“The Main Street Museum is a repository of artifacts and a public performance space, significant in its ability to educate, and entertain. Each component tells some kind of story about human beings and the complex—sometimes baffling—universe of which we are a part. 

The Main Street Museum is a gathering place and venue for people and performances that might not find a round hole in a square peg universe. The Main Stage at the Museum features a newly restored player piano. This marvelous mechanical instrument, sound, lights, and our entertaining performance spectacles are maintained and hosted by charming volunteers. Our venue highlights a diversity of local musicians, authors, poets and artists. We feature music of all types in conjunction with a collection of thousands of 78rpm sound recordings, sheet music, piano rolls, and music ephemera.  

The purpose of the museum is the production of eclectic experiences, which cultivate a sense of wonder at the big questions that arise when we study—and react to—history, culture, and art. We believe that our relationships with objects, and with each other, are more complex than usually acknowledged—indeed sometimes far more complex.”

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Funding for the Main Street Museum is primarily from your individual donations and the fees we collect when people rent the Museum for events.

It is our goal to NEVER have to charge for people to view the Museum. We have been and always will be a 'by donation' for visiting the exhibits. (People who rent the Museum for events may charge at the door). COVID has been hard on so many arts organizations. We would like to thank the Vermont Arts Council  and the Vermont Humanities Council for a $5000 CARES Act Cultural Relief Grant that got us through 2020.