Art, History, Theatre

Come for the Culture, Stay for the Commerce

In Bennington, you can see art and shop, and not necessarily in that order.

Black History in Bennington

Recent research has brought to light an enslaved woman’s story, She will be commemorated as part of The Stopping Stones Project.

A photo of a snowflake by Snowflake Bentley at the Bennington Museum.

“Transient Beauty” at Bennington Museum

Visit Bennington Museum’s newest exhibit, “Transient Beauty” and bid on your favorite piece in a popular silent auction.

Public Art and Where to Find It

Art is everywhere, if you look for it, and in Bennington you do not have to look very far.

"The Birches," 1940, Luigi Lucioni, collection of Lyman Orton and the Vermont Country Store

The Bennington Museum Welcomes Spring with “Robert Frost: At Present in Vermont”

“Robert Frost: At Present in Vermont” is the title of the Bennington Museum’s new exhibit on Robert Frost’s Bennington County years (extending to the present: Frost is buried a hundred yards up the hill from the Museum).

A historic panel showing the Putnam Block as it looked in 1927 in downtown Bennington

Time Traveling in Downtown Bennington

Twenty historical panels were recently installed on lampposts by the Bennington Museum in an effort to enable townspeople and visitors to experience downtown in four dimensions: the fourth one being time. Now is the perfect time to explore history with the ‘Across the Street’ photo exhibit.

A snowy scene featuring the Burt Henry Covered Bridge in North Bennington, Vermont

Covered Bridges of Bennington County

Did you know that November is National Historic Bridge Awareness month? Bennington County is fortunate enough to have five historic covered bridges, and they can all be explored in an afternoon.

A historic home in Old Bennington, Vermont.

Discover Old Bennington on a Self-Guided Walking Tour

While located entirely in the town of Bennington, a visit to Old Bennington, Vermont is a bit like stepping back in time. Whether you’ve lived in the area for years or are visiting for the first time, there’s a lot to discover on an Old Bennington walking tour.

A statue of Seth Warner at the Bennington Battle Monument

Remembering the Battle of Bennington

Those who enter southwestern Vermont from the west for the first time (Welcome to Vermont!) are in for a surprise when they round a bend on Route 279 and the broad valley of Bennington opens up before them. Straight ahead in the distance rise the Green Mountains, and there on the right, perched on a shelf of ground above the valley, is a soaring stone obelisk as tall as a football field is long (306 ft. 4½ in., to be precise). “What’s that all about?” the uninitiated might well ask.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

One hundred years ago, Robert Frost and his family moved to South Shaftsbury, Vermont, just a few miles north of Bennington. Each year many of Frost’s admirers make a pilgrimage to his gravesite and also visit the Robert Frost Stone House Museum, housed in his former Shaftsbury home.