Duke of decoys in Shelburne

“Swan, Havre de Grace‘‘ ( 1950) (watercolor and ink on paper) by Joel D. Barber Collection of Shelburne Museum, gift of J. Watson, Jr., Harry H., and Samuel B. Webb, photography by Andy Duback, through Jan. 12 at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt.

This exhibit focuses on the life and work of Mr. Barber, an architect, author, illustrator and decoy collector. This exhibit is the first of its kind about him, and is split into five sections according to the significant periods of his life and work.

Shelburne, one of northern New England’s richer towns, in part because of second homes and affluent retirees, is a suburb of Burlington and on Lake Champlain. Its major tourist attractions include  Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms, Vermont Teddy Bear, Shelburne Vineyard and Fiddlehead Brewery. There’s a beach on the lake and a nature park.

Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building, home of the Shelburne Museum's European paintings collection. The Havemeyer fortune came from vast sugar-industry interests based in New York City.

At Shelburne Farms, a nonprofit education center for sustainability that includes a 1,400- acre working farm — a National Historic Landmark — on the shores of Lake Champlain. The property an example of a Gilded Age "ornamental farm," developed in the late 19th Century with architecture by Robert Henderson Robertson and landscaping by Frederick Law Olmsted.