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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
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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
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DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
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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
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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:20260404T075431
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T150000
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CREATED:20260112T212028Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260121T161907Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260225T154320Z
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SUMMARY:Fiddle Tunes\, Folksongs\, and Fancy Footwork
DESCRIPTION:Trish Miller and John Kirk \nEnjoy an afternoon of fiddle tunes\, folksongs and fancy footwork with acoustic duo\, John Kirk and Trish Miller. John is the primary vocalist and instrumental wizard on fiddle mandolin and more. Trish plays banjo\, guitar and provides fancy footwork with percussive dance steps. Together\, this married couple has been working and teaching in upstate New York for over three decades. They present traditional tunes and witty songs with unique arrangements and plenty of chorus songs for the audience to sing along. \nIn 2022 John was inducted into the North American (and New York) Fiddler’s Hall of Fame. The duo has twice been nominated for New York’s Capital Region Eddie Awards (2022 & 2023). Both are teaching music artists at Skidmore College\, and John is part of the music faculty at Bennington College as well. Old time music is the basis for their repertoire\, but they also like to mix in some originals\, Celtic\, early country songs\, humorous selections and Appalachian clog dancing. Many songs and tunes are rooted in the local lore of the northeast woodlands. Their story-telling songs\, poetic pieces\, historical topics and contemporary folksongs make their shows fine entertainment for all ages. They have been given numerous grants for concerts and teaching including their selection by the US State Department to tour various cities in Eastern Europe\, South Central America. In schools\, John and Trish have conducted programs and residencies in music and dance heritage since the 1990’s. For many years they have taught and performed at summer music camps\, museums\, libraries\, coffeehouses and more. From Carnegie Hall to their local Flurry Festival\, John and Trish entertain\, and they work to carry on lively traditional tunes & dances. \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/music2026kirk_miller/
CATEGORIES:Music at the Museum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T150000
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CREATED:20260112T215115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T213405Z
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SUMMARY:The Story of Hiram Bingham
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nThe remarkable story of the Binghams starts with Hiram Bingham who farmed on the future site of Bennington College in the early 1800s. He and his descendants impacted people and nations around the world. Bingham\, and his son\, grandson\, and great-grandson\, influenced the modern history of Hawaii and other Pacific islands\, the discovery of Machu Picchu in Peru\, politics in Connecticut\, the escape of 2\,500 Jews from Nazi-occupied France\, and a U.S. postage stamp. \nRev. Glen Bayly became interested in the Binghams during the 1990s\, when he was the pastor of the Mission Alliance Church in Bennington. When a missionary from the church came back from Honolulu with a photograph of a plaque honoring Hiram Bingham of Bennington\, Vermont\, Glen’s curiosity was piqued and his research began. Glen served 40 years of ministry as a pastor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance\, was a campus minister at Penn State University for 7 years\, and hosted a syndicated radio program\, ‘The Lions’ Den University Report’ for 22 years. He and his wife\, Darlene\, have lived in Central Pennsylvania for the past 25 years. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026may/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260225T161822Z
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SUMMARY:What's New with the Weitsman Collection?
DESCRIPTION:Billings Farm & Museum collection \nIt may seem like only yesterday that John Scherer presented at Bennington Museum on the Adam Weitsman stoneware collection and Adam signed copies of the oversize book\, Art for the People\, but it was in Fall of 2015 – more than a decade ago. The collection at the New York State Museum has grown in the past 10 years and on Friday\, May 29\, 2026\, we will receive a noteworthy update. John Scherer\, Curator emeritus\, and Jennifer Lemak\, Chief Curator of History\, at the New York State Museum will discuss exciting new additions to the collection and the status of an enlarged display area for this wonderful decorated stoneware and a revised edition of the book. \n$7 for Bennington Museum members\n$10 for not-yet-members\nGet your tickets at the door or save time and buy them now using the Tickets feature below.\nOnline ticket sales end at 12:00 PM on the day of the event.
