Vermont Humanities Council presents Reading Places: Art, Architecture and Gravestones in Early Vermont" at the Rochester Public Library Thursday, May 30th at 7:00.

In developing their towns, early Vermont settlers created a wide range of things that spoke to their values, backgrounds, skills, and cultural attitudes. Their architecture, gravestones, furniture, paintings, pottery, and textiles are evocative of specific people, places, and situations.

This talk and slide presentation demonstrates how art and artifacts can be used to understand historical experience while surveying the visual allure of historic Vermont.

Presenter, William Hosley, is an author and research consultant with 30 years experience working in museums and historic preservation including Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. He has published five books and dozens of articles.

Free, accessible to people with disabilities, and open to the public.