Vermont History Field Trips

A Day in Montpelier

Vermont’s Capital City offers great civics and history opportunities for your students. Many groups combine a trip to our exhibit with a trip to the State House or a program at the Supreme Court. We can also provide a self-guided historic walking tour of Montpelier.

Contact the Field Trip Coordinator at the Vermont State House at (802) 828-1411 to arrange your day in Montpelier.

You Be the Historian

The popular hands-on program “You Be the Historian” is also offered at the museum for grades 4 through 9. Through the use of photographs, written records, objects, and archaeological evidence, students discover what it takes to uncover the mysteries of Vermont’s past. There is a materials fee of $2.00 per student.

VHS Research Library

Students in middle and high school grades can visit our research library at the Vermont History Center in Barre to discover the primary documents of Vermont and to hone their research skills. Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange a research experience for your students.

Teaching Tools:

The exhibit and tours were designed to focus on the following Vermont Framework of Standards for History and Social Sciences:

• 6.4 Historical Connections

• 6.5 Traditional and Social Histories

• 6.6 Being a Historian