Westport Museum for History & Culture

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

Today, you can listen to your favorite song with a few taps on your smartphone. Even if you’re a little more old-fashioned, you can have a record or CD spinning within a minute or so. However, the earliest lovers of recorded music didn’t have the luxury of such simple mechanisms. Phonograph cylinders were the earliest ...

Looking for a fun and fashionable way to spend an evening after work? Come down to the Westport Museum’s upcoming Sip and Shop!  Enjoy a glass of wine while you browse the unique offerings of our gift shop. Between handcrafted decor from our staff, beautiful coffee table books, and many local artisan creations there is ...