2012-05-15T08:35:30-07:00 2011-06-30 Love Cody & Company CPAs PC PO Box 319 Bennington VT 052010319 990 2010-07-01 030185292 Bennington Museum Inc BENN 8024471571 75 Main Street Bennington VT 05201 Edith J Sawitsky 2012-05-15 Stephen C Love CPA 8024425552 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 1021307 false false X www.benningtonmuseum.org The Bennington Musuem is a facility open to the public. It maintains historic objects of art and other objects of cultural value. The Museum also studies American history and promotes public awareness of American culture. 16 16 16 130 0 261083 333542 151142 178185 182219 94766 62077 76590 656521 683083 0 0 508772 484649 0 0 356154 329275 864926 813924 -208405 -130841 4088467 4304196 195092 254811 3893375 4049385 The Bennington Musuem is a facility open to the public. It maintains historic objects of art and other objects of cultural value. 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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 22888 22888 5383 Other special events 18391 18391 13242 41279 41279 18625 18625 22654 X 2 41532 false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No documents available to the public. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process The Form 990 is reviewed by the trustees at a trustees meeting or by other means.