Westport Museum honors collective memory through programs like Westport In Focus, our long-lens oral history project supported by CT Humanities. Knowing where we’ve come from guides our future. In the last two years we started an ambitious campaign to preserve the Museum’s extensive objects, paper and textile collections. With the help of a national grant and a lot of sweat equity we’ve built museum-quality storage areas so that our precious resources can be protected for generations to come. WM supports local educators with vibrant content enhancing student experience and building their love of learning history.
During the pandemic we:
- Built a virtual museum with abundant free programming
- Created new and exciting socially-distanced walking tours
- Put our most popular exhibits online
- Built museum-quality collection storage areas
- Wrote and published Images of America: Westport
- Launched a long-lens oral history program recognized state-wide
- Were nominated for national medal for extraordinary community service
- Launched WHMC Networks for original videos
