Events Calendar

Join us for a workshop with fiber artist Pamela Wilson. In this session we'll examine some historic fibers used in Vermont (linen, flax, and wool) and an overview of handspinning techniques. This 4 hour…

The Leahy Library at the Vermont History Center will open late on Tuesday, September 29th, at 10:00 AM.

Join the Vermont Historical Society (VHS) and partners around the state in 2026 for fun & prizes. Test your Vermont History knowledge with special questions for the 250th Anniversary of the United States.

Offered the second WEDNESDAY of each month, September 2026 through February 2027, 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  All programs will take place at the Vermont History Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Recommended…

The Vermont Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on October 15th, 2026 at the Vermont History Center in Barre, Vermont.

Learn about our “All In Vermont: put your history on the map” project which is a statewide, place-based learning opportunity for Vermont educators and students which encourages the study of community history in partnership with local historical societies.

Join author Robert Mello at the Joslin Memorial Library in Waitsfield on October 21st at 6:00PM to hear him speak about his latest book, When the Trees Came Back: The Great Battle To Save Vermont's Forests.  

The Leahy Library at the Vermont History Center will open late on Tuesday, October 27th, at 10:30 AM.

Offered the second WEDNESDAY of each month, September 2026 through February 2027, 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  All programs will take place at the Vermont History Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Recommended…

The Leahy Library at the Vermont History Center will open late on Tuesday, November 24th, at 10:00 AM.

Offered the second WEDNESDAY of each month, September 2026 through February 2027, 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  All programs will take place at the Vermont History Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Recommended…

The Leahy Library at the Vermont History Center will open late on Tuesday, December 22nd, at 10:00 AM.

Offered the second WEDNESDAY of each month, September 2026 through February 2027, 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  All programs will take place at the Vermont History Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Recommended…

Offered the second WEDNESDAY of each month, September 2026 through February 2027, 1:00 to 3:00 pm.  All programs will take place at the Vermont History Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier. Recommended…

Stop by the 1815 Log Schoolhouse at Airport Park for this special day beyond its regular summer season. The Colchester Historical Society is participating as a proud co-sponsor with the Milton and Georgia Vermont Historical Societies in a 250th American birthday celebration honoring the sacrifice and heritage of three Vermont communities during a time of challenge. For more information about this and other events in Milton and Georgia that weekend, please visit ( https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/______.YXAzOnZlcm1vbnRoaXN0b3JpY2Fsc29jaWV0eTphOm86MWUyNTE1NWQyMWViNGE0Y2EyOTIwOWEzZWI0YjQ3ZWY6NzowZTExOjBlNWYwYzYwZTkwZTlhYjVmNDkwYmRjNjQ0YjE3NGI0ZjhkNWRjNThhZmNjODljNTVkMWNlZjAzNTI5YThmMDk6aDpUOkY ).

There will be a live (mini) archaeological dig, an archaeological scavenger hunt, and reenactors in the historic Allen House showing what life was like 250 years ago. This is a family-friendly event that is free for all to attend in commemoration of America's 250th anniversary year. ( )

Explore the museum. Visit with friends and neighbors and discover local treasures. Local artists are invited to submit artwork to be featured at the Open House.

Join Historic Site Interpreter Alex Crowell to learn about the agricultural and architectural history of the landscape of Bennington Battlefield. Meet at the Bennington Battlefield Caretaker's House.

In August, 1929, Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca spent ten days with his friend and lover, Philip Cummings of Hardwick, at Lake Eden. The Hardwick Historical Society has arranged for Pat Billingsly to discuss her new book, Lorca in Vermont , which explores both what impact the visit had on Lorca's poetry and why the visit remained hidden for decades.

With guest speaker: Cat Viglienzoni, News Anchor and Reporter, WCAX-TV. She and her co-anchor, Darren Perron are currently working on "Vermont's Own" a five year project to visit every city and town in Vermont.

