mi