Testimonials
Your voice matters. Here's what people are saying about us.
Burlington is long due for a space/place to talk about our shared history and the built environment. I think the Burlington History and Culture group is on to a great thing!
This Center will help us “embrace different ways of being human.”
I want to be known as someone with a sense of place, not as a refugee.
It’s important that people “see us as offering something of value to the community. We are grateful that you have listened to us.”
We need to figure this out together.
The idea of the Center is very exciting at a time when Burlington needs to turn away from all that is dividing us towards inclusive healing.
Burlington is enriched with a deep history of many peoples that have brought their creativity and work, together with the natural wonders and resources, to our shared lake. But a cultural center is missing in Burlington. Tourists are surprised to find there is no local museum or history based cultural center. This Center is badly needed.
My environmental engineering work has led me to experience the lost noise and feel of these mills and workshops, bars, presses, the ravine, and both a hockey game and Lincoln's assassination, all linked to Burlington. A cultural history center is an important way to acknowledge the rich lives and hard work those before us brought forth.
It is so important to ground both visitors to and residents of our city with a sense of place. The ideas BHCC is considering are a combination of what we traditionally think of as a history museum-- in one location-- and what a history museum could be. BHCC is thinking outside the box!
One of the best ways to plan for Burlington’s future is to remember its past - especially its diversity. The Burlington History & Culture Center is a pathway to that future.
As soon as I heard about this plan to create an inclusive, all-voices-heard history and culture space that will highlight the people involved in building what is now this amazing city, I wanted to support it. Can't believe Burlington doesn't yet have anything like this. This will be important & fantastic.
Burlington has such a rich history. Having an active community of people keeping the past stories alive and capturing the new ones adds to the unique sense of place in Vermont’s Queen City.
I’m thrilled for the creation of a History & Culture Museum for Burlington. It will offer an invaluable resource for appreciating and understanding our shared heritage. The museum will serve as a gathering point in the city, highlighting the unique contributions of Burlington's various communities visitors through interactive experiential and educational programs.
I believe that ‘knowledge’ of place is central to regulation of self and can foster care for our community. When I know place, the place where I live, when I know the landscape, the birds, the trees, the community I share my day to day life with, and can dream of those that came before me….intimacy is the result. This matters because when I am intimate with something or someone there is organic reciprocity, authentic care, investment.
We continue to praise the accomplishments of the privileged while ignoring the people who actually produce the accomplishments.