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Grandma Moses' birthday is September 7th! While we have no major celebration planned, this year, capitalizing on the strong financial support of our patrons, the Museum’s curatorial and education staff will turn their attention towards augmenting our galleries with a focus on expanding the Grandma Moses gallery into adjacent spaces. Our goal is to provide additional context for Grandma Moses and insight into her personal life. Why was she able to make such a lasting mark on the art world? What was remarkable about her journey to fame? What role did she play in reigniting interest in the folk art movement of the mid 20th century?
In the meantime, Thursday, September 7th would be a great time to stop by and peruse the gallery. If it is rainy, as it has been this year, take the kiddos into the Grandma Moses schoolhouse where we have some fun activities that even the adults might enjoy!
Grandma Moses is always on display, but while you are here make sure to check out our popular changing exhibits, For the Love of Vermont and Haunted Vermont. To make the most of your visit, time it in conjunction with one of our great events below. There is a lot going on this month and we want you to be a part of it!
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Concerts in the Courtyard:
Bale Kicker
Jay Maloney is a uniquely talented multi instrumentalist with expertise and experience across several genres of music. Jay brings a creative and positive energy to any musical situation that is impossible to ignore. A gifted drummer from a young age, Jay has taken that strong sense of rhythm and groove to his songwriting and arrangement. He combines this with a deep connection to bluegrass and other American roots music.
This event is Free thanks to an anonymous grant. Food and drink for sale by the Avocado Pit.
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The Many Meanings of Maple
This presentation examines the many meanings of maple sugaring. Maple is enormously important to Vermont’s economy, ecology, and heritage. Champlain College professor Michael Lange will discuss sugaring ethnographically, based on over five years of research among sugarmakers all over the state, to learn from them what sugaring really means to Vermont.
This talk is Free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. This a Vermont Humanities program hosted by Bennington Museum.
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NBOSS Artist Reception:
SIRSY & Circus Fun
Join us to celebrate NBOSS at the Museum, and also the final Concert in the Courtyard of the season!
This outdoor event is Free and open to everyone and will feature kids activities, including stilt walking by Troy Wunderle. Bring your own chair and enjoy a cookout with Hot Dogs and PBR.
Learn more about the fabulous NBOSS exhibition HERE.
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Weekend Courtyard Cafe
Shanta Ghosh will serve delicious Eastern dishes one final Saturday in the Museum Courtyard. Advance orders are welcome. Watch our facebook page in case of cancellations.
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Music at the Museum presents:
Ida Mae Specker
Ida Mae Specker is a fiddler, singer, and songwriter from Andover, Vermont who makes old-time music for modern times. A member of family bands The Speckers, Terrible Mountain Stringband, and The Break Maids, Ida Mae also tours under her own name as a soloist, and with a full backing band. On stage, Ida Mae fuses original, contemporary, and traditional material, bringing heartfelt new life and relevance to the chain of American folk music.
Music at the Museum is presented to you for Free thanks to the generous support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane.
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William Pecker Pottery
William Pecker (1757 – 1820) was one of the most famous potters in South Amesbury, MA, and one of the earliest potters in New England to produce red earthenware and stoneware. Newly discovered archaeological evidence recovered at the site of the Pecker Pottery has revealed more information about this relatively forgotten aspect of the company’s production.
$7/person for Bennington Museum Members
$10/person for Not-Yet-Members
Includes admission to the galleries for the day, 10AM – 4PM
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Legends and Lore Marker Dedication
Thanks to a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, Bennington Museum will install a Legends & Lore roadside marker recognizing the only known Vermont witch trial. Pownal Historical Society member, Joyce Held, and Jamie Franklin, curator at Bennington Museum, worked in tandem with the Vermont Folklife Center to secure this funding and bring an obscure and dark part of Southern Vermont history to light.
The dedication ceremony will take place at Strobridge Park in North Pownal and will feature tasty treats, music, a “witches walk” parade across the bridge (12:45pm), and kids activities before and after the dedication.
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The New Deal in Vermont
The Great Depression was a period of desperation in Vermont—and yet also one of enormous creativity thanks to Federal New Deal programs which sponsored creative projects from state guide books, easel paintings, post office murals, and civic buildings, to the most comprehensive archives of documentary photographs and oral histories in our nation’s history, and a vast network of state parks.
