Vermont cultural institutions optimistic about the future of federal funding following court cases

Vermont cultural institutions optimistic about the future of federal funding following court cases

The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury on May 3, 2026. Photo by K. Fiegenbaum/VTDigger. Two court cases challenging cuts to federal funding for Vermont’s libraries and museums have quietly come down in favor of Vermont institutions that loudly protested the moves last spring. They worried about the future of services the funds support, such as inter-library loan, eBook access and innovative museum and archival projects. The cases’ s…