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SUMMARY:Daring Dinner Escape Room
DESCRIPTION:As a famous reporter investigating the rising National Socialist German Workers’ Party in Germany\, you’re not surprised to receive an invitation at the home of a top German General for a dinner party. After a tip that this General owns top-secret documents that could reveal vital information about what the Germans are planning\, you accept. Arriving early\, you sneak into the house and steal a glimpse of these documents before dinner starts. However\, you are on a strict time limit – the General and his dinner guests will arrive in 60 minutes. If you are caught with these documents\, the consequences will be dire. Can you find the information before you are found out?  \n\n\n\nThis is a great group activity! Wonderful for birthdays\, company activities or a club outing. Fun for the whole family\, this escape room is recommended for children over eight. Online waiver acknowledgment is required prior to entry into the escape room. Those 17 and under must have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Participants under 15 must have an adult ticket holder in their group.  \n\n\n\nTickets $20 for members\, $25 for non-members. Groups of 2-10 people. Reservations are required\, select your date and time online. Reservations close 48 hours prior to their posted start date. You may make your reservation private for an additional $10 per group.  \n\n\n\nTickets may be purchased with the online form. To book a private session or use your member discount\, please email the museum at info@westporthistory.org.  \n\n\n\nTime slots are available Tuesdays-Thursdays from 11:30 am to 5 pm; on Fridays and Saturdays slots run from 11:30 am through 8 pm. All reservations last for 60 minutes\, with the recommendation of arriving 15 minutes prior to your start time.   \n\n\n\nTickets are nonrefundable. In the event you must cancel\, we will consider your purchase a donation and will happily issue you a donation receipt. Groups arriving 15 minutes after their reservation start time will have their reservation cancelled without a refund. \n\n\n\nSponsored\, in part\, by Cohen and Wolfe
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SUMMARY:Monte Carlo Masquerade Casino Night 
DESCRIPTION:Don your finest mask\, evening wear or costume to join the Westport Museum for History & Culture for our casino\, Monte Carlo Masquerade Casino Night. Enjoy casino games\, signature cocktails\, delicious food\, and prize drawings for casino winnings at this special event.  \n\n\n\nTake part in some glamourous fun at our gambling-to-give gaming tables! Try your hand at three different casino games with all the evening’s proceeds going to support the museum’s award-winning exhibitions\, programs and research.   \n\n\n\nYour ticket includes admission onto the red carpet\, refreshments\, entertainments\, and $25 dollars’ worth of casino chips. Additional casino chips may be added to your ticket purchase.  \n\n\n\nTickets are limited\, get yours today for $80 per person\, $70 for members. Limited quantities may be available at the door.  \n\n\n\nPurchase your tickets using the online form. Tickets are nonrefundable. In the event you must cancel\, we will consider your purchase a tax-deductible donation and will happily issue you a donation receipt.  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is accessible via public transit! The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk\, Bridgeport\, Stratford\, Milford\, and New Haven\, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue\, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  \n\n\n\nPark on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot. Westport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport. Please support our work by donating here.  \n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia Sponsor
URL:https://westporthistory.org/event/monte-carlo-night/
LOCATION:Westport Museum for History & Culture\, 25 Avery Place\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vintage Valentine Cupid Kit
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and make your own unique card for the sweethearts in your life with a Westport Museum Vintage Valentine Cupid Kit. Each kit includes vintage-themed supplies to create your very own antique-styled greeting cards\, a goose feather to make a quill pen and a link to our YouTube tutorial on quill cutting as well as a sample of vintage calligraphy to copy.  \n\n\n\nParticipants may drop in anytime between 11am and 5pm to make cards in the Museum’s program gallery. Can’t stay? Cupid Kits will be available for purchase in the museum’s shop to make your heartfelt creations at home.   \n\n\n\n$5 fee to cover supplies.  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is accessible via public transit! The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk\, Bridgeport\, Stratford\, Milford\, and New Haven\, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue\, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  \n\n\n\nPark on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot. Westport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport. Please support our work by donating here. 
