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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Big Stone Gap
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum is open until 7 on these Fridays (regular admission applies). \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nBig Stone Gap\nBig Stone Gap is a bluegrass and old-time band from Cambridge\, NY. Formed in 2016 at an impromptu jam session\, the chemistry and sound came together instantly. Big Stone Gap has played bars\, barns\, bonfires\, hilltops\, weddings\, divorces\, and dances. Their repertoire of over 50 songs ranges from traditional bluegrass to raucous fiddle tunes to up-tempo swing to beautiful waltzes\, so there is something for everyone. Big Stone Gap is Alyson Slack on fiddle\, Chris Fisher Lochhead on viola\, Dave Lawlor on mandolin\, Dave Cuite on bass\, and Aaron Pacitti on guitar.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-big-stone-gap-3/
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: SIRSY
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nSIRSY\nSirsy plays Singer-Songwriter Rock-Pop/Folk-Rock with a charming intensity and lots of heart and soul. Their show is friendly with lots of stories from the road and nerdy jokes. \nB I O \nHailing from Upstate NY\, SIRSY plays sassy singer-songwriter pop-rock with a charming intensity and lots of heart and soul. Sirsy’s passionate and down to earth live shows have loads of entertaining stories and even some nerdy jokes. They can somehow make an audience sing along\, dance\, laugh\, and cry – all at the same show. They really know how to connect with the audience. \nPlaying more than 200 shows per year all over the US\, Sirsy is fronted by a charismatic\, soulful\, powerhouse of a lead vocalist. (Seriously\, wait until you hear Mel sing!) Mel is also the band’s drummer (and she’s been featured in Modern Drummer). She simultaneously plays bass on a keyboard with her drumstick. She also plays piano\, melodica\, and the occasional badass flute solo too. Mel’s bandmate\, husband\, co-writer\, & bestie is Rich Libutti. Rich masterfully plays a well-loved and road worn Rickenbacker through a pedal board full of vintage effects. He sounds like 3 guitarists all on his own at live shows. Rich also plays bass (and at live shows often does it on a pedal board with his feet). These 2 multi-instrumentalists manage to sound like a full band and somehow do it all with big smiles on their faces. Their clever smart songs have more hooks than a tackle box\, with lyrics that center around empowerment and resilience. Fans have supported the duo through the pandemic\, their 11 records\, and Mel’s 2 bouts with cancer. Every show is like a celebration for this couple and their fans. Come celebrate life with them! \nSirsy’s had songs on the hit tv show “Shameless”\, the NFL\, HBO\, MTV\, and PBS. Their latest single\, “Stupid Little Heart” (Jan 7\, 2025) debuted at #10 on the folk chart. They are regulars on NPR. They’ve warmed stages for Brandi Carlile\, Maroon 5\, Train\, Grace Potter\, Joan Jett\, Cheap Trick\, Collective Soul\, Blues Traveler\, Spindoctors\, Adam Ezra Group\, Pat McGee Band\, Lifehouse & many more. In 2024\, Sirsy was given the lauded ‘Thomas Edison Music Award’ for “rock/pop artist of the year” and “Record of the year” and in 2023 “solo/duo artist of the year”. Their last several records were produced by Grammy-Winner Paul Q Kolderie. The SXSW Music Blog says “Sirsy’s not just a 2 piece but a head scratching WOW!” And the Houston Music Blog says “Sirsy makes edgy feel-good music that’s fun to watch. You must see them live!” \n“SIRSY is your favorite band\, you just don’t know it yet.” – Rochester City Newspaper.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-sirsy-2/
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: The Velvet Wave
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nThe Velvet Wave\nThe Velvet Wave is a five piece band from the Bennington area who formed in 2024 to bring surf music to the region. Sam Clement\, Dave Lawlor\, Carling Berkhout\, Darryl Kniffen\, and Grady King make up the group\, and are all proud members of the local community as well as familiar faces in the local music scene. We put on a fun show for all ages\, and make sure to keep a crowd happy and dancing while we’re performing. We’d love the opportunity to be a part of the Museum’s Concerts in the Courtyard Friday music series and hope to join you this summer.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-the-velvet-wave/
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Eric Kufs and River Man
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates\, serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nEric Kufs and River Man\nEric Kufs is a singer/songwriter guitarist recently transplanted to upstate NY from Los Angeles. With his original folk band Common Rotation\, Kufs wrote recorded and toured nationally with acts such as They Might Be Giants\, Indigo Girls\, and Dan Bern. As the recent owner of the historic bookstore Owl Pen Books\, he met the members of his current project River Man and they have been performing regionally for the last two years.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-eric-kufs-and-river-man/
CATEGORIES:Concerts in the Courtyard
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Peter Mulvey
