Bundy Museum of History and Art — Attraction in City of Binghamton

I enjoyed my Saturday visit to the Bundy Museum, thanks to the time I was allowed to spend with the Rod Serling collection. Everybody was agog with the fact that I saw the Talking Tina dolls face to face. I read from family copies of the Twilight Zone scripts, written by Serling for the first season. The annex makes for a common area for visitors. You can't sit down at the dining room table in the Bundy house during a tour, but you can make yourself at home on a bar stool at the lovingly restored bar. A vending machine has drinks and snacks to keep you sharp as you peruse the scripts and make notes. The bar opens for special events in the space, which have included a Rod Serling Christmas Party and film screenings and concerts.

The Bundy Machine celebrates the invention of the time clock. However, the Bundy Museum extends its mission by incubating collections for future museums in Binghamton. How long until the Rod Serling collection can stand alone as its own destination? I'm wondering if there's plans to secure the home where the writer lived while attending high school.

Definitely worth...

The Bundy isn't just a museum, it's a wonderful enigma where republicans rub shoulders with drag queens, where pure anarchy (Riot Act books) sits beside the epitome of capitalist control (time clocks). The whole complex - and it is a complex! - emanates joy, creativity, and not just mutual respect but shared love. I left with a smile on my face and an optimism for America that I haven't experienced in years. I'll be back - for an art show, a visit to the dark room, or just to share this eclectic place with...

Total highlight of my time in Binghamton. The Bundy museum is really a love letter to the town and a center for the local arts community. The Bundy brothers invented the factory punch clock and, in the process, helped give birth to IBM. That story, plus the life of local Rod Sterling, gilded age antiques, exhibits of contemporary local art and a concert space - amazing space run by lovely people. Shout out to Steve whose love of his city is potent...