Vermont Cultural Heritage Days starts with Open Studio Weekend and Vermont Days but that's just the beginning.

Cultural Heritage Days offers a chance to explore the richness and depth of Vermont’s unique cultural heritage through a wide variety of events, attractions, and experiences from fishing and hiking, to art exhibits, music festivals, and parades. Experience the arts, agriculture, history, the humanities and our natural heritage in the beauty and tranquility for which Vermont is world famous.

Vermont Cultural Heritage Days provides a window into the vast array of traditions, old and evolving, that can be discovered during a visit to Vermont. You can take advantage of one of our convenient Travel Packages or visit the Vermont Travel Planner to design your own Vermont adventure.

Signature Events

Signature events are the four major events with a statewide focus that occur during Cultural Heritage Days.

Open Studio Weekend, May 24 – 25, (Statewide)
Open Studio Weekend is a celebration of the visual arts and the creative process held in more than 265 Vermont studio and gallery locations during Memorial Day Weekend. Tour historic villages and town centers or travel up mountains and down back roads to visit artists and craftspeople at work in their studios.  Everywhere, you will find the natural beauty of Vermont and the artwork created in response to it. Plan your tour using The Vermont Studio Tour Map available from the Vermont Crafts Council.

VermontDays, June 14 – 15 (Statewide)
Hike, paddle, climb, fish or just relax in beautiful and unusual settings in any or all fifty Vermont state parks. Relive history and learn about historic contributions by Vermonters at Vermont’s state owned historic sites.  Vermont Days includes free day-use admission to state parks and historic sites on Saturday and Sunday. On Free Fishing Day, Saturday June 10, the whole family can fish without a license or learn how to fish at free clinics. You can find out more about Vermont state parks at www.vtstateparks.com and Vermont historic sites at http://www.historicvermont.org

Vermont History Expo, June 21-22, (Tunbridge World's Fair Grounds, Tunbridge)
Experience Vermont’s living history in this celebration that spans generations. The Vermont History Expo, presented by the Vermont Historical Society, features distinctive exhibits from the collections of 145 local historical societies, museums, and heritage attractions. It also includes music and dance performances, traditional craft and historic preservation demonstrations, quilt and antique appraisals, children’s games, heirloom animals, historical talks and book signings, a parade, a genealogy resource center, and much more. For more information about the event in the Vermont Travel Planner or contact the Vermont Historical Society at 802-479-8500.