Please join us for our WDS Member Exhibition Preview

April 30, 5:30-7:30 pm | Wine and light refreshments will be served.

What is a collection? How does it come to be? And what can we learn about the past, passion, and perspective of those who built it over time.

From teapots and portrait miniatures to furniture and a monumental canvas of founder Elizabeth Colt, a dazzling array of treasures from the Museum’s permanent collection are resurfacing for public view, some for the first time in a generation. Together they track the legacy of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames and show how the Society and Museum have evolved over more than a hundred years of collecting, preserving, and interpreting American history and decorative arts.

5:30 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks with Executive Director Brenton Grom

6:00 pm | Exhibition Tour – Out of the Attic: A Century of Collecting

RSVP: Renee Dumouchel at rdumouchel@wdsmuseum.org