Free admission day at the Vermont History Museum!
Each year, the Vermont Historical Society hosts Vermont History Day, a national contest for middle and high school students that celebrates and supports historic scholarship. This year's contest will take place at St. Michael's College in Colchester on April 5th, and this year, VHS will celebrate Vermont's history with a day of free admission to the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier!
Visit the museum to check out the following special exhibits:
- Rockingham's Acropolis, about the Rockingham Meeting House, in the Local History Gallery
- Oren W. Hills, Photographer, a showcase of photographs uncovered from the Vermont Historical Society's Leahy Library, in the Calder Gallery
- Francis Colburn: From the Collection of the Vermont Historical Society, a showcase of the career of the Vermont artist in the National Life Gallery
Visitors can also check out the following permanent exhibits:
- Freedom & Unity, a chronological overview of Vermont's history
- Lady of the Hills, a display of artifacts and tools used to create the State House's Ceres statue
- The Snelling Room Gallery, a series of portraits and artwork from throughout Vermont's history