Bennington Historical Society programs are Free thanks to support from Nexus Consulting.
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Thursday, 9/21
1:30pm- 2:30pm
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What is a “sculpture?” What are sculptures made of? Explore Bennington Museum, indoors and out, to discover the answers! Hear a story and make your very own sculpture to bring home.
Museum ABCs is a collaboration between Bennington Museum and the Bennington Free Library. It is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions. Siblings welcome!
Free thanks to support from the Bank of Bennington and Stewart’s Shops.
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Saturday, 9/23
11am - 12pm
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Vermonters have strong ideas about the importance of their mountain topography. Where did our pride in Vermont’s landscape come from, and why is it that we see our shared identity as rooted in the land? Evolving human ideas about the Vermont mountains form the base of this lecture by historian Jill Mudgett.
This talk is Free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. The Hills of Home is a Vermont Humanities program hosted by Bennington Museum.
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Enjoy a screening of award-winning director Jay Craven’s new narrative feature film, Jack London’s “Martin Eden.” The screening will include a Q&A with writer/director. Popcorn snacks will be included in the price of admission!
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$10/person for Bennington Museum Members
$12/person for Not-Yet-Members
Purchasing your tickets online will guarantee reserved seating.
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Quilt Time!
The quilt that inspires quilters all over the world will be on its yearly display at the Bennington Museum from Labor Day through Indigenous People's Day. The 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt comprises 169 five-inch blocks, each in different patterns, containing a remarkable total of 5,602 pieces surrounded by a unique scalloped border.
Come to Bennington Museum to see this masterpiece and then visit the Bennington Quiltfest, presented by the Quiet Valley Quilters’ Guild on Saturday, September 16, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday, September 17, 10am to 3pm at the Mount Anthony Union Middle School, 747 East Rd., Bennington, VT.
There will be a reciprocal 10% admission discount to Quiltfest attendees and Bennington Museum visitors if you present your blue Quiltfest wristband or Bennington Museum admission sticker at the door. Bennington Museum will also offer a 15% discount on all store purchases.
For more information about the Stickle Quilt, merchandise and videos, visit our website.
For more information about the Bennington Quiltfest, visit benningtonquiltfest.com.
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Learn about the recent research projects and upcoming happenings by this volunteer-run Bennington Museum program. You can access the BHS Newsletter by clicking on the button below. Send us an email if you want to be involved and don't forget to show your support by making a gift to support this free programming!
Also, save the date for the 3rd episode of Know Your History.
The Bennington Free Library, the Bennington Historical Society (BHS), and CAT-TV have teamed up to create this new four-part series hosted by Karson Kiesinger, Reference and Adult Services Librarian at Bennington Free Library and Bob Tegart, Administrator of the Bennington Museum Regional History Room and President of the BHS, a program of Bennington Museum. his
In this series, Karson and Bob research the history of 625 Main Street, the home of CAT-TV, discover this historic downtown property was previously home to several figures significant to the development of Bennington, and share their process. The four episodes of Know Your History produced by Mike Cutler of CAT-TV, demonstrate how to research properties and people using free local historical resources.
The third episode, filmed at the Bennington Free Library, will be available for viewing beginning Friday, September 8 on Channel 1075, CAT-TV’s YouTube page, CAT-TV’s Facebook page, the Bennington Free Library’s website and the BHS page of Bennington Museum's website. Tune in and dig into the Library’s Vermont History Room, Bennington Banner microfilm and more with Bob and Karson and get inspired to start your own research! The fourth and final episode, filmed at 625 Main Street will be available in October. Know Your History is supported in part by Vermont Humanities and CAT-TV.
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Support Bennington Museum
The Bennington Hannaford has made Bennington Museum the recipient of their Bloomin' for Good program. Bennington Museum will receive $1 from every specially marked Bloomin' 4 Good bouquet sold during the month of September 2023 at:
Hannaford, 141 Hannaford SQ Ste. 2, Bennington VT
Make your table beautiful and help our YOUR Museum at the same time.
Thank you!
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