EVENTS 2012

All programs are open to the public. 
Your support through a Membership is encouraged, but not required.

2012 Programs/Workshops

Please check regularly.

Jan 13: John Lillie's Art - Open House.  5-7.  Red Room upstairs at the Bley House Museum and Historical Society.

Jan 19:   Lunchtime Lecture Series:  Old Sleds.  12-1 p.m. Mat Petrisky will talk about his passion - collecting antique sleds.  Several of his sleds are on exhibit in the Main Galley as part of our Winter Sports exhibit.  This is the first of the Lunchtime Lectures to be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month.  

Feb 16:  Lunchtime Lecture Series: Revisit the History of Dorset's Schools. 12-1 p.m. Ruth Stewart will present a shortened version of a program done a year ago.  There will be time for stories, memories, pictures and sharing. RSVP is necessary - (contact information below) .  In case the audience is larger than 20 people, we will move the event to the Dorset Church.  Bring your lunch and your memories.  Dessert will be provided.   Also see the COLLECTION NOTEBOOK on our home page.

Mar 15:

June 16-17:  VT HISTORY EXPO.  Tunbridge Fairgrounds.  Civil War theme. 

 IN THE NEWS

Meet the New Board Members:

 At our Annual Meeting in October these new members were elected to the Board of Directors.  Many thanks to our retiring members, Dick Freeman and Al Eckhardt for your years of guiding DHS on its current path. 

Art Gilbert: Art has been involved at DHS since moving back to the ancestral home in the 1990s after a long career as a geologist. He has cultivated an extensive knowledge of Dorset and the DHS collection making him the 'go to man' for answers about our history.  Art volunteers hours at the museum cataloging the collection, leading quarry walks, and advising the 'new guard'.  He had a previous tenure as a DHS Board member.  This time he is serving as our treasurer.

Heidi Stokes:  Heidi has an extensive background in museum studies and has been a volunteer at DHS for several years. 

Current Exhibits:

In the Main Gallery: 

• Winter Sports Equipment - display includes pre 1950s skates, skis, snowshoes sleds, tobbagans and clothing.
• J.K. Adams - memorabilia and products from the company's 60+ years as a Dorset business

In the upstairs Hallway: 

• Waterlines and Water systems:  Sanborn Maps from 1915 show the layout of the waterlines in Dorset and S. Dorset. These maps were created for insurance companies.  They also included information on roof materials on the houses mapped.  There are also examples of old wooden and stone water pipes on display.
• Old Vermont coinage and bank notes from the collections of Terry Tyler and Hank Westphalen

In the upstairs Red Room:

• The work of illustrator and painter, Edwin B. Child
• Photographs from the Hunt Gilbert collection

New rotating art work also upstairs in the Library/Conference Room.  Don't forget our award winning MARBLE GALLERY, main floor, south room.