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will also be open until 7pm on these days (regular admission applies). \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will serve beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nPeter Mulvey\nPeter Mulvey has been a songwriter\, road-dog\, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee\, he took a semester in Ireland\, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country\, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside\, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston\, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows\, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since. \nNineteen records\, an illustrated book\, thousands of live performances\, a TEDx talk\, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp\, opening for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco\, Emmylou Harris\, and Chuck Prophet\, appearances on NPR\, an annual autumn tour by bicycle\, emceeing festivals\, hosting his own boutique festival (the Lamplighter Sessions\, in Boston and Wisconsin)… Mulvey never stops. He has built his life’s work on collaboration and an instinct for the eclectic and the vital. He folds everything he encounters into his work: poetry\, social justice\, scientific literacy\, & a deeply abiding humanism are all on plain display in his art. \nIn late January 2019\, Mulvey and his band\, SistaStrings (Chauntee & Monique Ross) with Nathan Kilen on drums\, decamped to their home turf\, the Cafe Carpe\, in Fort Atkinson\, WI where they spent just five days making two records in the tiny back room. The live record\, “Peter Mulvey with SistaStrings Live at the Cafe Carpe” is out now on Righteous Babe Records. It’s a celebration of a world that is temporarily on hold: a small folk club\, packed with listeners\, and a band shoulder-to-shoulder\, playing and singing with intimacy and abandon.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/concerts-in-the-courtyard-peter-mulvey/
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SUMMARY:Patsy Santo's Bennington: A Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Pasquale (Patsy) Santo was a talented self-taught artist who lived\, worked\, and painted in Bennington for most of his life. Join Bennington Museum’s director of collections and exhibitions and curator of Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont\, Jamie Franklin\, for a guided walking tour of some of the places Santo included in his paintings. By looking closely at Santo’s paintings\, created from the early 1940s through the early 1970s\, and comparing them to the sites they depict\, you will see aspects of Bennington’s built environment that have been lost\, and others that have remained largely untouched over the last 50 to 80+ years. Join us for a walk down memory lane\, guided by one of Bennington’s most beloved artists. \nTickets are $15/person for Bennington Museum members\, $22 for Not-Yet-Members\, and can be purchase using the links below. \nPasquale “Patsy” Santo (1893-1975) was catapulted into the national spotlight in the late 1930s. A native of Italy\, Santo made his way to Bennington by 1917\, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. Here\, he worked at the Bennington Brush Company\, EZ Waist Co.\, the Holden Leonard Co. and as a house and decorative painter. In 1937 he won first prize for a painting at the Vermont State Fair in Rutland. His work at the fair was seen by Walt Kuhn\, an artist who was instrumental in introducing modernism to the American public. Kuhn helped Santo navigate his way through the complexities of the New York art world\, where he had a number of successful exhibitions\, from 1939 through the 1950s\, including MoMA’s 1943 American Realists and Magical Realists. The latter was an inspiration for Bennington Museum’s 2025 exhibition\, Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont. \nSanto\, who lived in a house on Dewey Street\, did not own a car\, and most of his paintings depict locations in and around Bennington.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/santos-walk/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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SUMMARY:Back to School Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Start the new school year off right with a visit to Bennington Museum!\nAdmission is FREE all day\, thanks to sponsorship from The Vermont Country Store and Stewart’s Shops. \nSpecial hands-on activities in the galleries from 10am until 2pm.\nLive music with Silverback Swing from 12:30 – 2:30pm.\nGrandma Moses birthday cake from 12:00pm until we run out.\nLight refreshments in the Paresky Court from 2-4pm\, (please RSVP)\nAwards ceremony honoring Joe Chirchirillo at 2:45pm\nNBOSS Walking TOur lead by Jamie Franklin at 3:30pm \nTeachers\, show us your school ID for a 20% discount in the Museum Store and enter to win a Bennington Museum gift and be sure to stop by our School Program Information table in the lobby to learn about what we have to offer. \nMade possible in part by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2025back-to-school/
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting and Arnold Ricks Award
