MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES
Montpelier Historic District: The downtown
area is a rich mixture of residential, commercial and institutional
buildings reflecting the city's growth after the Civil War and the
arrival of the railroad.
T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center,
College Hall, Vermont College: The center includes a gallery devoted
to Vermont artists, eight rotating exhibits and 550 paintings by
gallery founder, Thomas Waterman Wood, president of the National
Academy of design 1891-1899.
The Vermont Museum, The Vermont Historical
Society, 109 State Street: The museum is based in a prominent former
hotel and houses collections of Vermont memorabilia and artifacts
from the Woodland period (1200 A.D.) to the present.
Vermont State Archives, 26 Terrace Street:
Document collections include maps, plans, election records, deeds
and photographs.
Vermont State House, 115 State Street: The
1859 state capitol building was designed in the Renaissance Revival
style. The building is one of oldest and best preserved state capitols
in the nation and includes original furniture and a large collection
of paintings and Civil War flags.
