Events

Celebrate the Holidays and Support Bennington Museum’s
Largest Annual Fundraiser to Benefit our Education Programs

Celebrate the Season with family and friends at Bennington Museum's Family Day. Crafts, Santa, Children's Shopping Boutique, Bake Sale, and so much more!

Join us on Saturday, December 16 at 2:00 p.m. for a FREE concert at Bennington Museum’s Paresky Wing. Escape the hectic pace often found this time of year as you sit back and enjoy A Musical Interlude performed by the Taconic Chamber Players featuring Joana Genova on violin, Deanna Baasch on violin, Ariel Rudiakov on the viola, and Nathaniel Parke on the cello. This varied program includes music by Vivaldi and Bach as well as Duke Ellington, and many others.

Join artist Jessica Park on Saturday, February 3 from 2:30 to 4:30 in the Regional Artists Gallery for a reception celebrating her exhibition Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park. This reception is free and open to the public.

The artist in you! Looking at the Student Art Show, explore what the artist in you will create.

How to trace the history of your house.

Save the Date because this is one performance you will not want to miss. Music at the Museum is pleased to present Sue Ann Kahn performing on the flute, and Susan Jolles on the harp. This engaging program has performances that range in style from a sonata by J.S. Bach to the premiere of a new Sonatina by Bennington composer Allen Shawn, plus a flute solo composed by Lionel Nowak. Additional music by Henry Cowell, Toru Takemitsu, and Jean Francaix. The free concert is made possible by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Admission to the museum galleries is not included.

On this visit, we will look at the colors and patterns Jessica Park loves and uses in her paintings on view in Enthusiasms: Personal Paintings by Jessica Park.

The history of the Bennington Volunteer Fire Departments.

Join Us as we Celebrate the Opening of Bennington Collects. Reservations required. Read more.

Let's peek inside the doctor's bag and learn about how staying healthy has changed during the last 100 years.

In his film, “Rage for Oder,” Sacks meets and tells the story of Jessica Park – an artist who lives with autism. It explores his encounter with her which offers profound insights into the nature of autism. On Saturday, May 5 at 2:00 pm, his movie “Rage for Order” screens at the Bennington Museum in the Ada Paresky Education Center. Join us in welcoming Tony Gengarelly, presenter, who for the past ten years has been the director of the Jessica Park Project.

On Saturday, May 12 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is free for all visitors. Join us for a day of Celebrating Bennington Collects. Among the activities planned for you is a visit by the Vermont Arts Exchange Art Bus where you can become creative with arts and crafts. Stepping into the Museum, art and history are all around, and "creative collisions" can be found around almost every corner.

Join us at 3:00 pm to welcome Vermont artist Edward Koren as he opens his exhibition Thinking About Extinction and Other Droll Things: Recent Prints and Drawings by Edward Koren. This exhibition features recent etchings and lithographs by Edward Koren, who is best known for his iconic cartoons of furry humans published in The New Yorker magazine.

Exploring Bennington's "Other" Cemeteries Meet at 2:00 PM in front of the Bennington Museum. The cost is $15. This tour is re-scheduled from April 15. Please call Bill Morgan at 802-440-8075 to make your reservation or confirm one you have already made. There are still a few seats available.

National Trail Days, Take a hike in The Shires. June 2, 2018