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/spring2026stoneware/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260121T164913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T164006Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Amazing Architecture
DESCRIPTION:You know about windows and doors\, but can you spot a column\, an arch\, or a dentil? We’ll visit a nearby building that has all of these bits of architecture. Will you add them to the building you make 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/abcs2026jun/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260112T220606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T220606Z
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SUMMARY:Artillery at the Battle of Bennington
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nCannons played a small but notable role in the seminal August 16\, 1777 Battle of Bennington. Made in England\, the guns and their carriages constituted top-of-the-line military technology for the time. The men who manned\, loaded\, and fired the pieces were German subsidiary troops hired by the British government to supplement its war effort. Paned by Thomas Jefferson’s propagandistic pen as foreign “mercenaries\,” these Hessians were\, come to find out\, no such thing. In this program\, Eric Schnitzer will examine how the cannons were employed in battle and investigate the material culture of the cannon barrels\, carriages\, and the projectiles they shot. He will also explore the backgrounds and some of the stories of the officers and soldiers from Hessen-Hanau who operated these artillery pieces in both phases of the famed battle. \nEric Schnitzer has worked at Saratoga National Historical Park since 1997\, becoming Park Ranger/Historian in 2000. Author of Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga – 1777\, he has dedicated his life’s study to the organization\, personnel\, and material culture of the military forces associated with the Northern Campaign of 1777. He and his wife\, Jenna\, live in an 18th -century house in the White Creek Historic District near Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site\, N.Y. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026jun/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260128T162924Z
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SUMMARY:Museums ABCs: Sculpture Dance
DESCRIPTION:Note that this month’s program is on the THIRD Saturday. \nYou can find sculptures in the Museum and outside too. They look like solid\, frozen statues\, but they are full of movement! Dance educator\, Melisa Clark\, will be our special guest this month. Together we’ll look at some of the Museum’s sculptures and find inspiration for creative movement. \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! \nsponsored by \nadditional support from
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2026jul/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260122T151821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T172123Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Odds and Ends Art
DESCRIPTION:Art can be made from anything! We’ll visit the Folk and Craft gallery to see some art made from unusual materials\, then dig into the Odds and Ends Art Bin to make unique artwork of our own. \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/abcs2026aug/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T075431
CREATED:20260122T160126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T174155Z
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: My Family Tree
DESCRIPTION:Your family tree starts with you and branches out from there. Add your siblings if you have them and the grown-ups who take care of you at home. Do you know who they grew up with? More leaves for your tree! Each family will go home with a copy of today’s story\, Alma and How She Got Her Name\, by Juana Martinez-Neal. \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/abcs2026sep/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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SUMMARY:Villainous Vermont
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nAuthor Lawrence Gooley reveals shocking discoveries made while researching Villainous Vermont\, his collection of 32 true murder stories from the past. Learn about the murderess later cited as a Montpelier icon\, unpunished vigilantes\, the stomach-churning secrets behind a young girl’s death\, the worst criminal incident in Vermont history\, and more. \nLawrence Gooley is an award-winning author with a lifetime love of research\, writing\, and history. He has authored 22 regional books on history and true crime. For ten years he wrote a weekly history column on Adirondack Almanack\, the region’s award-winning and most popular online journal. He and his partner\, Jill Jones\, founded Bloated Toe Enterprises in 2004. They have published over 100 titles including 35 historical Adirondack reprints of vintage books. His book\, Oliver’s War: An Adirondack Rebel Battles the Rockefeller Fortune\, won the Adirondack Literary Award for Best Book of Nonfiction in 2008. Another title\, Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow\, was a regional best-seller for four consecutive years. Other best-sellers include Escape from Dannemora and 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026sep/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Preschool Printmakers
DESCRIPTION:Printmaking is fun and easy! We’ll explore a few ways to make prints using things like Q-tips\, styrofoam\, and plants. Dress for a mess for this inky\, painty program! \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/abcs2026oct/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T140000
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SUMMARY:Winter's Time
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nIn November 1926\, Cecelia Gullivan\, treasurer of the Cone Automatic Machine company of Windsor\, Vermont\, was brutally killed in her home. Local police quickly arrested Cone Automatic machinist John Winters on suspicion of the crime\, and the trial that followed was sensational and swift. The author of Winters’ Time: A Secret Pledge\, a Severed Head\, and the Murder that Brought America’s Most Famous Lawyer to Vermont\, shares the story. \nJeffrey L. Amestoy\, the former Vermont Attorney General (1985-1997) and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1997-2004)\, has spent years researching a fascinating and dramatic episode of Vermont’s history: the time that Clarence Darrow\, America’s most famous lawyer\, came to Vermont to defend a convicted murderer before the Vermont Supreme Court. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026oct/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T113000
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SUMMARY:Museum ABCs: Toys of Long Ago
DESCRIPTION:Bring in a favorite toy and we’ll talk about what it is made of. Then we’ll travel back in time to see what kinds of toys children played with long ago. Were they made of the same materials? Did they need charging? Were they fun to play with? Come find out! \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/abcs2026nov/
CATEGORIES:Museum ABCs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T140000
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SUMMARY:Bridges of Bennington County
DESCRIPTION:a Bennington Historical Society presentation \nVermont is home to the third highest number of covered bridges in the United States\, after Pennsylvania and Ohio. If you look at the number per square mile\, Vermont ranks number one. There are five of them right here in Bennington County – three in Bennington alone! These bridges are part of Vermont’s identity\, captured in paintings\, the subject of ghost stories\, and part of many of our daily commutes. In this presentation\, local researchers will share what they know about our county’s beautiful and historic covered bridges. \nAvis Hayden lives in Sunderland\, on property that adjoins the Chiselville Covered Bridge. She has a curiosity about local history\, spurred on by her genealogical research involving Vermont residents. She holds a Certificate from Boston University in Genealogy. She volunteers at Bennington Museum’s Regional History Room and assists with projects at the Russell Collection (Arlington/Sunderland/Sandgate).   \nDavid Pilachowski has lived in Bennington for 25 years\, worked in college and university libraries\, and has long been interested in history. He volunteers in Bennington Museum’s Regional History Room (RHR) and is a Museum Trustee. He was one of several people involved for the past several years in reorganizing and cataloging the RHR collection. Through that work\, he became aware of Professor Louis Puffer’s remarkable collection of covered bridge materials and associated resources donated to the RHR. \nsupported by
URL:https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2026nov/
CATEGORIES:BHS
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