Visitors to the newly renovated Mt. Philo Inn can expect to find more than cozy quarters, including the Charlotte inn’s library pictured here. If you arrive at one of three upcoming Thursdays at 5:30, you can sit back with a Vermont beer or wine and listen to a speaker from a local museum.

That’s the idea behind the “History Happy Hour,” which launches today in the inn’s Ballroom with a salon-style talk by Jane Williamson, director of Ferrisburgh’s Rokeby Museum. It’s one way owner Dave Garbose aims to get people — whether staying in one of the inn’s suites or just living nearby — to come in and see the place.

Just two more History Happy Hours are planned for now:

October 17, with Erick Tichonuk, executive director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum; and October 24, with curator of design Kory Rogers of the Shelburne Museum.

The talks are scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30, and an RSVP is required at 425-3335 or garbose@mtphiloinn.com. The inn is at 27 Inn Road at the base of Mt. Philo State Park in Charlotte.

Photograph courtesy of Dave Garbose.

 

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Pamela Polston is a contributing arts and culture writer and editor. She cofounded Seven Days in 1995 with Paula Routly and served as arts editor, associate publisher and writer. Her distinctive arts journalism earned numerous awards from the Vermont...