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration for a Community Leader\nSaturday\, September 6\n2pm – 4pm\nAda and Paul Paresky Court\nRefreshments and light hors d’ouevres will be served. \nSilverback Swing will be playing in the galleries from 12:30 – 2:30pm. \nThe Awards Ceremony will begin at 2:45pm \nJamie Franklin will lead a tour of the NBOSS sculptures at 3:30pm \nThe annual report will be available at this meeting\, and will also be available for download and viewing online.\nRSVP requested below\, donations welcome. \nOn Saturday\, September 6th\, the Bennington Museum Board of Trustees invites our Museum supporters to come together to review all the successes of Bennington Museum in fiscal year 2025 that you have helped to make possible. \nAt this meeting\, which is open to members and non-members alike\, we will also present the Arnold Ricks Award to an individual in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Bennington community and Bennington Museum. \nAbout the Awardee \nThis year we are pleased to honor a leader in the arts community\, Joe Chirchirillo. \nJoe moved to Vermont 20 years ago and since then\, he has focused on creating outdoor sculpture. Locally\, his work can be seen on permanent display at Bennington Museum and in downtown North Bennington. Additionally\, Joe has had his work shown in NBOSS for over 20 years and has been its curator for over 10 years. During this time the show has grown in size and popularity\, bringing thousands of viewers to North Bennington each year. This year marks his last year in this role and he will be passing this torch to the next generation. \n“Joe’s deep connection with the Bennington Community and his drive to see NBOSS not only continue\, but to thrive\, have been tremendous in gathering and maintaining support for the arts in this community\,” says Martin Mahoney\, Executive Director of Bennington Museum. “We want to recognize and thank Joe for his willingness to collaborate and expand NBOSS during the pandemic which helped the Museum activate its grounds by encouraging guests to wander and interact with art and each other in a COVID-safe way. The program has been so successful that the Museum has continued this partnership and the NBOSS collaboration has become a visitor favorite at the Museum.” \nSuggested donations of $20 will support our exhibition and collection program so that we can continue to engage with contemporary artists\, like Joe\, and bring their work to the foreground in Southern Vermont. \nRSVP
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/joe-chirchirillo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T170000
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SUMMARY:Concerts in the Courtyard: Duologues Plus
DESCRIPTION:CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD\nWe are pleased to announce that Bennington Museum has received an anonymous grant once more for 2025. Performances are free of charge. \nAll events take place from 5-7pm. The Museum will stay open until 7pm on these days\, regular admission applies. \nPlease bring your own blankets or lawn chairs! \nSage Pizza will set up shop in front of the Museum’s gates serving delicious pie. The Museum will provide beverages. \nIn the event of rain\, the event will be cancelled by 2pm on Fridays. Check our facebook page for updates. \nMuseum educators will provide free children’s activities during Concerts in the Courtyard. Kids of all ages will find a fun makerspace at the picnic tables where they can create art based on art and objects featured in the Museum. \nDuologues Plus\nMegan & Matt honed their musical collaborations on family holiday mix tapes & gigs in Boston\, NYC and Canada\, and have taken their music together as far as the Shanghai Jazz Festival. Megan is a seasoned veteran of the musical theatre & cabaret scenes\, while Matt is a music educator and performer under the moniker Matty Stecks. This evening promises a fresh look at songs from the popular music canons\, peppered with originals. The five-piece “Plus” unit is a full rockin’-rendition of this cherished act\, featuring the finest musicians in the region.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/37137/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T140000
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SUMMARY:Sunrise\, Japanese Myths and Romantic Passion
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the 11th season of Music at the Museum by celebrating the 10th anniversary of Taconic Music. We are pleased to welcome back the Taconic String Quartet for a program including Joseph Haydn\, Sato Matsui\, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the beautiful Paul and Ada Paresky Center at Bennington Museum. \nTaconic String Quartet:\nHeather Braun and Joana Genova\, violins\nAriel Rudiakov\, viola\nNathaniel Parke cello \nMusic at the Museum programs are presented at no charge\, thanks to our generous sponsors\,\nAlison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2025taconicstrings/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T173000
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SUMMARY:Women in Wartime Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Heroism takes many forms\, but the bravery\, grit\, and ingenuity embodied by women in wartime receives too little attention\, and often less formal acknowledgement. Bennington Museum’s Women in Wartime Book Club will examine the distinct aspects of women’ s experience during five different US wars\, over the course of four gatherings. For one additional session\, book club members will enjoy an after-hours tour of the Women in Wartime exhibit at Bennington Museum\, led by Bennington Museum Collections Manager and exhibit curator\, Callie Raspuzzi. The book club will gather on the third Thursday of each month\, and we’ll read five works of fiction or memoir\, dating from the Revolutionary War up through the Vietnam conflict. The group will welcome 16 members but spaces are filling quickly\, so register today to secure your place! \nBooks we’ll be reading\, in order:  \n\n9/18/2025    Sisters in Arms by Kaiya Anderson\n10/16/2025  Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher by Elizabeth Munroe Fisher\n11/20/2025  The War Bride’s Scrapbook: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston\n1/15/2026    Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier\n2/19/2026   The Women by Kristen Hannah\n\nRegistration for the Women in Wartime Book Club is now closed.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/women-in-wartime-book-club/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T140000
