By Hannah Kirkpatrick, Program Coordinator
We had a wonderful first year of the Activating 21st Century Local History Training Program here at the Vermont Historical Society. Our friends at Bixby Memorial Free Library, Brookfield Historical Society, Sharon Historical Society, Thetford Historical Society,…
VHS is undertaking a series of projects to ensure that the Spaulding Building will be up to the task of preserving Vermont's history for decades to come.
Handstamps help postal workers ensure that a stamp placed on a letter cannot be reused, a process called “canceling.”
The Vermont Historical Society is proud to announce its second cohort of the Activating 21st Century Local History Training Program for 2026!
What the heck's happening to the Spaulding building?
Applications are now open for the second Activating 21st Century Local History cohort!
The latest issue of the Vermont History Journal is now available!
By Phoebe Donn, 2025 Geiger Fellow
I’ve always liked libraries and museums, for that matter. Libraries because I love to read, and museums, well, museums are interesting ones. Museums are fascinating for the breadth of their collections and the fantastic variety of items that one might see on display.…
The Vermont Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of its first annual Women’s History and Material Culture Fellowship. This fellowship will work with VHS’s Collections Manager to explore, identify, and research items from our vast artifact collection to identify and study objects that…
In 2024, the Vermont Historical Society accessioned a group of items from the now-shuttered Austine School for the Deaf, preserving their stories of an important Vermont institution