URL:https://westporthistory.org/event/vintage-valentine-cupid-drop-in/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Chats on the Past: Will Mackintosh
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nMackintosh is an author and associate professor of history at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia where he primarily researches and teaches 19th century American history. An expert on the history of leisure\, Mackintosh provides an insightful look at how the concept of “the tourist” developed in 19th century America.  \n\n\n\nSelling the Sights is the perfect companion to our current Playful Pastimes exhibit! Learn about American tourism and then take a trip over to Westport Museum and enjoy a virtual journey into the American pastimes of the last century.  \n\n\n\nChats on the Past are free virtual events. You can also access the chat\, along with all our previous chats and many other virtual programs\, on our YouTube channel.  \n\n\n\nLike our programs? We’d appreciate your support as Westport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport! A suggested donation of $5 continues our unique programming.  Visit our donation form here. 
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SUMMARY:Truffle Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nTickets are $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers. Register online below.   \n\n\n\nWorkshops are limited to 12 participants. Tickets are nonrefundable. In the event you must cancel\, we will consider your purchase a donation and will happily issue you a donation receipt.  \n\n\n\nWhy not bring a group? Our historic foodways workshops are a delicious team-building activity\, party or family fun day and a wonderful opportunity try something new and take away a delicious souvenir. If you’re interested in a private event\, please contact programming@westporthistory.org.  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is accessible via public transit! The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk\, Bridgeport\, Stratford\, Milford\, and New Haven\, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue\, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  \n\n\n\nPark on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot. Westport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport. Please support our work by donating here. 
URL:https://westporthistory.org/event/truffle-making-workshop/
LOCATION:Westport Museum for History & Culture\, 25 Avery Place\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Treasure: Owls Football
DESCRIPTION: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\, a black and orange sporting team with a colorful story. Join our Assistant Director Nicole Carpenter as she shares some of the Owl’s memorabilia from the Museum’s collection.  \n\n\n\nTuesday Treasures is an online programming series showcasing objects from our collection not normally on public view. See and hear the stories behind some of the most unique\, mysterious\, and impactful artifacts in our community.   \n\n\n\nTo watch live and ask questions\, join our YouTube broadcast here. Can’t join us live? No problem! You can watch this program and many others online for free on our YouTube channel.   \n\n\n\nLike our programs? We’d appreciate your support! Suggested donation of $5 continues our unique programming.  Visit our donation form.  \n\n\n\nWant to learn more about other ways Westporters were spending their free time at the turn of the century? Come see our Playful Pastimes exhibit that is currently displayed here at the Westport Museum!  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is accessible via public transit! The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk\, Bridgeport\, Stratford\, Milford\, and New Haven\, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue\, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  \n\n\n\nPark on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot.   \n\n\n\nLike our programs? We’d appreciate your support as Westport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport! A suggested donation of $5 continues our unique programming.  Visit our donation form here. 
URL:https://westporthistory.org/event/tuesday-treasure-owls-football/
LOCATION:Westport Museum for History & Culture\, 25 Avery Place\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nNot just a night for history experts. In addition to some general history trivia\, test your knowledge of pop culture\, politics\, and other categories! A diverse palate of questions ensures every team member will have a key role to play in bringing home victory.  \n\n\n\nEnjoy a drink as a trivia night treat! Included with your reservation is a complimentary drink.  \n\n\n\nCan’t make our trivia night but itching to solve some puzzles? Book a session in our Daring Dinner Party escape room for a fun night of clever conundrums and intrigue.  \n\n\n\nStudents play at a reduced rate. University students who bring their school university ID only $5. $12 for non-members\, $8 for members. Groups may not be larger than 6 members.  \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be provided.  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is accessible via public transit! The Westport-Saugatuck railroad station has connections on the MTA New Haven line from Norwalk\, Bridgeport\, Stratford\, Milford\, and New Haven\, and more. Uber 2.3 miles to the Museum or take the Norwalk Wheels bus transit system when available to Post Road West at Myrtle Avenue\, which is a brief 7-minute walk from the Museum!  \n\n\n\nPark on Myrtle Avenue and Avery Place or behind Westport Town Hall or in the Baldwin Parking lot.  \n\n\n\nWestport Museum is a 501(c)3 museum not affiliated with or funded by the Town of Westport. Please support our work by donating here.  \n\n\n\nDrink Sponsor
URL:https://westporthistory.org/event/trivia-night/
LOCATION:Westport Museum for History & Culture\, 25 Avery Place\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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