§ 154a. State Curator
(a) Creation. The position of State Curator is created within the Department of Buildings and General
Services.
(b) Duties. The State Curator’s responsibilities shall include:
(1) oversight of the historical integrity of the State House;
(2) interpretation of the State House to the visiting public through exhibits, publications,
tours, and other means of communication;
(3) acquisition, management, and care of State collections of art, historic artifacts,
and furnishings, provided that all items obtained for the State House are acquired
pursuant to the collections policy adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section;
(4) oversight and management of the State’s historic and contemporary art and collections
in other State buildings and on State property; and
(5) maintenance and conservation of works of art acquired or commissioned by the State
pursuant to chapter 2 of this title.
(c) Collections policy. The State Curator shall develop a collections policy, in coordination with experts,
that ensures that the acquisition of art, historic artifacts, and furnishings, and
the commissioning of art and furnishings, for the State House reflects Vermont’s diverse
people and history, including a diversity of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity,
sexual orientation, and disability status, and a diversity of artistic media and artistsand
celebrates the natural history of the State and the diversity of the people and stories
of Vermont throughout the history of the State. Upon approval of the Legislative Advisory
Committee on the State House pursuant to 2 V.S.A. § 653, the State Curator shall adopt the collections policy.
(d) Interpretive plan. In coordination with the Friends of the Vermont State House and the Vermont Historical
Society, the State Curator shall create an interpretive plan that tells the stories
of the State House art collection through accessible written, multimedia, and oral
means. The plan shall include appropriate and inclusive training of State House volunteers
and staff.
(e) Funding. The Curator, upon approval of the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services,
is authorized to purchase artwork for the permanent State collection with funds appropriated
to the Department for that or other purposes in any capital construction act. (Added 2017, No. 84, § 27, eff. June 16, 2017; amended 2019, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. July 6, 2020; 2021, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 31, 2022; 2023, No. 50, § 3, eff. June 6, 2023.)