Friday, July 1, August 5, and September 2, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - First Friday We are open late and offer “Pay What You Wish” admission.

During the first "First Friday" of 2016, join us as we present an award-winning short film that highlights the struggle of a Vermont home during the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic.

This is the first exhibition to take a focused look at the work this prominent American modernist created based upon his summers spent in southern Vermont from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s.

George Guernsey and Building St. Frances de Sales Church Presented [...]

Friday, July 1, August 5, and September 2, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - First Friday We are open late and offer “Pay What You Wish” admission.

Join us at the Hefflon House, 3751 VT Route 30 (next to Historic Jamaica Town Hall) Jamica, VT, when Jamie Franklin, curator of the Bennington Museum presents Milton Avery's Vermont. It was the extended summer season, often leading into fall, in the small adjacent villages of Rawsonville and Jamaica, that one would find Milton Avery, with his wife Sally Michel and daughter March.

Loyalists at the Battle of Bennington: Who Were They and [...]

Film Screening: Peter and John by Jay Craven - Set in 1872 Nantucket, Peter and John tells the story of two brothers whose relationship strains when the younger one receives news of a strange inheritance and both brothers become attracted to the same mysterious young woman who arrives on their island.

Every First Friday is Pay-What-You-Wish after 5:00 p.m. This Friday we are celebrating ART with gallery talks in the Grandma Moses Gallery as well as a discussion with Karen Wilkin, Independent Critic and Scholar of American Modernism, and Curator at Bennington Museum, Jamie Franklin about Milton Avery and his work. Enjoy the wonderful exhibition, Milton Avery's Vermont and learn more about his style, inspiration, and life.

“Connected Through the Land" Angus McCullough will introduce lectures given [...]

Museum ABCs is back for another year of fun! Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art. This month we will explore Milton Avery's Vermont and check out the many ways he painted the trees of the Green Mountains.

Stoneware Collectors Meeting - Friday's lecture will take place at 4:00 pm at the Bennington Museum and will be a tribute to Dr. Steven Leder, who passed away suddenly this past Spring.

Be with us for a reception with Duane Michals followed by "Photography and Reality," a discussion with this engaging artist about his art and inspiration. One of his most recent short films will be screened which will be followed by a Q&A. Free and open to the public.

Join with members of the museum, friends, and invited guests to honor the Walloomsac and General Stark Award winners. Hear presentations on what is happening at the museum, and what plans lie ahead.

Enjoy popular jazz favorites from the 1930s and 1940s, inspired by Milton Avery's Vermont (on view through November 6). Kerry Ryer-Parke, Bruce Williamson, Mowgli Giannitti, and Peter King have selected tunes from Avery's Vermont summers and will present them in a free concert. Music at the Museum is made possible by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.

Meet us in Jamaica (Vermont, that is!). See the landscapes that inspired Milton Avery during his extended summers in Vermont. Drive your own vehicle to Jamaica where you will meet up with Bennington Museum curator, Jamie Franklin, who will be your guide for the day. Visit the Jamaica Historical Foundation, and stop at locations in town that will broaden your understanding of the artist's experience.

Community Day, Celebrating Art - Free admission all day. Celebrate the work created by Milton Avery during his summers in southern Vermont. At 3:00 p.m. join with artist Leslie Parke in the Regional Artists Gallery for an artist's reception celebrating her exhibition Particle/Wave, Photographs by Leslie Parke.

The Hidden Norman Rockwell. Presented by Don Trachte. Ada Paresky [...]