Bennington Museum
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“Early Vermont” Gallery Opens at Bennington Museum
A permanent installation with rotating textiles, this gallery presents life in Vermont from the time when the earliest European settlers arrived in 1761 with only the bare necessities to the early 1800s when Vermont craftsmen achieved a level of sophistication rivaling Boston and New York…
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Between Past and Future: Clemens Kalischer’s Vermont
Saturday, June 3, 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Come and meet Clemens Kalischer and enjoy his work. Free and open to the public at Bennington Museum. Born in Germany in 1921, Clemens Kalischer fled with his family to France in 1933 and escaped to the United States in 1942…
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Gatherum of Quiddities: Paintings by Pat Adams
Pat Adams has been creating rich, lovingly wrought abstract paintings for well over six decades. On view at the Bennington Museum from April 1 to June 18, 2017, Gatherum of Quiddities: Paintings by Pat Adams presents a selection of twenty-nine works surveying her entire career. Championed for decades…
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Art, History, and Innovation Intersect at Bennington Museum
We took a short trip south to Bennington Museum to see the latest exhibits and walked away with much more than we expected. While many locals know the museum as a mod-podge of everything “Vermont,” Bennington Museum prides itself on highlighting a wide variety of Southern Vermont art and history. Here, walking into a new gallery is like walking into a new world. In a few steps, you can easily be transported from history on the Battle of Bennington to an exhibit on Bennington College’s modern art, and, later, to a glimpse into the Vermont Gilded Age…
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Jane Stickle Quilt on Display at the Bennington Museum
From September 3 through October 10, the quilt that inspires quilters all over the world will be on its yearly display at the Bennington Museum.