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SUMMARY:The Corkscrew Railroad
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nPhil Jordan presents a fond look back at the Rutland Railroad’s Chatham SubDivision\, the so-called Corkscrew Railroad\, whose wandering rails and tight\, twisting curves in its traverse of the valley between Bennington\, Vermont and Chatham\, New York earned it its enduring nickname. Built in the 1860s by a speculating railroad tycoon in order to out-maneuver competition\, it was the proverbial back way to New York City commerce. \nPhilip R. Jordan is a native Vermonter and hobbyist photographer who retired from Vermont Magazine as its editor-in-chief and publisher in 2019. He has written books on transportation subjects\, such as Rutland in Color (Morning Sun Books\, 2003)\, has been a columnist for This Old Truck magazine\, and been a contributor to Old Cars Weekly and USA Today. His first novel\, As Crooked as They Come was published in 2021 by Onion River Press. He most recently contributed content to Volume IV of the Vermont Almanac. He lives in Sunderland\, Vermont with his wife\, Edie\, and is a member of the League of Vermont Writers. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2025sep/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T190000
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SUMMARY:A Stranger in the Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Bennington Museum presents a special screening of Jay Craven’s award-winning 1997 film\, “A STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM\,” based on the novel by Howard Frank Mosher. The picture stars David Lansbury (Michael Clayton\, Scent of a Woman)\, Martin Sheen (Badlands\, Apocalypse Now)\, Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters\, Oz)\, Henry Gibson (Nashville) and Jean Louisa Kelly (Mr. Holland’s Opus) and will screen at 7pm\, Friday\, September 26th in the Paresky Center at Bennington Museum. Director Craven will introduce the film and lead a post-screen Q & A.  Tickets are available below. \nA STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM tells the story of a small Vermont town whose veneer of peace and tranquility is shattered when a Black minister arrives as the town’s new pastor and\, soon after\, finds himself charged with adultery and the murder of a French Canadian waif passing through town on her way to pursue her Hollywood dream. Young rascal lawyer Charlie Kinneson\, the local favorite son\, tricks the young Canadian girl into town under false pretenses but he decides to defend the minister\, placing himself at odds with family\, friends\, and a vanishing way of life. The film – and Mosher’s novel – were inspired by the true events surrounding the infamous 1968 “Irasburg Affair.” \nFilm critic John Bowman at the Santa Fe New Mexican wrote that the film ”Conveys the richness you experience in the literature of writers like Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Set in the 1950’s\, “A Stranger in the Kingdom” seamlessly blends rollicking comedy with morally-charged drama and taut suspense. The film is\, by turns\, lyrical and haunting\, hilarious and hard-hitting. Filmmaker Jay Craven revels in the pastoral setting even as he exposes the hypocritical wrinkles in its craggy inhabitants.” \nThe Boston Globe said the film is “Riveting. A delight to see.” \nThe Austin (Texas) Chronicle added that the film is “A delightful reminder that the term “independent” still can say as much about a film’s content as its financing and distribution.” \nRick Kisonik at Seven Days called “Stranger” – “A rollicking powerhouse of a picture.”
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/stranger/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T103000
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SUMMARY:A Monument Society Event: Hubbardton\, VT
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 2\, we invite you to join Bennington Museum Executive Director\, Martin Mahoney to travel north for a closer look at Vermont innovation\, and a glimpse of Vermont revolutionary war history. \n10:30am: a behind-the-scenes tour of Hubbardton Forge\, award-winning Vermont lighting innovators \nNoon: a guided tour of the Hubbardton Battlefield\, the only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely in what would become Vermont soil and one of the most successful rear-guard actions in American history. \n1:30pm: Lunch will follow at Brandon’s premier French-style restaurant\, Cafe Provence. \nThere is no transportation available for this event although carpooling is encouraged. \nRSVP below. \nRSVPJoin the Monument Society
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-hubbardton/
CATEGORIES:Monument Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
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SUMMARY:Bennington Centre Cemetery Tour
