Bennington Fun on Friday Program
May 5, 2006 for Vermont AAUW Members and Guests
1 – 6 p.m. Arrivals, check in with overnight hostess
if there is time before other events.
3:00 p.m. Choice of Tours and Escorted Museum visits
will leave from Staples parking lot. All museums close
at 5 p.m. Bennington members will drive so that no
one gets lost.
1. Tour of Robert Frost Stone House Museum and grave site with Lea Newman, a recent author of a book about Frost (Admission $5)2. Escorted visit to Clark Art Institute in Williamstown – classical art gallery with many French impressionist paintings (free)www.clarkart.edu 3. Escorted visit to the Williams College Museum of Art American art, modern and contemporary art (free)4. Self guided visits to Bennington Museum (American history, Grandma Moses Paintings, Art Glass $7), Covered Bridge Museum ($5), Top of Bennington Battle Monument ($1.50)6:30 Pot luck dinner provided by Bennington AAUW at the historic Barn opposite the Bennington Battle Monument. Martina Achieng from Kenya will speak.
Directions to Pot Luck Dinner: From the intersection of routes 7 & 9 in Bennington, go west on route 9 (Main Street) past the Bennington Museum on the left. Continue on route 9 to the top of the hill and turn right onto Monument Avenue. Continue until you are facing the Bennington Battle Monument. Make a right turn onto Monument Circle and turn into the first driveway. The Barn is the large gray building.
Directions to Staples Parking Lot: From the intersection of routes 7 & 9 in Bennington, go north on route 7 through 2 lights and turn right onto Kocher drive at the third light. Make a right turn into parking lot and meet close to Staples store.
