Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium
Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium is a museum in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont. Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium is situated nearby to the library Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum, as well as near the historic site St. Johnsbury Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium and Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum.
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Museum
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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.
Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum
Library
The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum is a combined library and art gallery, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The building in which it is housed is architecturally and historically significant because of its construction. Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum is situated 760 feet south of Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium.
St. Johnsbury Historic District
Historic site
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The St. Johnsbury Historic District encompasses much of the historic civic and commercial center of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Representing a significant expansion of the Railroad Street Historic District and the St. St. Johnsbury Historic District is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Railroad Street Historic District and Passumpsic.
Railroad Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Railroad Street Historic District encompasses a cluster of commercial and railroad-related buildings at the traditional late 19th-century heart of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Passumpsic
Hamlet
Passumpsic is an unincorporated village in the town of Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 5 and the Passumpsic River 3 miles south of St. Johnsbury. Passumpsic has a post office with ZIP code 05861. Passumpsic is situated 3 miles south of Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium.
Danville
Village
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Danville is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,335 at the 2020 census. The primary settlement in town is recorded as the Danville census-designated place and had a population of 385 at the 2020 census. Danville is situated 6 miles west of Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium.
Fairbanks Museum and Plantarium
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Fairbanks Museum” and “Museum of Natural Sciences”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Northeast Kingdom, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.42034° or 44° 25′ 13″ northLongitude
-72.02037° or 72° 1′ 13″ westElevation
696 feet (212 metres)Open location code
87P9CXCH+4VGeoNames ID
5236005
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