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  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

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    Free
  • A Painting of crowds walk by Coney Island posters advertising the performers Pip & Flip

    Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, Part I 

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

    In conjunction with the Westport Museum’s exhibition “Playful Pastimes,” join Dr. Robin Jaffee Frank for a captivating look at Coney Island as the ultimate accessible leisure destination and its iconic ...

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    $5
  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

    Read More
    Free
  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

    Read More
    Free
  • Painting of a massive crowd on the beach at Coney Island

    Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, Part II

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

    In conjunction with the Westport Museum’s exhibition “Playful Pastimes,” join Dr. Robin Jaffee Frank for part two of her captivating series about Coney Island as the ultimate accessible leisure destination ...

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    $5
  • Bundle of hand dipped candles hanging from a hook.

    Candle Dipping Workshop

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

    Make your own dipped candle in the colonial way. In our candle-dipping workshop you will learn one of the ways people in the 17th and 18th century American made candles ...

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    $10 – $15
  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

    Read More
    Free
  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

    Read More
    Free
  • A young visitor watches as a staff member demonstrates embroidery

    Colonial Field Day

    Ever wondered how to play hoop and stick? Or break flax? What about spinning yarn? Bring the whole family and see for yourself at the museum's Colonial Field Day! Take part ...

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    $5
  • constructing a dress

    Dress Construction Viewing 

    Ever wanted to know how a dress from your favorite period drama was made? Have questions about fashion from the past?  Join our Director of Programs and Collections, Nicole Carpenter, ...

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    Free
  • F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda sitting in a car with their Westport CT rental in the background

    Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes 

    Longshore Club Park 260 Compo Rd. S., Westport

    Imagine it’s the summer of 1920. Westport is a sleepy farm community that lures New York’s most glamorous couple-F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald—to its shores.  Seeking respite from their whirlwind ...

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    $20 – $25

  • Destination Westport: Path of Patriots

    Greens Farms Lower Cemetery Nyala Farms Road, Westport, Connecticut, United States

    On July 8, 1779, during the war for Independence, British soldiers attacked Green’s Farms, burning buildings to the ground. Learn about Westport’s role in the American Revolution, by visiting the ...

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    $10 – $15


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