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The Estey Organ Museum will reopen for the season on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Until further notice, the museum will be open only on Saturdays, from 2 pm to 4 pm.  Check this website for schedule changes or contact the museum at info@esteyorganmuseum.org. Museum visitors are asked to comply with the following COVID safety guidelines:

Visit the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier for “Lively & Local,” a look at historical societies and museums in Vermont. The exhibit is open through July 31. For more information:  https://vermonthistory.org/exhibit-lively-local

The Board of Trustees of Estey Organ Museum in Brattleboro have elected Dr. Dennis Waring of Guilford as President of the Board to a one-year term.

On July 3 the Bennington Museum will reopen, extending its (re)Sounding exhibit through the Fall. (re)Sounding is a multi-media show which brings vintage instruments in the collection back to life in new compositions. Featured is a 1940’s era Estey Field Organ, on loan from the Estey Organ Museum.

“Vox Jubilante – Victorian Sounds on Estey Organs” contains a selection of Victorian secular and sacred songs performed on Estey reed and pipe organs. The CD is available from our online store.

Listen to the Brattleboro Historical Society’s podcast, Origins of Esteyville, created by local junior high school students: https://soundcloud.com/bratthistoricalsoc

In memory of Clemens Kalischer, EOM has remounted with updated captions the Summer 2007 exhibit of photographs of organ pipe-making at the Estey factory. The photos, taken by Mr. Kalischer in the late 1950s, give viewers a rare look at some of the methods and tools used in the production of pipe organs.

“The Vermont Town that has Too Many Organs.”   Read about our “curse” in Atlas Obscura.