DESCRIPTION:Take a tour of the Bennington Centre Cemetery with Bennington Museum curator\, Jamie Franklin.\nHave you ever wondered what stories lie in the cemetery behind the Old First Church? This guided tour starts in the Museum’s Early Vermont gallery\, where you’ll see the headstone for Jedidiah Dewey\, Bennington’s first pastor\, carved by Frederick Manning\, and learn about the earliest gravestones carved in Bennington. The tour continues in the Bennington Centre Cemetery\, where Jamie will share the stories of some of the people buried there and introduce you to the works of some of the region’s early headstone carvers. \nWear good walking shoes and be prepared for some uphill walking and uneven terrain. We recommend bringing water to drink and applying sunscreen and bug spray. \nTickets are $20 for Bennington Museum members\, $27 for Not-Yet-Members and available for purchase below.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2025cemetery-tour/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
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SUMMARY:Old Bennington Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) and the Bennington Historical Society for a free walking tour of Old Bennington.\nTickets are required and ticket sales end at 5:00 PM on Friday October 24.\nChoose one of 3 starting timeslots – 10:00\, 11:15\, and 12:30.\nRain or Shine! \nLearn about the fascinating history of Old Bennington and explore how the Village has changed over the centuries from its roots as a thriving commercial center. These walking tours are part of a series of community engagement events for the Old Bennington Village Plan Update which you can learn more about at http://www.bcrcvt.org/old-bennington-plan.html. \nTour is approximately a half mile on foot\, plus the return walk back to your vehicle. (Total of 1 mile) The tour is approximately 1 hour\, not including the return walk to your vehicle.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/obwt/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20250814T163044Z
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SUMMARY:Only in Bennington
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand! \nOnly in Bennington is a live onstage event\, held at the Bennington Theater – an evening of storytelling\, starring your Bennington friends and neighbors. True tales\, no professionals. \nFeaturing Your Neighbors: Andrew Hall (Bike Hub)\, Susan Wright (R. John Wright Dolls)\, Chrissy Burr (Molly Stark Elementary)\, McKinley Keaffaber (Bennington Museum Intern/MAUHS Senior)\, Greg Van Houten (GVH Studio)\, Jess Bouchard (Queer Connect)\, and Bethany Lorge (Pownal Elementary). \nThe format: stand-up storytelling. Accompanying the storyteller: 22 slides that change automatically\, every 22 seconds. \nTwo rules only: the story you tell has to be true\, and it has to be about Bennington.  \nTickets for audience members are $15 for Bennington Museum Members. Not-Yet-Member pay $15 in advance or $20 at the door.\nTickets are available for purchase via the Bennington Theater website.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/only-in-bennington-2/
LOCATION:Bennington Theater\, Main Street 331\, Bennington\, VT\, 05201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20251006T175840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T175840Z
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SUMMARY:Researching Veterans
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nDrop into the Regional History Room between 1:00 and 4:00 PM to meet the volunteers of the Regional History Room and the Bennington Historical Society who will help you find your Veteran’s history. We will show you how to uncover the story of your family veteran using internet sources\, books\, and local hard copy resources. Find out the details of their service – where they entered the service\, their unit\, where they went and what they did upon return. From the Revolutionary War to present conflicts\, their stories can be traced. Bring documents\, photos\, or other information you have about your veteran and we will help fill in the blanks. \nComplete this form to get a jump on your research.The Bennington Historical Society is a volunteer-run program of Bennington Museum. \nSupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2025researching-veterans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20250922T152655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T165457Z
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SUMMARY:Vermont Vice- Artist Reception
DESCRIPTION:Vermont Vice – Artist Reception\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipating Artists:\nPaedra Bramhall\, Katie Cleaver\, Vanessa Compton\, Rory Coyne\, Peter Crabtree\, Ben Demars\, Danielle Galietti\, Jason Galligan-Baldwin\, Dylan Hausthor\, Lauren Levato Coyne\, n.massari\, Madalyn Olson\, William Ransom\, Rhonda Ratray\, Emily Robinson\, Daisy Rockwell\, Stacy Sherman\, Jill VanOrden\, Jon Verney\, Christopher Volpe\, Diana Vosburg\, Beriah Wall \n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition and Closed Bid Auction benefiting Bennington Museum and Regional Artists\nNovember 15 through December 30 (bidding ends on December 18) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPreview the pieces and purchase at BUY IT NOW prices. \nGala Ticket Holders and Museum Members are FREE\, but please use the Get Tickets function below to RSVP. \nNot-Yet-Members: $5 \nLEARN MORE ABOUT THE PIECES (COMING SOON)
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/vermont-vice-artist-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20251103T204812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T205919Z
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SUMMARY:What's in Your Food?
DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AND LEARNING AT THE BENNINGTON RISING PROGRAM \nJoin Bennington College and Mount Anthony Union (MAU) High School students to learn “What’s in your food?” at Bennington Museum on Thursday\, November 20\, from 5:30-7 p.m. This event is the capstone event for the Bennington Rising Program\, a collaboration between Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC)\, the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union\, and Bennington College. \nThroughout the fall semester\, student teams of Bennington College and MAU high school students have collaborated to research and answer the question: What chemicals are in our food\, and why? Students explored the impact of certain trendy foods or supplements on the body. They also explored questions like\, “Why is MSG so controversial – should it be?” And “Why is the government putting stuff (iodine\, vitamin D\, and more) in our food?” The student groups share their findings through creative and engaging displays in the Bennington Museum’s “What’s in your food?” exhibit\, which will be the focus of the celebration. \nThe event will also feature a talk from University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Emeritus\, Thomas Zoeller. Professor Zoeller will guide families through highlights from his research about the effects of plastic packaging of food on human health. This talk will be followed by a Q&A session. \nThe event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. \nWant more time to digest the exhibit? The exhibit will be available for viewing with admission to Bennington Museum from November 17-28\, 2025.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/whats-in-your-food/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20250721T162607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T165607Z
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SUMMARY:Vermont Vice Gala
DESCRIPTION:During the Gala\, we invite you to explore the annual Exhibition and Closed-Bid Auction:\nVermont Vice: Sex\, Drugs\, Money\, and Murder\, featuring art inspired by bad habits\, guilty pleasures\, and immoral and wicked behavior in the Green Mountain State. \nThe Exhibition is on display November 15–December 30\, 2025. Bidding will close December 18th and winners will be notified by the 19th and may pick up their items in advance of the exhibition closing. \nSILENT AUCTION\nThe Silent Auction features fun trips\, fine dining\, and fantastic goods from our regional businesses\, with a slightly wicked theme this year. Online bidding opens November 28 and will close on December 13. \nFinal in-person bids may be placed at the Gala. \nPeruse Items and Place Bids!
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/vermont-vice-gala/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20251211T204524Z
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SUMMARY:Southern Vermont Sinfonia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/southern-vermont-sinfonia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20260112T211808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T211808Z
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SUMMARY:The Restoration of the Old First Church
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nWere you wondering why the top of the Old First Church was on the ground all summer? This presentation will dive into the lantern\, roof\, and bell deck preservation that took place in 2025. Wayne Kachmar will discuss the challenges and processes involved in preserving a landmark building\, including a look at previous repairs and modifications over the structure’s 220 year history. You will learn about the processes and methods used to retain as much of the original structure as possible and how newer materials were blended with tools and methods consistent with the original builders. Wayne will share a pictorial step by step of the repairs to the roof\, lantern\, steeple\, and the front façade\, and talk about the challenges of keeping the church building in continual use during the restoration. \nWayne Kachmar is Chair of the board of trustees of the Old First Church in Old Bennington\, Vermont. He is serving as the clerk of the works for the restoration of the sanctuary building. In his professional career\, he is an Electro Optic engineer with over 45 years of industry experience and is the inventor on over 100 patents. Through both professional and volunteer work\, he has overseen the building and/or renovation of many buildings\, ranging from state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing centers\, to this historic church. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026mar/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
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SUMMARY:Reopening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Free Admission All Day\ncourtesy of Greylock Federal Credit Union \nNew Exhibits\nSee the Battle of Bennington exhibit in its 2026 home\, next to the Museum Store. This is a transitional year for this exhibit while we prepare its new permanent home on the second floor. Thanks to support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Vermont Arts Council. \nVisit the new Folk and Craft Gallery on the first floor (in the former home of the Battle of Bennington exhibit). This space will highlight extraordinary things made by ordinary people. \nThe annual Student Art Show (April 2 – May 17) includes work from local students in grades kindergarten through 12. Student Artists can pick up their certificates during the reopening celebration.  The Student Art Show is sponsored by MSK Engineers. \nArt Through New Eyes\nFor the past two months\, a group of your friends and neighbors has been discovering the fun of looking at art. Today we celebrate them and share their adventures with you. \nJoin them for a reception at 12:00 in the Paresky Court\, where we’ll debut videos they’ve made describing their experiences learning to look at\, enjoy\, and talk about art. At 12:30\, dance educator Melisa Clark will perform and lead a movement activity inspired by David Smith’s sculpture\, March Sentinel. Melisa Clark is a dancer\, choreographer and educator based in Bennington\, VT. She is artistic director and co-founder of PIMA Group\, a dance and music company\, and earned an MFA in Dance/Choreography from Temple University. She performs and teaches dance and yoga classes locally and regionally. Visit www.pimagroup.org for more information. \nGenerous support for this project has been provided by Art Bridges. \n\nAppraisal Fair\nThe annual Antiques Appraisal Fair takes place from 1:00 – 4:00 in the Paresky Education Center. Bring your prized family heirlooms and that quirky piece you found at a yard sale for evaluation by professional appraisers. Plus chat with conservation professionals about how to take care of it. Get the details here. \nPlus enjoy hands-on activities throughout the Museum and live music with Veronica Jarvis from 10:00 – 12:00.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2026reopening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20260105T164610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T141003Z
