Treat the special women in your life to an elegant Mother’s Day filled with flowers and flavor. Enjoy music and a morning stroll through our gardens, then share tea, cake, and conversation overlooking the beautiful grounds.
They were allies, rivals, and collaborators — sometimes all at once. The Feuding Founders Collective launches at WDS with a daylong symposium exploring the real Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lee brothers of Virginia. Walk the historic houses, hear from scholars at three partner sites, and discover why these 250-year-old rivalries feel so familiar. This is the real story — not the tidy one.
Travel back in time and experience our Annual Revolutionary War Encampment and Traditional Trades Fair. Join us all day for a fun, educational immersion in the Colonial era, including period music, open hearth cooking demonstrations, children’s colonial games, traditional craft-making, woodworking, masonry, weaving, musket demonstrations, camp tours with the 5th Connecticut Regiment, and so much more.
The Webb Dean Stevens Museum will celebrate the annual Connecticut Open House Day with reduced Museum admission all day and free self-guided tours of the first floor of the Deane house from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Experience living history on a guided tour of our three historic homes, relax in our tranquil garden, and enjoy treasures both antique and modern in our thoughtfully curated gift shop.
Onsite at Jay Heritage Center in Rye, NY | Spy codes, smear campaigns, and fragile alliances: explore John Jay as diplomat and spymaster at the Jay Heritage Center in Rye, NY. Part of the Feuding Founders Collective.
On a waning crescent evening, Karen Riccio demystifies the Major and Minor Arcana in a workshop that keeps the practice both grounded and genuinely magical. Learn the fundamentals of tarot reading, then ask your questions as Karen interprets cards in real time, providing insight into what may come to pass.
Oct 24 | An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns. This event is SOLD OUT. Contact info@wdsmuseum.org to be put on a waiting list.
Oct 31 | An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns. This event is SOLD OUT. Contact info@wdsmuseum.org to be put on a waiting list.
Join us on a special Halloween night as we descend into the witching hour. Our Halloween Spooktacular is an immersive experience that will transport you through our haunted history.
Join our small-group journey to Virginia’s Northern Neck, where George Washington’s early world meets the landscapes that shaped the Revolution. Tour seven houses along the Rappahannock, some rarely open to the public, enjoy lunches and dinners in historic river towns, and a stay at Stratford Hall. Nov 5-8, 2026
Onsite at Stratford and Menokin in Virginia | Richard Henry, Francis Lightfoot, William, and Arthur Lee helped drive the push for independence — then clashed with Silas Deane and John Jay over how to see it through. Join the Feuding Founders Collective at Stratford Hall and Menokin for a day of roundtable discussion and historic tours.
At a site where Washington himself once walked, join us for an elegant afternoon tea honoring the men and women who have carried the spirit of that revolutionary generation forward.