In 2008 the Bennington Museum launched the publication of a journal called The Walloomsack Review. Originally scheduled to appear each autumn, it was soon expanded to be published twice a year, spring and fall.

The journal was named for one of the many spelling variants of Bennington's dominant river, usually spelled Walloomsac, a name that traces back to a 1739 patent by New York of a territory that includes portions of the present towns of Bennington and Pownal, Vermont.

Topics covered thus far have included definitive articles on the design genius of Lavius Fillmore's 1805 Old First Church, one of Vermont's most beautiful buildings; and the biography of that church's first minister, Reverend Jedidiah Dewey (1714-1778), a subject that goes to the very origins of the town of Bennington, originally settled as a Congregational Separatist community in 1761. Other topics have included articles about the key role of Moses Robinson (1741-1813) in the negotiations for Vermont's 1791 statehood, and narratives about events just before and after the turning-point Battle of Bennington of 1777.

Not all topics have dealt with the distant past, for other articles have covered the recent history of the Prospect ski area, the transformation of Vermont politics over the past half century, and an exploration of the twentieth-century arts and crafts movement in Vermont. Each issue also contains reviews of recent books relevant to the Bennington Museum's region.

Co-editors of The Walloomsack Review are Anthony Marro and Tyler Resch.

Subscriptions are $10 a year and should be sent to the Bennington Museum at 75 Main St., Bennington, Vt. 05201. Author's queries are encouraged and may be addressed to the co-editor at <tresch@benningtonmuseum.org>.