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Libraries & Research Centers

• Aldrich Public Library
  6 Washington Street • Barre, VT 05641
  802-476-7550
  The Aldrich Public Library is open Monday through Wednesday 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Fridays 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. more...  map

• Vermont Historical Society & Library
  60 Washington Street • Barre, VT 05641
  2nd Floor of the Vermont History Center
  802-479-8500
  The renovated Spaulding School houses the Vermont Historical Society's library, collections and administrative offices. A center for individualized research and discovery, the Leahy Library of the Vermont Historical Society is open to the public four days a week. The finest genealogical research library in the state, it contains a variety of resources documenting the history and people of Vermont, including a collection of books and pamphlets dating from the 1770s to the present. Letters, diaries, ledgers, scrapbooks, some of Vermont's earliest maps and planning documents, and extensive photograph and broadside collections create are preserved here. more...

Museums & Galleries

• Vermont Granite Museum
  7 Jones Brothers Way • Barre, VT 05641
  802-476-4605
  "Located within an authentic turn-of-the-century granite manufacturing plant, the museum's mission is to create stimulating, interactive environments for learning about the geology, technology, history and art of Vermont's unique granite heritage, industry, capabilities and cultural heritage." more...  map