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With 11 galleries, Grandma Moses Schoolhouse, and wonderful permanent and temporary exhibits, there is so much to explore at the Bennington Museum!
Every year the Bennington Museum takes great pride installing for the public, wonderful temporary exhibits, and 2011 is no exception. In addition to the permanent exhibits in the Military Gallery, the Pottery and Fine Arts Galleries, the Wasp Touring Car Gallery, and the Church Gallery, in the coming year, you will find the following exhibits on view:
January 30 - February 27 The Student Art Show brings artwork of the region’s elementary, middle and high school students to the museum in a display ranging from whimsical projects by the young students to more advanced work of older students.
January 30 -May 30 Founding Documents commemorates the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Bennington. Archival documents from the museum's collection relevant to the settlement and early decades of life in Bennington will be on view. The exhibit covers the history of the town from the late 18th to early 19th century.
March 12 - May 30 Bennington Collects IV - the Curated Edition is a regional-based exhibit that features an eclectic mix that might make you think about what it is you have been collecting. Many people collect, and just how that collection got started, why it continued, and the feeling the collection brings to each collector is included in the statements provided by them.
June 11 - October 30 Grandma Moses and the 'Primitive' Tradition The Bennington Museum is home to the largest public collection of paintings by Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961) in the world. Better known as Grandma Moses, the artist was catapulted to international fame during the 1940s as the result of her charming, naïvely executed, paintings of rural American farm life. To commemorate the 150th year of Grandma Moses’ birth the Bennington Museum is organizing a major exhibition, “Grandma Moses and the 'Primitive' Tradition”. This exhibit features many of Grandma Moses' paintings which are
rarely on view, as well as items relevant to her life, and paintings by
other primitive self-taught painters such as Patsy Santos, Forrest
Moses, Wil Moses and more.
(Note-the museum’s permanent display of Moses’ work on the first floor will remain on view during this special temporary exhibition).
November 25 Opening Day of Festival of Trees with Family Day and Children's Shopping Day to be held on Saturday, November 26. This event marks the beginning of weeks of festivities held at the Bennington Museum, that includes the Festival of Trees Gala on December 2, as well as the Club Muse Holiday Party on December 16. On view through December 31 are wonderfully decorated trees, trees, trees. Come visit and celebrate the season.
When planning your group's trip, be sure to include the Bennington Museum and experience for yourself these great exhibits.