Join a fun, fascinating celebration of the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain (Lamoille Valley) Railroad to mark the re-dedication of 200 feet of original track with a lively presentation by filmmaker James R. “Jim” Jones, followed by rail tales of workin' on the railroad from employees. All aboard!

A cast of characters present the story of the several months around the October 11, 1776, Battle of Valcour Island—from the point of view and in the words of the people at the northern garrison at Mount Independence/Fort Ticonderoga. www.historicsites.vermont.gov ( ).

All are invited on an automobile and foot tour of the remains of farms, houses, a school, and Devil's Den in Mt. Tabor.  For more information, including cancellation if the weather is bad, please contact Herb Ogden at (802) 772-7322 or hogden@vermontel.net.

September Free Monthly Lecture with presenter Chief Don Steves, Director of the Nulhegan Cultural and Historic Preservation Department.

---------------------------------------------------------- A Night with Twilight: Birthday Celebration & Star Stories ---------------------------------------------------------- *Sunday, September 27* —join us for a family-friendly event where you can step back into the 19th-century and experience Alexander Lucius Twilight like never before—brought to life by enthusiastic and entertaining communicator of science and facts, first-person interpreter, Bobby Farlice-Rubio! *5:00 PM* *Living History Experience with Mr. Twilight* Pre-registration required (Limited spots) – *Register here for the Living History Experience ( )* Step back in time and experience Brownington as students did in the mid-1800s—under the tutelage of Alexander Twilight at the Orleans County Grammar School. This is a living history experience for a limited class size. This program is for adults and children ages 10 and up. *6:30 PM* *Stars Stories & Birthday Celebration* – Open to all The evening opens to the public for a festive celebration including birthday cake, provided by The Sweet Penguin bakery in Newport, VT and “Stars Stories” on Prospect Hill with Bobby Farlice-Rubio. Pre-registration is not required for the Stars Stories and birthday cake celebration, but getting your early bird ticket is encouraged. *Early Bird Tickets for Stars Stories ( https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/p_9uGFD4lvt9tu4eNdq6vA )* Please Note – Alexander Twilight Day (i.e. his birthday) is Sept 23rd. The celebration event, A Night with Twilight: Birthday Celebration & Star Stories, is scheduled for the following Sunday, Sept 27—Weather permitting. Cake is first-come, first-serve while supplies last. *Learn more at OldStoneHouseMuseum.org ( https://oldstonehousemuseum.org/event/night-with-twilight/ )*

The Samuel Hand Lecture by Roger Allbee. The former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture will draw on the research for his 2025 book, Turning the Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture. The talk (5-6pm) will be followed by refreshments in the Billings Library foyer.

The exhibit features 29 selected works from Kate Gridley's Witness Marks series, recently exhibited at the Kent, to be displayed alongside items from the Museum's collection. Paired together, these works offer insight into the connection between material objects and memory, and pose to the viewer how the acts of collecting and recollecting become enmeshed. The exhibit is on view September 12 - January 2.

A monument honoring Homer Bezaleel Hulbert (1863–1949)—educator, linguist, journalist, historian, imperial emissary, and America's most steadfast advocate for Korean independence will be dedicated in his birthplace of New Haven, Vermont. The dedication ceremony will be held on the day of Korea's 4359th year anniversary of her foundation. For more information: Katherine Cahill, New Haven Historical Society, kmslucky@gmail.com

Step back in time as you enter the East Clarendon Chapel for an old time service. Virtually the same as it was when it was built in 1891. No electricity for 135 years. Join in with the East Clarendon Chapel String Band. Learn the history of this quaint old chapel.

Presentation in celebration of America's 250th Birthday by author Skyler Bailey on "Nothing but Honor: Eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Hubbardton." www.rutlandhistory.com ( ).

The West Street cemetery is the oldest in Fair Haven. Reenactors and community members will be located in the cemetery portraying some of the residents who are buried there. Members of the Cemetery committee will be on site to demonstrate stone cleaning & repair techniques.

