Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont, grew from the Bennington Historical Association, incorporated in 1852, and opened to the public in a renovated former church in 1928 before expanding several times and adopting its current name in 1954. A nonprofit museum focused on Vermont and nearby regional art and history, it is especially known for the largest public collection of paintings by Grandma Moses. Its holdings also include early American art, Bennington Modernism, Gilded Age material, artifacts tied to the Battle of Bennington, Vermont-made firearms, notable textiles such as the Bennington flag and Jane Stickle Quilt, and Grandma Moses's schoolhouse.