EAST MONTPELIER – The old Ceres statue will have a second life after sitting atop the golden dome at the State House for the past 80 years.

Efforts have continued for a year to salvage the water-logged statue and eventually put it on display at the Vermont Historical Society Museum in Montpelier, hopefully by summer. The head of the old Ceres statue is already on display in the museum while the body continues to dry out.