The Blacksmith Shop, Historical blacksmith exhibit at Shelburne Museum, Vermont, US
The Blacksmith Shop is a brick building where artisans demonstrate traditional metalworking using 19th-century tools and equipment in a working forge. The structure also houses a wheelwright workshop, showing how metal and woodworking crafts worked together in the same space.
Built around 1800 near the Shelburne railroad, the building was relocated to the museum grounds in 1955 to preserve it. This move saved the structure from deterioration and brought the craft into public view.
The blacksmith was essential to village life, crafting tools, nails, and horseshoes that everyone depended on for farming and daily work. Visitors observe how this trade shaped the community and what people needed to survive.
Visitors can watch daily blacksmithing demonstrations and purchase handcrafted metal items made on site by the resident artisans. Arriving early in the day offers the best chance to see active forging in progress.
The building demonstrates how blacksmiths and wheelwrights historically worked under one roof, as they depended on each other for their trades. This arrangement reveals how different crafts were interconnected in village life.
Location: Shelburne
GPS coordinates: 44.37690,-73.23190
Latest update: December 14, 2025 12:23
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