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2025
VT LEG #382506 v.1
No. R-93. House concurrent resolution designating April 10, 2025 as Museums and
Libraries Day at the State House.
(H.C.R.73)
Offered by Representative Burke of Brattleboro
Whereas, museums and libraries are the cornerstone of our democracy, serve as public
forums to debate big ideas, and are places to learn of past societies and gain guidance for
shaping the future, and
Whereas, the State of Vermont is home to more museums per capita than any other
state in the nation, with 48 museums per 100,000 residents, and there are nearly 300
statewide, and
Whereas, most Vermont museums are small local historical organizations, and their
predominantly volunteer staff serve in these roles because they love their communities
and the associated heritage these special institutions are preserving, in the form of
archives, objects, and stories for future generations, and
Whereas, similarly, the State of Vermont hosts more libraries per capita than any other
state, totaling 185 public libraries or 28 per 100,000 residents, and
Whereas, the modern library is not merely a convenient depository of circulating
books and a wonderful place to read, but, equally important, it serves as the heart of our
communities by lending tools; hosting musical performances and lectures; exhibiting
films; acting as an emergency response hub and information technology access center;
and, more broadly, as a community facility where curiosity can be satisfied and our
common humanity shared among each other, and
Whereas, museums and libraries often combine their facilities and services, offering
the best of both educational milieus, and
Whereas, today, April 10, 2025, staff and volunteers from the Vermont Historical
Society, which, since 1838, has served as one of the premiere organizations in Vermont
combining both museum and library facilities and services, are visiting the State House to
remind the General Assembly of the great community worth of both their own institution
and of museums and libraries across the Green Mountain State, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly designates April 10, 2025 as Museums and Libraries Day
at the State House, and be it further
Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the Vermont Historical Society.