page_title: Montpelier, Vermont
section_title: Arts and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Montpelier, Vermont / Arts and culture
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Édifice de rue State enjambant le cours d'eau North Branch (affluent de la rivière Winooski,) dans Montpelier. English: State Street building spanning North Branch (tributary of Winooski River,) in Montpelier. Español: Edificio State Street que abarca North Branch (afluente del río Winooski,) en Montpelier.
context_page_description: Montpelier is the capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County. The site of Vermont's state government, it is the least populous state capital in the United States. The population was 7,855 as of the 2010 census. However, the daytime population grows to about 21,000, due to the large number of jobs within city limits. The Vermont College of Fine Arts and New England Culinary Institute are located in the municipality. It was named after Montpellier, a city in the south of France.
context_section_description: Kellogg-Hubbard Library—with a copy of the Parthenon Frieze
  Lost Nation Theater
  Montpelier Theatre Guild
  Vermont History Museum—in The Pavilion
  Vermont State House
  T. W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center
  Capital City Concerts
  An annual local vernacular culture phenomenon, the Valentine Phantom, a tradition of covering downtown storefronts and public buildings with red hearts each February 14, began in Montpelier in the 1990s.
caption: Building of the State street built on the North Branch River (tributary of Winooski River).
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