Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum

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Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
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Location within Vermont
Established1988 (1988)
LocationThe Perkins Building
1 South Main Street
Stowe, Vermont
Coordinates 44°28′31″N72°42′08″W / 44.47528°N 72.70222°W / 44.47528; -72.70222
TypeSports museum
Website VSSM

The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum is a winter sports museum in Vermont. It was founded in 1988 at Brandon, Vermont as The Vermont Ski Museum. [1] In 2000, the museum moved to Stowe and opened to the public at its current location in 2002. [2]

Contents

In 2011, the word snowboarding was added to the museum's name. [3] Currently, the museum changes exhibits annually, with the exception of the Hall of Fame. [4]

The museum's main objective is to "collect, preserve, and celebrate Vermont's skiing and snowboarding history." [5] 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. [4]

Location

The museum building was originally the 1818 Old Town Hall, [6] but the structure was physically moved during the 1860s. [7] The museum is now located in the Perkins Building at 1 South Main Street, Stowe, Vermont. [8] A complete renovation took place in 2002. [3] [7]

Collection

As of 2012, 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: [4]

The museum is participating in the digitization of historical films and collection of interviews. [11] These resources might be made available to the general public. [12]

To maintain the collections, the museum undertakes preservation activities, rotates exhibits, and makes them accessible to the general public. [4]

Events

In addition to the exhibits, the museum hosts several annual events including the Stowe Mountain Film Festival, [13] the VT Antique Alpine Race, [14] the VT Antique Nordic Race, [15] the Epic Summer Event, [16] and the presentation of the Paul Robbins Ski Journalism Award. [17]

Hall of Fame

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

Hall of Fame inductees

Inductee NameYear InductedCategory
Foster Chandler2018 [17]
Dennis Donahue2018 [17]
Hannah Kearney 2018 [17]
Paul Johnston2018 [17]
Janet and Brad Mead2018 [17]
Chuck & Jann Perkins2017 [17]
Ann Battelle 2017 [17]
Dickie Hall2017 [17]
Chip LaCasse2016Athlete [17]
Stan Dunklee2016Athlete [17]
Paul Graves2016Special Contributor [17]
Rosie Fortna 2016Special Contributor [17]
Craig Burt2015Special Contributor [17]
Trina Hosmer2015Athlete [17]
Dr. Edgar Holmes2015Special Contributor [17]
Charlie D Lord2015Special Contributor [17]
Jim Galanes2014Athlete [17]
Mike Holland2014Athlete [17]
Anabel Moriarty2014Special Contributor [17]
Marvin Moriarty2014Athlete [17]
Betsy Shaw 2014Athlete [17]
Sverre Caldwell2013Special Contributor [17]
Emo Henrich2013Special Contributor [17]
Fred Pabst Jr.2013Special Contributor [17]
Ross Powers2013Special Contributor [17]
Charles Bird (CB) Vaughan Jr2013Special Contributor [17]
Jeff Brushie2013Athlete [17]
Vermont Slope Posse (VTSP)2013Athletes [17]
Jake Burton 2012Special Contributor [17]
Donna Carpenter2012Special Contributor [17]
Charles "Minnie" Dole 2012Special Contributor [17]
D. Trowbridge Elliaman2012Special Contributor [17]
Leslie Thompson Hall2012Athlete [17]
Gale H. "Tiger" Shaw, III,2012Athlete [17]
Preston Leete Smith2011Special Contributor [18]
Karen Huntoon2011Athlete [18]
John Morton2011Athlete [18]
Greg McClallen2011Athlete [18]
Lawrence (Larry) Snow Damon 2010Athlete [19]
Bob Gray2010Athlete [20]
Hilary Engisch Klein2010Athlete [21]
Johannes Von Trapp2010Special Contributor [22]

Paul Robbins Journalism Award

RecipientYear Awarded
Stu Campbell [23] 2008
Hubert Schriebl [23] 2009
Hank McKee [23] 2010
Linda Adams [23] 2012
Pat Bridges [23] 2013
Bill McCollom [23] 2014
Dr. Gretchen Rous Besser [23] 2015
Mary McKhann [23] 2016

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  7. 1 2 "VTSSM History".
  8. ↑ Allen, E. John B. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Skiing. Scarecrow Press. pp. nn. ISBN   978-081-087-977-5.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "VTSSM Objects" . Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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  13. ↑ "VTSSM Film Fest" . Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "VTSSM Alpine" . Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "VTSSM Nordic" . Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "VTSSM Epic" . Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "VTSSM Hall" . Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame to Induct Killington Founder Preston Leete Smith". First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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  20. ↑ "VTSSM BGray" . Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "VTSSM HKlein" . Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "VTSSM JVTrapp" . Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Paul Robbinson Journalism Award". VTSSM.com. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum. 2016.
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