by Drew Bush | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog
We’re celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd and we hope you’ll join us! Our mini units are meant for teachers to use in the classroom. They are based on the year without summer in Vermont, 1816. The materials include reading, writing, class discussion...
by Drew Bush | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog
We are hiring two Americorps members to serve during our 2022 season this Mid May to Mid October. We have space for one Child and Family Educator and one Outdoor Educator (NOW FILLED). We provide onsite housing in Historic Brownington Village as well as the normal...
by Drew Bush | Mar 25, 2022 | Blog
The Orleans County Historical Society has received a grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation to enable us to repair damaged plaster and do some much needed painting in the interior of the Old Stone House. The building will be open for inspection on...
by Drew Bush | Mar 6, 2022 | History From Farther North
Mary Lyon, an unyielding champion of education for girls, founded the nation’s oldest women’s college, which began as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837. Lyon’s educational mission was inseparable from her sense of duty to God, and she challenged students not...
by Drew Bush | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog
In February, we shared our online exhibit on Henry “Box” Brown with area schools to use for Black History Month. Now we are gearing up to celebrate Women’s History Month this March! Museum staff have created easily usable and digestible lesson plans...
