During the summer every Wednesday night. Free
This golden-domed building is the most notable in the capital and is the meeting-place of the Vermont Legislature. The building is open to the public. Guided tours available late June through October: M-F 10AM-3:30PM, Sa 11AM-2:30PM. Free audio tour wands are available year-round from the Sargent-At-Arms office, off the Main Lobby.
Pavilion Building.
Built in 1908/9
Take a free tour of the sugar house and sample the maple syrup. You can even sample some of the different grades of syrup. It is open year round. March is when the maple sap flows and the syrup is made. Try the sugar on snow, maple sugar drizzled over shaved ice.
This is a small 130 seat theater for independent, alternative and foreign films. They also host the week-long Green Mountain Film Festival in March each year and have baby-friendly matinees on Monday.