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Bennington Museum

The Bennington Museum is an accredited museum with notable collections of art and regional history. It is located at 75 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont, USA. The museums history dates to 1852 when the Bennington Historical Association was first incorporated. In 1923 the association acquired a former church, which it renovated, and opened to the public in 1928 as the Bennington Historical Museum. The building was subsequently expanded in 1938, 1960, 1974, and 1999. in 1938 its name was revised to the Bennington Historical Museum and Art Gallery, to reflect its holdings of artwork, and in 1954 it was renamed the Bennington Museum. Key aspects of the museums permanent collections include: Grandma Moses Gallery the largest public collection of paintings by noted local artist "Grandma Moses", Anna Mary Robertson Moses . Fine Art Gallery including works by Ralph Earl, Oliver Tarbell Eddy, Erastus Salisbury Field, Ammi Phillips, William Morris Hunt, Frederick MacMonnies, Rockwell Kent, and Simon Moselsio. Bennington Modernism avant-garde artworks from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s by artists including Pat Adams, Willard Boepple, Anthony Caro, Paul Feeley, Helen Frankenthaler, Patricia Johanson, Vincent Longo, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Dan Shapiro, David Smith, and Tony Smith. Gilded Age Vermont focused on Bennington from the mid 1800s to mid 1900s. Exhibits include paintings by William Morris Hunt, Frederick MacMonnies’ portrait painting of May Suydam Palmer, and glass and metal works by Lewis Comfort Tiffany, as well as a parlor organ manufactured by the Estey Organ Company and the Martin Wasp, a luxury automobile made in Bennington in 1924-25. Military Gallery focusing on the Revolutionary Wars Battle of Bennington, and including an exhibit of Vermont-made firearms from 1760 to 1900. Bennington Pottery featuring pieces by Norton Pottery, United States Pottery Company, Fenton pottery, and redware. Textile Gallery the Bennington flag, one of the oldest “stars and stripes” in existence, a Green Mountain Boys flag belonging to John Stark, and other textiles. The museum also displays temporary exhibits on a wide variety of subjects.

Bennington Battle Monument

The Bennington Battle Monument is a 301 or 306 ft stone obelisk located at 15 Monument Circle, in Bennington, Vermont. The monument commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War. In that battle, on August 17, 1777, Brigadier General John Stark and 1,400 New Hampshire men, aided by Colonels Warner and Herrick of Vermont, Simonds of Massachusetts, and Moses Nichols of New Hampshire, defeated two detachments of General Burgoynes British army, who were apparently seeking to capture a store of weapons and food maintained where the monument now stands. While the battle is termed the Battle of Bennington, it actually occurred about 10 miles away, in New York; the Bennington Battlefield, a U.S. National Historic Landmark is entirely within New York State. In 1877 a local historical society began to plan a monument for the battles centenary, and considered many designs. One which called for a slender stone column only 100 feet tall was showcased during the battles centennial celebration, which was attended by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The committee eventually accepted J. Phillip Rinns design with some changes. The monuments cornerstone was laid in 1887, and it was completed in November 1889 at a total cost of $112,000 . It is constructed of Sandy Hill Dolomite from present day Hudson Falls, New York, a blue-gray magnesian limestone containing numerous fossils. Dedication ceremonies were delayed until 1891, when President Benjamin Harrison attended the ceremonies and held a reception at the nearby Walloomsac Inn. Today the Bennington Battle Monument is a Vermont State Historic Site. From its observatory level at 200 feet, which can be reached by elevator, one can see Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts. A kettle captured from General Burgoynes camp at Saratoga is visible in the monument along with a diorama of the second engagement, and information on how the monument was built. Statues of John Stark, Seth Warner, and other notables ornament the grounds. The monument, while 10 miles from the relevant battlefield, is located very close to what was once the site of the Catamount Tavern, where Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys planned their attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.
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