Billings Farm & Museum

Woodstock, Vermont · Museum · Accessibility score 3.8/5

Address: 69 Old River Rd, Woodstock, VT 05091

Phone: (802) 457-2355

About

Billings Farm & Museum is a working Jersey dairy farm paired with a museum about rural Vermont life. It sits on Old River Road just off Route 12, about half a mile north of Woodstock Village. The farm shares its parking lot with Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, which is across Elm Street, so many people pair the two in one day.

A general admission ticket covers the introductory film, the barns, the Farm Life Exhibits, and the 1890 Farm Manager's House. You start in the Visitor Center, where the ticket desk, restrooms, and film theater are. From there you head outside to the Heifer Barns and the dairy barn to see the cows, calves, and other animals, then walk the gravel paths to the farmhouse and the gardens. Seasonal programs, including family activities and demonstrations, run on top of the standard exhibits and sometimes carry an extra fee. The Activity Barn and the Farm Life Exhibits are inside the Visitor Center complex and are reached by elevator.

The museum publishes its 2026 schedule. From May 23 through October 31, 2026, it opens daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. From November 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, it opens on weekends and select days from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Summer and fall 2026 admission is $23 for adults, $19 for seniors 65 and over, $16 for students 16 and over, $14 for children ages 3 to 15, and free for children under 3. SNAP and EBT cardholders pay $3 per person for up to six people, and active-duty military enter free through the Blue Star Museum program. Tickets can be bought online in advance, and general admission does not require a reservation.

The farm does not publish a typical visit length. Plan on the film, the barns, the exhibits, and the farmhouse, plus time outdoors between them. Most of the route between buildings is outside on crushed-stone gravel, so weather matters more here than at an indoor museum.

The nearest regional airport is in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, 16 miles away. Woodstock Village, with its shops and restaurants, is a short drive south on Route 12. The national park's carriage roads and mansion tours start from the same parking lot.

Accessibility

Billings Farm & Museum is largely wheelchair accessible, with one caveat: the buildings are fully accessible but the outdoor paths between them are crushed-stone gravel and can be uneven. The museum states that the Visitor Center, Heifer Barns, and Farm Life Exhibits are fully accessible to strollers, wheelchairs, and electric scooters.

Parking is free. Accessible spaces are in the Visitor Center parking lot, so use that lot rather than the overflow lot across the street, which is set aside for buses, RVs, and larger vehicles. The same lot serves the adjacent national park.

The Visitor Center is the entry point. Inside it, the Farm Life Exhibits and the Activity Barn are reached by an elevator. The 1890 Farm Manager's House is only partially accessible. The farm says some visitors may need help getting up the soft-surface walkway and ramp to the house, and that interior doors are 30 inches wide, which is narrower than a standard accessible doorway. Strollers must stay outside the house. Outdoor routes to the barns, gardens, and farmhouse are mostly crushed-stone gravel. A power chair or scooter should manage it, but a manual chair user may want a companion to push on the looser sections.

Public restrooms are in the Visitor Center, across from the ticket desk, and in the lower level of the 1890 Farm Manager's House near the Farmhouse Scoop Shop terrace. The museum's group-visit information describes the restrooms as fully accessible.

Wheelchairs are available upon request. Ask at the ticket desk when you arrive, or call (802) 457-2355 ahead of your visit to check that one will be ready. The farm does not publish information about sensory programs, ASL interpretation, captioning, or assistive listening, so call ahead if you need any of those.

Pets are not allowed on the grounds. Service animals are the stated exception. If you are also visiting Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park across Elm Street, the National Park Service notes that an electric cart shuttle runs from the Billings Farm Visitor Center to the park entrance on busy days and during special events, and that limited accessible parking sits behind the mansion for visitors who cannot walk up the steep hill.

Checked by Accessible America, August 2026. Report a change

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Photo credits

  • Farm buildings and a curved driveway sit below wooded hills at Billings Farm and Museum.: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 (source)
  • The Billings Farm and Museum visitor center has a paved path and ramp leading to the entrance.: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 (source)
  • Tall wooden silos stand beside a barn on the grounds of Billings Farm and Museum.: Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)

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