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Exploring the University of Vermont’s 2 campus museums

Museums’ foundations spring from geology, art

A whale skeleton resides in a glass display case for all to see at the University of Vermont’s Perkins Geology Museum, one of two campus museums. Just a five-minute walk away is the university’s better-known and stately Fleming Museum of Art, a cultural touchstone in Vermont’s largest city. It too has a marquee player from ancient times: a mummy from the 6th century BC.

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