Join author Will Mackintosh to discuss Selling the Sights: The Invention of the Tourist in American Culture (New York University Press, 2019). Learn how trends and cultural movements shaped the tourism industry as we know it through the years. Mackintosh is an author and associate professor of history at the University of Mary Washington in ...
Just in time for Valentines Day, learn how to make your very own chocolate in our truffle-making class taught by Alina Dancho, a professional pastry chef and owner of Alina’s Cakes & Cookies with locations in Fairfield and Westport! Enjoy your delicious final product yourself or give it as a gift. Tickets are $35 for ...
Anyone from Connecticut is familiar with the everlasting struggle between Patriots and Giants fans, but imagine if Westport had its very own team? Well, it once did! In the first half of the twentieth century, Westport, and Fairfield County more broadly, was home to a thriving semi-professional football community. Among those teams stood the Westport Owls, ...
Calling all trivia afficionados, fun-fact fiends, and scholars of esoteric information! Come to the Westport Museum’s first Trivia Night! Enjoy a night of challenging questions with your friends as you battle to prove your group are the trivia masters of Westport. Not just a night for history experts. In addition to some general history trivia, ...
Calling all seniors! Have you ever wanted the opportunity to learn more about Connecticut history with local museum professionals? Our upcoming online course through the University of Connecticut Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is the perfect chance to expand your regional knowledge. OLLI provides low-cost adult-education for those 50+. This OLLI course explores notable events ...
Alexandra Lally Peters, Historian, Curator and Collector of Samplers Alexandra will talk about needlework samplers. Alexandra Lally Peters is a sampler collector and historian who first encountered a schoolgirl sampler that she could buy forty years ago. She lives in New York City and in Sharon, CT, with a lot of samplers that explain so much about ...
Join the Westport Museum for a Cultural Fellowship celebrating Spring holidays! This free event celebrates the many different traditions that are not only celebrated here in Westport, but across the world. Come enjoy cultural crafts, live music, yummy treats, and fun activities, all while learning a little more about the rich cultures that have found ...
Help us preserve history! Transcribe the Past, Shape the Future Can you read script? Then join Westport Museum for our Women’s History Transcription Day and take part in preserving untold stories. Work with original documents that shed light on women’s history, including the papers of Sigrid Schultz, WWII journalist; Dorothy Adams, Westport educator; and Rose ...
The year is 1924 and the Bittersweet on Main is staging a production of Dracula to an exclusive audience. Once an invitation-only club, the Bittersweet now only poses as a haven for the arts. Behind the polished veneered doors there is a secret: a blind pig (code for “speakeasy” to those in the know.) When ...
No matter how hard you try, those late-night thoughts keep creeping back… the endless wondering, the restless curiosity, the nagging question: “When’s is Westport Museum’s next Trivia Night?” Good news: you don’t have to wonder anymore. We know that once is never enough so join us once again at the Westport Museum for a night ...
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 made candles and then take your candle home to use and enjoy. Join the Museum today and enjoy this class for a discount! Tickets are $15 per person ...
Join us for an immersive cultural experience, where you'll savor Afro-Indigenous dishes curated by Westport Museum Executive Director and Chef, Ramin Ganeshram; and Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe Clan Mother, Shoran Waupatukuay Piper. This unique event, a collaboration with the Westport Museum and dialogue leaders Everyday Democracy, features carefully prepared foods as an entry point to ...
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