Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum facts for kids

The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum is a winter sports museum in Vermont. It was founded in 1988 in Brandon, Vermont as The Vermont Ski Museum. In 2000, the museum moved to Stowe and opened to the public at its current location in 2002.

In 2011, the word snowboarding was added to the museum's name. Currently, the museum changes exhibits annually, except the Hall of Fame.

The museum's main objective is to "collect, preserve, and celebrate Vermont's skiing and snowboarding history." Its mission is:

to utilize the resources belonging and accessible to the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum to create visually stimulating, historically in-depth exhibits that fulfill this mission that fulfill the mission to Collect, Preserve and Celebrate Vermont's Skiing and Snowboarding History.

Location

The museum building was originally the 1818 Old Town Hall, but the structure was physically moved during the 1860s. The museum is now located in the Perkins Building at 1 South Main Street, Stowe, Vermont. A complete renovation took place in 2002.

Collection

As of 2012^[update], the museum offers a broad programming schedule, which comes in support of its collection containing 7,500 items, divided into seven different areas, together with comprehensive historical descriptions:

• Ski and snowboard equipment
• Ski and snowboard clothing
• Mechanical equipment
• Vermont Ski Area – specific location items
• The 10th Mountain Division area
• The Fine art area
• The Related Library and Archival materials section includes over 800 items

The museum is participating in the digitization of historical films and collection of interviews. These resources might be made available to the general public.

To maintain the collections, the museum undertakes preservation activities, rotates exhibits, and makes them accessible to the general public.

Events

In addition to the exhibits, the museum hosts several annual events including the Stowe Mountain Film Festival, the VT Antique Alpine Race, the VT Antique Nordic Race, the Epic Summer Event, and the presentation of the Paul Robbins Ski Journalism Award.

Hall of Fame

The museum awards the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame inductees

Paul Robbins Journalism Award

Gallery

• Ski and snowboard equipment
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  Exhibited in the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum displaying ski and snowboard clothing.

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  Lift outside the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum.

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  The museum's ski and snowboard equipment exhibit.

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  Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Library and Archive Materials exhibit.