Exhibit and Equipment Use

The Vermont Historical Society has a variety of materials available for use by local historical societies, museums, and other cultural organizations, either at VHS or in your own community.

Traveling Exhibit Program

The Traveling Exhibit program offers low-cost, professional displays on a variety of Vermont history topics perfect for your historical society, museum, or community institution. These self-contained panel exhibitions can be used alone, or augmented with items from your own collections.

Current offerings include:

Everywhere a Sign, Solzhenitsyn in Vermont, Seeds of Renewal, Anything for Speed, Sports in Vermont, and A Footpath in the Wilderness: The Long Trail in Vermont 

Fees for a twelve-week rental start at $100. Click here for details on terms, fees, and current offerings. For more information or to schedule a rental, contact Amanda Gustin, director.collections@vermonthistory.org, (802) 479-4264.

Digitize Your Collections at the Vermont Historical Society

The Leahy Library of the Vermont Historical Society has three scanners available for use by Local Historical Societies that are looking to create digital images of items in their collections. Each of the three scanners is best suited for different types and sizes of materials.

WideTEK 25 flatbed scanner: for small to moderately sized flat materials, like photographs and manuscript papers, that do not exceed 18.5 x 25”.

WideTEK 36 scanner: for larger flat materials, like maps, posters, and architectural plans, that have a width of 36” or less.

Bookeye 5 scanner: for bound materials, like books, pamphlets, and magazines.

Each of these scanners can produce high-resolution color scans and has a USB port, which allows for the easy transfer of scanned images to a portable flash drive. Scanners may be used by appointment only. Please contact library@vermonthistory.org for more details and to schedule an appointment. Library research fees apply ($9 day/Free for members). This opportunity is currently only open to collecting organizations, not individuals.

Coming Soon- Mobile Digitization Kit and Oral History Kits!