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SUMMARY:Antiques Appraisal Fair
DESCRIPTION:Bring your personal treasures for evaluation by professional appraisers Charles Flint\, Lorraine German\, Scott Martin\, Maria Siskind\, and Charles Suss\, and talk to members of the Collections Care and Conservation Alliance about how to preserve your precious items.  \nBring up to 5 items for appraisal at $10 per item. You may bring these and/or other items to representatives from the Collections Care & Conservation Alliance for consultation free of charge. \nNo need to register in advance. Participants will be paired with appraisers based on order of arrival. \nThe Appraisers\nCharles Flint\, of Charles L. Flint\, Fine Art and Antiques in Lenox\, MA\, has an impressive background in and knowledge of antiques. He performs appraisals and authentications for museums\, as well as private collectors and insurance companies. A member of the New England Appraisers Association\, he has expertise in fine arts; Early American furniture\, both country and formal; 16th to 19th century oil paintings\, both European and American; Shaker furniture and accessories; early blown and molded glass; paper and rare books; toys; bottles; folk art; early photography; vintage jewelry; civil war objects; stoneware and numerous other areas. \nLorraine German and her late husband Steve established Mad River Antiques\, LLC in 2001\, with a concentration on 18th\, 19th\, and 20th century Americana and decorative arts. Over the years\, they have received extensive recognition from their peers for their expertise in stoneware\, textiles\, Christmas decorations\, and Indian baskets.  They have been frequent guest speakers at antiques shows\, museums\, and antiques organizations\, where they have covered a variety of topics\, including stoneware\, redware\, quilts\, Christmas ornaments\, and Santa Claus. Lorraine is a member of the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America and the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association.  Both she and Steve have served as collection advisors for the Bidwell House Museum in Monterey\, Massachusetts. \nScott Martin of Great Barrington\, Massachusetts specializes in sports memorabilia\, antique and vintage toys\, Early American country\, primitives\, decorated stoneware\, sterling silver\, advertising signs and country store items\, military\, Civil War\, and high-end collectibles. A second-generation art and antiques dealer\, Martin has over thirty years of experience in buying and selling art and antiques.  “I started as a young collector of sports memorabilia and old toys\, which led to other specialized areas of expertise.” Scott also worked with Charles Flint Antiques for many years and assisted on many notable appraisals and estate solutions for valuable objects.  \nMaria Siskind co-owns Siskind Appraisals in Williamstown\, MA with her mother Patricia Siskind. Together they have been helping clients realize the intrinsic value of their possessions since 1996. Whether it is estate work\, insurance values\, advising on how to live with fine art and antiques\, or retaining and dispersing of inherited items\, they have been able to find a solution. Maria works throughout the Berkshires\, Southern Vermont and adjoining New York. She is a generalists\, but her special interests include fine art\, 18th to 20th century furniture and decorative items\, silver\, and estate jewelry. \nCharles Suss began collecting and studying coins in grade school. In high school he served as president of the school’s coin club for two years while working part time in a coin shop. At the Bowery Jewelry Exchange he became interested in pocket watches. He is a long standing member of the American Numismatic Association (A.N.A.)\, Early American Coppers (EAC)\, the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4)\, the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) and the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). He bought\, sold\, attributed and appraised coins and currency with Tofel Jewelers and at Armstrong Jewelers. He was the prime coin dealer at Camelot Village until its closure in late 2019. Charles then joined Main Street Antiques as a managing partner. His experience ranges from ancients through foreign and modern US issues. He specializes in early American coins and loves timepieces. \nCollections Care Alliance\nThe Collections Care & Conservation Alliance is a network of conservation and preservation professionals that seeks to improve collections care by providing information and education to individuals\, organizations\, and institutions. Bring them your questions about how to best store\, clean\, or exhibit heirlooms; how to find a professional conservator; and how to inventory collections for estate planning or family discussion. These experts will be available to give you their advice at no charge.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/2026appraisal-fair/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T113000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Making Faces - Exploring Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Find faces young and old in the Museum galleries. What are the parts of a face? What makes one person’s face different from another’s? We’ll find the answers to these questions\, share a story\, and make silly portrait collages using the faces we found in the galleries. \nMuseum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library\, designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings are welcome! Museum ABCs is FREE thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. Join us on the second Saturday of each month\, April through November\, for artwork\, stories\, and more! \npresented in partnership with the Bennington Free Library \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026apr/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
