2014-05-15T11:29:27-07:00 2013-06-30 Love Cody & Company CPAs PC PO Box 319 Bennington VT 052010319 990 2012-07-01 030185292 Bennington Museum Inc BENN 8024471571 75 Main Street Bennington VT 05201 Dr Robert Wolterstorff 2014-05-15 true Stephen C Love CPA P00035205 8024425552 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z 3115484 false false X www.benningtonmuseum.org The Bennington Museum collects, exhibits, and interprets the art, history, and culture of Vermont and northern New England. Our goal is to educate, delight, and inspire our local community, and visitors from across the nation and the world. 18 18 22 82 0 204085 176749 445039 176300 111543 245753 59702 40381 820369 639183 0 0 454098 537042 0 0 344686 334894 798784 871936 21585 -232753 4182941 3810327 226181 230135 3956760 3580192 The Bennington Museum collects, exhibits, and interprets the art, history, and culture of Vermont and northern New England. 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The Bennington Museum in known as the trusted caretaker of the largest collection of Grandma Moses art and memorabilia available to the public. The Museum also has collections of paintings, pottery, historical objects and fine furniture. The collections are maintained for public exhibition, education and research in furtherance of public service, rather than financial gain. Part III, Line 1a Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, o In accordance with accounting policies generally followed by museums, effective January 1, 2006 the value of the Museums' collections has been excluded from the statement of financial position, and gifts of art objects are excluded from revenue in the statement of activities. Purchases of art objects by the Museum are recorded as decreases in net assets in the statement of activities. Pursuant to Museum policy, proceeds from the sale of art and related insurance settlements are recorded as temporarily restricted net assets for the acquisition of art. false Festival of Trees 18189 18189 9313 Other special events 11699 11699 20195 29888 29888 29508 29508 380 X 9 X 14 X 2 54792 false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Copies of documents are available for review in the museum's administrative offices, upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Compensation of Executive Director is determined by the Trustees based on performance and considers compensation of similar positions in comparable organizations using the museum salary survey compiled by the New England Museum Association. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Form 990 was reviewed by members of the Board Finance Committee, and was made available to all other members of the Board to review upon their request.