What looks like play to many is an introduction to the history of communication and a learning opportunity
One notable section of the Vermont History Museum’s Freedom & Unity exhibit is a railroad post office. It’s an interactive environment that features mailboxes stuffed with scans of actual letters…
This opening marks years of careful planning and collaboration
In the earliest plans for the conversion of the old Spaulding School to become the home of the Vermont Historical Society, you can see a kernel of an idea for an open storage gallery. Twenty years ago, “open storage” was a new concept, allowing…
The new VHS Research and Exhibition Gallery shows how much the role of physical objects and museums has changed over the centuries
The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: A Century of Creative Women in Pittsford, curated by the Pittsford Historical Society. This exhibit will be on view in the Local History Gallery from August 3, 2024, to January 25, 2025.
2024 is an Olympics year! Vermont is mostly known for its winter sports, and while most of the state's Olympians have attended the winter games, there are plenty who've taken part in the summer games. Paris is currently hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, and three Vermonters are taking part: William Bender…
The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) is proud to announce that it has been selected to receive a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (21MP). This grant program supports institutions across the country in preparing museum professionals to tackle contemporary challenges in the field.
American painter Edward Hopper is best known for works like "Nighthawks," and spent most of his time in New York. But for two summers, he made the trip up to Vermont to paint. We talk with author Bonnie Clause about the painter and his time in the Green Mountain State.
At the height of the Cold War, Vermont was home to a pair of missile silos containing intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads.
A Q&A with Kevin Graffagnino, author of our forthcoming book Ira Allen: A Biography
If you’ve been listening in the history community the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard the buzz about “the 250th” as it is commonly known. Most broadly, the year 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the United States of…
