Upcoming Events

 

Playful Pastimes: 1890 to 1910

Westport Museum for History & Culture 25 Avery Place, Westport, CT, United States

Playful Pastimes: 1890 to 1910, explores the many aspects of leisure during the turn of the 19th century. The first of two World Wars, women's suffrage, the Spanish Flu outbreak ...

$5 – $7

Event Series Free First Saturdays

Free First Saturdays

Westport Museum for History & Culture 25 Avery Place, Westport, CT, United States

First Saturdays are a great opportunity to experience what we have to offer at the Westport Museum free of charge on the first Saturday of each month.  Young visitors can ...

Free

Destination Westport: Art from the Beyond Walking Tour

Greens Farm Lower Cemetery Nyala Farms Rd, Westport, Connecticut, United States

Ever wondered why you shouldn’t walk on a grave or why there are so many skulls on tombstones? Do you know the story of Connecticut’s witch trials? Join WM Assistant ...

$10 – $15

Darkness, Inside the Mind of Connecticut’s Witches

Westport Museum for History & Culture 25 Avery Place, Westport, CT, United States

Darkness, Inside the Mind of Connecticut’s Witches is a unique Halloween experience. Enter 1647 and witness the witch trials that European colonists experienced through their own words, in the darkness ...

$10 – $15

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Reading by Washington Irving

Westport Museum for History & Culture 25 Avery Place, Westport, CT, United States

The ghostly apparition of Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has been resurrected for a special reading of his frightful tale about the Headless Horseman. Audiences of ...

$5

Destination Westport: Westport Sanitarium Walking Tour

Winslow Dog Park 25 CT-136, Westport, Connecticut, United States

Though the buildings are long gone, the site of the Westport Sanitarium—one of two in Westport—stood in what is, today, Winslow Park. Follow our docent through the park and discover ...

$10 – $15


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Past Events

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