Bellows Falls, Vermont

Culture, History, Historical Society

The society has recently been gifted seven+ acres adjacent to the Mill and the Connecticut River which we will be developing into a nature and bird sanctuary, a natural ampitheater, nature trails, picnic and family recreational area, and the first river frontage the Village has had in over 100 years.

Brandon, Vermont

Culture, History, Historic House

The Stephen A Douglas Birthplace also houses the Brandon Visitor Center, which is open daily 8 am – 6 pm, 365 days a year. The Visitor Center has a public restroom and complimentary DSL Wi-Fi.

Plymouth, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library, Specialized

The Foundation was formed in part to redress the fact that there is no federally funded presidential library for Calvin Coolidge, our 30th U.S. President. John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, and Jacqueline B. Kennedy are among the many Sponsors and National Advisory Board members over the last 50 years. The Foundation preserves the Coolidge's legacy, and provides primary and interpretive information through a Website and by request, to teachers and students, scholars, the media and the general public. The Coolidge Foundation owns and maintains its offices in the President Calvin Coolidge Museum and Education Center in Plymouth Notch Vermont.

Colchester, Vermont

Culture, History, Historic House, Science, Specialized

Weaving our industrial and cultural past with what matters to our community today.

Brownington, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Park

The Museum is located in the Brownington Village Historic District, amidst 19th century homes and a church, surrounded by farmland.

Burlington, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library, Specialized

The Preservation Trust of Vermont was founded with the goal of helping Vermonters save their historic places and that is exactly what has happened. In just three decades, the group has helped communities across the state save more than 1,000 buildings – village stores, post offices, schools, barns - all returned to productive use. Just this year alone, the Preservation Trust’s staff of five worked on 352 preservation projects in 155 communities.

Colchester, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Library, Military

Weston, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library, Park, Specialized

The society curates three museums on the National Register of Historic Places. The Farrar-Mansur House, built by Oliver Farrar in 1795, served as a home, tavern, and community center. It was sold to Franklin Mansur in 1857 and remained in his family until 1932. Displayed in room settings, the extensive, multifaceted collection includes many fine pieces of New England furniture; outstanding examples of early 19th century, Vermont-made brass, copper, silver, pewter, and tin items; toys; musical instruments; china, pottery, and glassware; costumes, quilts and samplers; and significant 19th century portraits.

Ludlow, Vermont

Art, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library, Military, Specialized

Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper. He was graduated from Black River Academy in 1890 and attended Amherst College, graduating with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts. Slowly, methodically, he went up the political ladder from councilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican. En route he became thoroughly conservative.

Cabot, Vermont

Culture, History, Historical Society

Museums of Cabot Historical Society, Inc. There are two buildings at different sites - a village school and a country one-room schoolhouse.

Grand Isle, Vermont

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

New England's last remaining original log cabin, circa 1784, and also on same property a one room clapboard covered log Schoolhouse, built in 1814. Open 11 a.m. to 5p.m. on weekends from Memorial Day until Columbus Day.

Middletown Springs, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Park

The Middletown Springs Historical Society collects, preserves and exhibits community history at its home in the historic Adams House on the Green in Middletown Springs, and at the Mineral Springs Park on the Poultney River.

North Bennington, Vermont

Culture, History, Historic House, Library, Park

At Historic Park-McCullough, you experience the grandeur of the house often described as "one of Vermont's jewels". You also participate in the elegant lifestyle made possible through vast wealth accumulated during the California Gold Rush era and subsequently added to through business dealings in finance, railroads, steamship lines and real estate development.

The thirty-five room Park-McCullough House was completed in 1865 for Trenor and Laura Park. Park engaged architect Henry Dudley, of the New York architectural firm, Diaper and Dudley, to design his "summer home", a classic example of French Second Empire style.

Manchester, Vermont

Art, Children's, Culture, History, Specialized

325 outstanding artists from all over Vermont. The Festival is a 3day, Labor Day Weekend of arts, fine crafts and specialty foods in the heart of Vermont's finest four-season resort, Stratton Mountain.

Montpelier, Vermont

Culture, General, History, Historical Society, Library

The permanent exhibit at the Vermont History Museum is entitled, Freedom and Unity: One Ideal, Many Stories. Visitors walk through time and experience a full-sized Abenaki wigwam, a re-creation of the Catamount Tavern where the Green Mountain Boys gathered, a railroad station complete with working telegraph and a WWII living room furnished with period music and periodicals.