Maximize your trip with a visit to BOTH the Vermont History Museum and the Vermont State House.

Visit the award-winning permanent exhibit Freedom and Unity at the Vermont History Museum. Explore an Abenaki wigwam, send a telegraph message, and immerse yourself in a World War-II era living room. Special exhibits in the National Life Gallery, Calder Gallery and Local History Gallery tell more Vermont stories. Staff will supply focusing questions, along with clipboards and pencils, to help guide student explorations of the museum.

Walk through the State House and learn about the building’s history and functions. This history and civics focused tour includes a comprehensive overview of the State’s legislative process of writing and passing laws and allows students to engage with their representatives and to see their government in action. School tours focus on the idea of citizenship-- What does it mean to be a fully engaged and responsible citizen?  How does voting and participating in the political process produce a responsive government? 

Walk through the State House and learn about the building’s history and functions. This history and civics focused tour includes a comprehensive overview of the State’s legislative process of writing and passing laws and allows students to engage with their representatives and to see their government in action. School tours focus on the idea of citizenship-- What does it mean to be a fully engaged and responsible citizen? How does voting and participating in the political process produce a responsive government?

Explore over 350 years of Vermont stories at the Vermont History Museum. Staff will supply focusing questions, along with clipboards and pencils, to help guide student explorations of the museum. Recommended time is 45 minutes. Self-guided visits are appropriate for all grades. Admission fees are waived for school groups and homeschool groups who schedule in advance. One chaperone/ teacher required per school group.

Students act as researchers, curators, and archaeologists to discover details about the Wheeler family who lived in Calais in the 1880s.
Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students examine arguments from the 1930s Green Mountain Parkway debate and participate in a mock town meeting discussion and vote. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students examine primary sources related to the 10th cavalry, the first all-Black regiment stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, to learn more about the impact the soldiers had in Vermont. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students investigate census records, photographs, maps and other historic documents to learn about immigrants in Vermont in the early 1900s, with a specific focus on Barre and the granite industry. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students investigate a variety of Vermont maps from different time periods to identify the dates of mystery maps and to understand how Vermont has changed over time. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Young learners will investigate how museums help share the past through a story time and close looking activity with artifacts. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students read and analyze letters from Civil War soldiers, specifically focusing on items soldiers requested or received from home. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.

Students analyze Vermont primary sources from the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918-19 Influenza pandemic and consider how archives document the experiences of ordinary people. Use primary sources and artifacts to become a historian! Hands-on history programs are an excellent addition to a school visit to the Vermont History Museum.

Hands-on History Programs are $3 per student, there is no charge for teachers and chaperones. Recommended time is 45 minutes per program.