Museum ABCs: Clay Sculpture Studio

Learn about clay sculptures as we explore the ceramic sculptures of Stanley Rosen, then play with clay and make sculptures of our own.

Free

February Vacation Week Workshops

February 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.

$10 – $15

From Beethoven to Bennington (and back again!)

Music is alive and well at Bennington Museum. We are pleased to begin the 2017 Music at the Museum concert series with the brilliant work of Beethoven, Allen Shawn, Lionel Nowak, and coming full circle, back again, wrapping the concert up with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1. Sponsored by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane, all concerts are free. The first concert is on Sunday, February 26 at 2:00 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum. Admission to the galleries is not included.

Free

Community Day, Celebrating Art and History

Community Day, Celebrating Art and History - Join us for a day of Celebrating ART as you enjoy Gatherum of Quiddities: Paintings by Pat Adams; Holding the Line: Ceramic Sculpture by Stanley Rosen; Buy Local: Images from the Weichert-Isselhardt Collection, plus activities both inside the Museum and out on the George Aiken Wildflower Trail. So much to do for the whole family.

Free

Museum ABCs: Lines All Around

Explore the familiar shapes and lines - lots of lines - used by Pat Adams in her paintings and then make some awesome art to bring home.

Free

Songs of Peace

Music at the Museum presents this wonderful concert performed by the Counterpoint vocal Ensemble. Directed by Nathaniel G. Lew. Included in their performance will be Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream, Hold On, Our Wish This Year is Peace, Ring Like a Bell, Down by the Riverside, and many more. Sponsored by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane, all concerts are free. This concert is on Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 pm in the Ada Paresky Education Center and Paul Paresky Court of the Bennington Museum. Admission to the galleries is not included.

Free

Museum ABCs: Trail Tale

Take a walk on the George Aiken Wildflower Trail while reading a story.

Free

Summer Party – Grandma Moses: American Modern

Come and celebrate the opening of Grandma Moses: American Modern. Join us for this mid-summer party when we will enjoy delicious picnic inspired dishes and drink, live music, cash bar, and a totally new way of seeing the work of Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses. Reservations requested by calling Susan Strano at 802-447-1571 ext 204. RSVP by July 1. $35 for Museum members/ $50 for not-yet-members.

Community Day with Grandma Moses:American Modern

On Saturday, July 8 from 10 am to 5 pm admission to the Bennington Museum is free for all visitors. Join us for a day of Celebrating Grandma Moses: American Modern. Activities throughout the day including special guests, film viewings, children's activities, and a fascinating look at the paintings of Moses side-by-side with works by such iconic modernists as Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, and Andy Warhol to name a few.

Free

The Moses Mission: Join in the fun!

It's time. The Moses Mission, if you choose to accept it, will bring you and your teammates to a total of 7 regional sites, significant to the life story of the artist, Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses.

Free

First Friday and You Pay What You Wish

On First Fridays, we stay open late and between 5 pm and 8 pm, you pay what you want to visit the Bennington Museum. Special activities are planned as well.

First Friday and You Pay What You Wish

September 1 celebrate the upcoming anniversary of the birth of Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses with a piece of birthday cake and special tours of the permanent Moses Gallery and current exhibition, Grandma Moses: American Modern.