Paul Willard Gates, Director of Archaeology, will share insight on the Valcour Bay Research Project collection. Between 1999 through 2004, several field seasons were conducted by the Archaeology Department at the site of the Battle of Valcour Bay. Known as the Valcour Bay Research Project (VBRP), the work consisted of a Phase I underwater archaeological investigation of the submerged battlefield at Valcour Bay, in Lake Champlain. Throughout the 1999 to 2002 field seasons, the VBRP team professionally located, mapped, documented, and conserved recovered artifacts related to the Battle of Valcour Bay on October 11th, 1776.

Presented by archaeologist Chris Sabick.

The Waterbury Historical Society presents author and historian Marty Podskoch. His book covers CCC camps and supply depots in 36 Vermont communities, including Waterbury.

The Royalton Historical Society will be leading a bus tour of sites where events happened during the 1780 Royalton Raid. Neil Goodwin, who wrote the book "We go as Captives", published by the VT Historical Society, will be helping during the tour. Pre-reservation is required and the tour will be by donation to the Society.

Lunch will be prepared by the Tunbridge Historical Society. As in past years, the day will also include a swag bag, door prizes, a silent auction, and the drawing of our raffle for a vintage hooked rug and original covered bridge oil painting.

Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Valcour Bay on Lake Champlain with the Museum. A day of free hands-on activities, a dramatic account of the events during the Battle of Valcour Bay, a panel discussion with the team behind our new exhibit Fragments: Voices of the American Revolution on Lake Champlain , and more. There will also be activities hosted by Bixby Memorial Free Library, Ethan Allen Homestead, Chittenden County Historical Society, and Vermont Folklife.

An immersive theater experience inspired by the Spiritualist history at the museum. Ticket holders will gather for a drink and a short talk on Victorian Spiritualism before entering the Historic Home where actors will guide them through participatory dramatization, recreating séances based on Rokeby records and other historical accounts. With multiple performance times per night, in this year's production, an unexpected spirit appears with a prophecy. Repeats October 23 & 24.

Free closing reception with light refreshments, conversation, and friends. Opportunities also to get out on the water with a final sail as well as a demonstration of our new natural linen spritsail, crafted through a partnership this July with the Weaver's Croft, the Sailcloth Study Group, and Gambell & Hunter Sail Loft during a conference titled “By Hand: Reclaiming the Art of Historical Sail Making”.

Lots of pie. Details forthcoming.

Annual meeting for the Weathersfield Historical Society followed by a potluck supper and dancing.

Roger Allbee, author and former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture will present a program “Turning the Soil: 250 Years of Vermont Agriculture”. A historical look on changes in rural communities, farmers' activities, agricultural production, and farm policies over a period of more than 250 years. It comprehensively analyzes agriculture from the perspectives of grassroots, state, national, and global levels.

Organized by Lindsay Robertson, Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair of International Law, University of Oklahoma, and Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College, the program will include: 1.    Susan Chandler, Peacham Historian, Formed by Peacham: Samuel Worcester's Childhood. 2.    Lindsay Robertson, Samuel Worcester, John Marshall and the Supreme Court. 3.    Cherokee Nation scholar Jack Baker, The Trail of Tears. 4.    Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin, The Cherokee Today. Presented by the Peacham 250th Steering Committee with support from Vermont Humanities.

Talk by John Spiro. Part of the Castleton U. S. History series of talks in honor of the 250th.

Annual business meeting followed by the presentation "Stories of the All-Black 366th Infantry Regiment, 1941" by Dr. James Pratt, retired professor from Cornell University. Dr. Pratt will present his research on a segregated all-Black unit of the U.S. Army that fought alongside the French troops during WWI, and prior to WWII were sent to guard key infrastructure in New England, including in Vermont.

See the renovations to the municipal building alongside viewing highlights from the Historical Society's vast collections.

Presented by Izzy Provoncha.

Talk by Jim Douglas. Part of the Castleton U. S. History series of talks in honor of the 250th.