The Festival – Peace, Love, Harmony: 1960s Vermont FAMILY DAY
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!
Peace, Love, Harmony – 1960s Vermont – FESTIVAL GALA
Celebrate the Holidays and Support Bennington Museum’s Largest Annual Fundraiser to Benefit our Education Programs
Museum ABCs: Peace, Love, Harmony
Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art. Join us as we explorethe Festival theme of Peace, Love, Harmony.
Take a Break from the Holiday Bustle with VC3
Take a break from the Holiday bustle and relax as Bennington Musuem presents VC3, a new trio whose three distinguished cellists – Elizabeth Anderson, Käthe Jarka, and Robert La Rue -- are bringing the multi-cello ensemble into the world of serious chamber music.
Kid’s New Year’s Eve Party
Want to celebrate the arrival of 2019 but bedtime is at 8:00? No problem! Put on your party clothes and join us at the Bennington Museum as we welcome in the New Year with music, party hats, noisemakers, sparkling grape juice, and the countdown to Noon!
Community Day at Bennington Museum
From its beginning, Bennington Museum has collected documents, objects, and art that reflect the region’s, and state’s, rich history. This continues today. However, over the past ten years the Museum has taken a new look at more recent works created by regional artists which has allowed the Museum and its visitors to further explore the rich history of Bennington and Vermont. Many of these works have found their way into the Museum’s collection and are included in the opening exhibitions for 2019. Join us on Saturday, February 2 when admission to Bennington Museum is FREE for everyone from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Visit all the new exhibitions and possibly interact with some of the student artists who are invited to come in and pick-up their Certificate of Participation in the 2019 Annual Student Art Exhibition.
New Finds about the Battle of Bennington
On Saturday, February 2 during FREE Community Day at the Bennington Museum, join the Curator of the Bennington Museum Jamie Franklin at 2:00 pm when he presents “A Battle of Bennington Veteran’s Portrait Rediscovered – and Acquired.” Learn about the fortunate circumstances that led to Bennington Museum’s acquisition of a tintype and miniature portrait of Lt. Jonathan Holton, a soldier in the Battle of Bennington. A Lieutenant of the Nichols Regiment, Holton was wounded at Bennington on August 16, 1777. Franklin’s brief presentation serves as the introduction to “Sipp Ives – a Black Green Mountain Boy Killed at the Battle of Bennington” a talk given by Phil Holland and Lion Miles exploring the often overlooked stories of the black soldiers who fought in the American Revolution.
Museum ABCs: I Love Museums
Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art. Join us as we look for signs of love in the galleries.
Bennington Historical Society – A Tale of Two Cars
"A Tale of Two Cars: Bennington and the Electric Railroad Interubans, 1900-1910" Presented by George Lerrigo
Winter Vacation Week Workshops
Winter Vacation Week Workshops, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Grades K through 4. $10/member $15/non-member for each workshop. Includes snack and all materials. Registration required.
American Eccentricities-An Artist’s Talk with Sculptor Sarah Peters
Join Sculptor Sarah Peters for American Eccentricities, an artist’s talk in collaboration with Usdan Gallery at Bennington College.
Collage #3571 ½: A Schonbeck Experience
Are you ready to build your own instrument and then join in the concert? Join us on Saturday, March 9 at 2:00 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum, when Nick Brooke (faculty, Bennington College) Webb Crawford (Bennington College graduate) and Mark Stewart (founding member of Bang on a Can All Stars) present an instrument building workshop where you, the audience members, build the instruments, then use those instruments to participate in an improvisational performance conducted by Mark Stewart. All in the spirit of Gunnar Schonbeck's collages.
Bennington Historical Society- “Where was the Bennington Storehouse Located?”
"Where was the Bennington Store House Located?" Presented by Bob Hoar
Museum ABCs: Spring Green
Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art. Join us as we look for colors of spring green in the galleries.
Spring Social and Exhibition Opening
Enjoy conversation with the Museum curator and special guests Vermont Folklife Center Director of Archives and Research, Andy Kolovos; Senior Photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Eileen Travell; and special guest, Alan David Griswold, great grandson of Minnie Griswold whose home is the focus of the exhibition. Hear more from their perspective on this fascinating exhibition.
Museum ABCs: “Click” – Creating with Photos
Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art.
Bennington Historical Society – Colorizing Historic Photographs
Colorizing Historic Photographs. A discussion about Time Wager's series of colorized historic photographs of Bennington. Presented by Callie Raspuzzi, Collection Manager
Stoneware Collectors Meeting
Tour places in Bennington related to the pottery industry 12:30 to 2:00 pm. Return to the Museum and enjoy a presentation by Cathie Zusy and Warren Broderick.
Community Day at Bennington Museum
On Saturday, May 11 admission to the Bennington Museum is FREE for all visitors and the lineup for engagement is outstanding. At 11:00 am, join Senior Photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Eileen Travell and Bennington Museum’s curator Jamie Franklin for an up close gallery exploration of Up Home: Hand-Colored Photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport. At 3:00 pm, join us as we open Color | Gesture: Early Works by Emily Mason on view in the Works on Paper Gallery. But there is more.
Museum ABCs: Playing with Paint
Children ages 3 to 5 and their adult caregivers are invited to join us for an hour of exploration, stories, and art.