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SUMMARY:Michael Arnowitt: Piano Panorama
DESCRIPTION:Vermont favorite\, Michael Arnowitt\, returns to the state to perform a piano concert of lively\, evocative\, and emotionally moving music. The program will feature a set of pieces by Debussy\, including his prelude “The Interrupted Serenade” and a piano transcription of the orchestral music to the opening section of La Mer (The Sea). Other highlights of the program include music from the piano sonatas of the great Black American composer George Walker; Olivier Messiaen’s “The Reed Warbler\,” an excerpt from the composer’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (Catalog of Birds) evoking scenes of nature and bird song; music by Prokofiev composed during World War II; and the exciting finale to Bartok’s Piano Sonata\, a spirited piece influenced by the folk melodies and rhythms of Bartok’s native Hungary. Arnowitt will also perform music from recent decades by composers from the UK\, Ukraine\, and Canada\, and his own Bach-influenced composition “The Stream.” \n Michael Arnowitt lived in central Vermont from 1985 to 2017 when he immigrated to Canada. He now lives primarily in Toronto but also lives part-time in Marshfield\, Vermont. \nMichael Arnowitt is one of today’s most creative musicians. His extraordinary sense of touch at the keyboard\, his abilities to find new articulations and colors from the piano\, and his warm onstage personality have delighted audiences in concert halls around the world. Michael Arnowitt has given seven concert tours of Europe\, performing in France\, Belgium\, Germany\, Holland\, Hungary\, and the Czech Republic\, and he has also given concert tours in Russia and Korea. He is the subject of the documentary film\, Beyond 88 Keys\, filmed in both the USA and Europe and available on Vimeo. He lives in Toronto\, Canada where he moved in 2018 after living in Vermont for over 30 years. \n The Washington Post said of a special piano concert Michael Arnowitt performed at the National Gallery of Art\, “He played with an exquisite sense of touch\, color and musical imagination.” Michael Arnowitt is currently working on a book of essays about music\, What Makes Great Music Great\, to be published by the Vermont-based Fomite Press.  \n In 2017\, Michael Arnowitt was honored with a special legislative resolution by the Vermont House and Senate and a personal thank you in a meeting with the Governor of Vermont in recognition of his years of contributions to Vermont music. His musical activities in Vermont over the years included being the artistic director of the Vermont Millennium Music Festival\, which was a 4-day gala of 24 concerts and special events  presenting music from the year 1000 to the year 2000 in chronological order. During his time in Vermont\, Michael Arnowitt was the principal organizer for a number of major fundraisers to benefit humanitarian aid for Balkan and Syrian war refugees and relief efforts after Vermont hurricanes and floods\, causing the Barre Times-Argus newspaper to comment in an editorial\, “Arnowitt has shown once again that his conscience is every bit as impressive as his cadenzas.” \nMusic at the Museum programs are presented at no charge\, thanks to our generous sponsors\,\nAlison Nowak and Robert Cane.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2026arnowitt/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T052756
CREATED:20260123T214732Z
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SUMMARY:A Monument Society Event
DESCRIPTION:Join Bennington Museum’s Executive Director for a tour of the Empire State Plaza Underground and then dinner at acclaimed Villa di Como in Albany. Shuttle from Bennington Museum available on a first come first serve basis. \nSign Up Here!
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-3/
CATEGORIES:Monument Society
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SUMMARY:Old Bennington and the Continental Storehouse
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nIn 1777\, British General John Burgoyne sent troops toward Bennington to capture supplies held in a Continental storehouse\, setting the stage for the Battle of Bennington.. In this presentation\, historian Bob Hoar will explore the two most important men behind gathering those supplies: original Bennington settler\, church deacon\, and revolutionary Republican\, John Fassett; and Hamilton Federalist and future governor\, Isaac Tichenor. Bob will also discuss the buildings that were used as storehouses and what became of them after the Battle of Bennington\, as well as the history of the State Arms house – the Vermont Republic’s storehouse during the turbulent 1780s. \nBob Hoar is a local historian who has embraced the complex stories of Colonial history. Bob has done many history presentations and events\, worked at the Bennington Battlefield\, and currently volunteers at the Bennington Battle Monument in the summer. You can find him on Facebook posting as Battle of Bennington. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026apr/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Trail Tale - If You Plant a Seed
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a story on the George Aiken Wildflower Trail. When Rabbit and Mouse plant tomato seeds\, they get tomatoes. When they plant carrot seeds\, they get carrots. But when they plant the seeds of selfishness\, they get a heap of trouble. What can they do to fix it? Share Kadir Nelson’s beautifully illustrated story\, If You Plant a Seed\, with us\, and plant a seed of your own to bring home. \nMuseum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library\, designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings are welcome! Museum ABCs is FREE thanks to funding from The Bank of Bennington. Join us on the second Saturday of each month\, April through November\, for artwork\, stories\, and more! \npresented in partnership with the Bennington Free Library \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026may/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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