All of our tours are offered mid-May to mid-October. They are designed for adults (18+), and each participant, including children of any age, requires a ticket. If you are visiting with children, we recommend participating in the hands-on activities in the Children's Farmyard.
Sun to Cheese Tour
Where does the story of our delicious farmstead cheddar cheese begin? Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to uncover the sun to cheese story at Shelburne Farms!
Watch the cheesemakers in our Farm Barn cheesemaking facility craft our milk into cheddar. Enjoy a guided tasting of our cheddars, then head to the dairy to meet our Brown Swiss cows and discover how we care for our landscape, pastures, and herd.
Tour runs daily in season, 2–4:00PM
Accessibility & Details: This tour meets at the Farm Store & Welcome Center. You'll be transported around our campus in an open-air wagon with steps to board. Given that this tour includes a cheese tasting and travel around the farm, we highly encourage you to bring a water bottle along with you.
If you need accommodations to participate as fully as possible, please contact us to discuss the possibilities two weeks in advance of the program.
This tour is weather permitting, and participants will be refunded for cancellation due to inclement weather.
Shelburne Farms Tour
Explore the stories of Shelburne Farms on a unique open-air wagon tour through a beautiful working landscape. You’ll discover how the farm has evolved from a private estate to an education nonprofit that's inspiring learning for a sustainable future. Maybe you’ll be inspired, too!
Along your landscape tour, you’ll visit the Inn and Flower Gardens, stop at the lake shore, and watch cheesemaking in the historic Farm Barn.
Tour runs daily in season, 11:30am-1pm
Accessibility & Details: This tour meets at the Farm Store & Welcome Center. You'll be transported around our campus in an open-air wagon with steps to board. If you need accommodations to participate as fully as possible, please contact us to discuss the possibilities two weeks in advance of the program.
This tour is weather permitting, and participants will be refunded for cancellation due to inclement weather.
House & Garden Tour at the Inn
Enjoy a guided, in-depth walking tour of Shelburne Farms Inn’s main floor, bedrooms on the second and third floors (as available), and the terraced flower gardens. Originally the 19th-century country home of the Webb family, the house was restored and adapted for use as an Inn in 1987.
Discover how the Inn—part of a National Historic Landmark property on the shores of Lake Champlain—transitioned from a private home to part of the education nonprofit, all while maintaining its historic character.
Tour runs Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays in season, 1:30-3pm
Accessibility & Details: This tour meets at the Inn (99 Inn Road, Shelburne, VT, 05482) on the South Porch. The tour is a walking experience, and the terraced garden spaces are accessible by a series of stairs. The historic building has no elevators or escalators, and no heat or air conditioning. If you need accommodations to participate as fully as possible, please contact us to discuss the possibilities two weeks in advance of the program.