Webb Deane Stevens Museum

SPECIAL EVENT | Scott Allan: An Evening of Spirit Messages
2025-10-02 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
An evening of Spirit Messages with Scott Allan
Thursday, October 2, 6-8:30 pm
Join us in the Webb Barn to look through the veil and receive messages from the other side. Scott Allan has seen grief from both sides. As a funeral director, he helped families say goodbye. Now as an evidential medium featured on “Dark Echoes,” he helps them reconnect. Expect real stories, authentic moments, and unexpected humor that makes the evening both moving and surprisingly enjoyable.
What’s Included:
Mediumship Demonstration: Scott brings through heartfelt, evidential messages from loved ones in Spirit.
Book Signing & Sale: Pick up a signed copy of In the Presence of Light (with a foreword by Joseph P. Shiel III).
VIP Meet & Greet/Q&A: VIP guests enjoy an exclusive post-event Q&A and time to connect personally with Scott.
Door Prizes & Surprises: A little extra magic for lucky guests!
Tickets:
General Admission: $40 (includes event and book signing)
Members: $35 (includes event and book signing)
VIP Experience: $60 (includes upfront priority seating at the event, book signing, and exclusive post-event Q&A with Scott with special VIP Door Prizes! (Hint… someone will win a free reading!)
Please Note:
Not everyone is guaranteed a personal reading, but Scott aims to deliver as many messages as possible.
Event is for ages 16+.
Doors open at 6:30 PM; seating is first-come, first-served (except for VIP upfront priority seating).

SPECIAL EVENT | The Veil’s Whisper: An Evening of Tarot and the Occult
2025-10-16 18:00 - 20:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
With TR Revella-Hamilton and Karen Riccio of Solden Tarot.
Embrace the season of transformation as the veil grows thin. Join us for an enchanting evening exploring the mysteries of the occult and the ancient art of tarot reading. Discover the fascinating origins of occult practices before diving deep into hands-on tarot work with Solden creatrix Karen Riccio.
Learn the sacred “Veil’s Whisper three-card spread for receiving wisdom, restoring harmony, and enhancing intuition – perfect for channeling autumn’s alchemical magic. Let the wisdom of the tarot guide you to a deeper understanding of your own magic, embracing both light and shadow as pathways to self-discovery.
Bio | Karen Riccio is the creator of Solden, a space for tarot, mindfulness, and soul connection. Her work weaves together tarot, journaling, and ritual to support mental health, self-discovery, and empowerment. With a warm and intuitive approach, Karen helps others embrace both light and shadow as pathways to healing and self-trust.
Tickets: $30 General Admission | $25 Members
Event + Tarot Deck: $45 General Admission | $40 Members
*Note: Participants will use the Rider-Waite Smith tarot deck to create their own individual spreads during
the event. You may bring your own deck. If you do not own this deck, purchase the Event + Tarot Deck
ticket.
Due to the intimate and hands-on nature of this event, it is limited to 50 souls.

VIRTUAL LECTURE | The Ruin of All Witches: Fear, Fury & False Accusations With Dr. Malcolm Gaskill
2025-10-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom, Virtual Event, Zoom link provided
VIRTUAL LECTURE | The Ruin of All Witches: Fear, Fury & False Accusations With Dr. Malcolm Gaskill
Thursday, October 23, 12 pm
This is a virtual lecture. Zoom link will be provided in advance of the event.
WDS Director of Preservation & Collections TR Hamilton and distinguished historian Dr. Malcolm Gaskill moderate a group discussion looking at the process through which Dr. Gaskill came to write his 2022 work “A Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World”. Gaskill’s work utilizes previously unexplored sources to examine 17th-century New England witchcraft trials through the lens of one specific Connecticut River Valley community in 1651. Attendees are encouraged to participate and come ready with questions.
Tickets: Members $10 | General Admission $15 | Book Club Members Free

Bio | Malcolm Gaskill is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia, specializing in the social and cultural history of 17th-century England and America, particularly the history of witchcraft.
He is the author of six books, including Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches, a biography of the spiritualist medium Helen Duncan, the last woman imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act in 1944.
His most recent book is The Ruin of all Witches: Life and Death in the New World, the story of a witch-panic in a New England frontier town, published by Penguin, Allen Lane.
He is also interested in war and memory in the twentieth century, about which he has written about for the TLS and London Review of Books. This is also a key theme of Hellish Nell, a revised edition of which is underway.

SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tours (SOLD OUT, Buy Spooktacular Tickets Now!)
2025-10-25 10:30 - 15:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
Oct 25 tours are sold out. We have NEW tour times on October 26. Purchase tickets, or join our expanded Halloween Spooktacular Witches and Tombstones tour on Oct 31!
An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns on Saturday, October 25th and November 1st.
Start at the Isaac Stevens House as an attendee at an early-nineteenth-century wake and learn about mourning practices, how illnesses were treated, and how the living dealt with fears of being buried alive. Then visit Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves, hear stories of those who met their end during Connecticut’s first mass murder, and learn how gravestones warned the living of their own impending peril. The final stop on the tour is the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1711), the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.
Tour times: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: Members $35 per person; Non-members $40 per person.
Tours are limited to groups of 16, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! (October 25th Tour Times are Sold Out)
*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 12.

SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tours (NEW DATE)
2025-10-26 11:30 - 15:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
Oct 25 tours are sold out. We have added NEW tour times on October 26. Purchase tickets, or join our expanded Halloween Spooktacular Witches and Tombstones tour on Oct 31!
An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns on Saturday, October 25th, October 26th, and November 1st.
Start at the Isaac Stevens House as an attendee at an early-nineteenth-century wake and learn about mourning practices, how illnesses were treated, and how the living dealt with fears of being buried alive. Then visit Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves, hear stories of those who met their end during Connecticut’s first mass murder, and learn how gravestones warned the living of their own impending peril. The final stop on the tour is the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1711), the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.
Tour times: 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: Members $35 per person; Non-members $40 per person.
Tours are limited to groups of 16, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! (October 25th Tour Times are Sold Out)
*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 12.

SPECIAL EVENT | Witches and Tombstones Spooktacular
2025-10-31 18:30 - 20:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
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.
A Spirit Guide – arisen for one night only – will escort you to the Isaac Stevens house where you will meet our weeping widow and discover the macabre funerary practices of the 19th century – an unfortunate regular occurrence for the Stevens family. As you follow your Spirit Guide, you will pass through the Ancient Burial Ground where they will delight you with tales of some of Wethersfield’s longest serving ghouls.
At the Buttolph-Williams House you will partake in the trial of an accused witch and witness first-hand the hysteria that overtook 17 th -century Connecticut Puritans and led neighbors to condemn neighbors to the hangman’s noose. Your final stop on this journey through haunted history is the Silas Deane House. Unfortunately, you will have arrived just a bit too late for poor Mrs. Deane, but her ghost may tell you of the dark history of 18 th -century medicine that sealed her fate. If you dare to linger, your obliging guide will invite you to toast her soul with a spirited drink in the old house. The only tour to be given after dark, this extended Witches and Tombstones tour will haunt you long after you’ve departed.
Tickets: $55
Tours: Friday, October 31, 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Each tour is limited to 20 souls.
You must be 18 years or older to participate in this tour. Valid I.D. is required for all attendees.
Please note that this program lasts approximately 1.5 hours and requires the ability to walk some
distances over unpaved and uneven ground as well as standing for periods of time.

SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tours (SOLD OUT - Buy Spooktacular Tickets Now!)
2025-11-01 10:30 - 15:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
November 1 tours are sold out. We have NEW tour times on October 26. Purchase tickets, or join our expanded Halloween Spooktacular Witches and Tombstones tour on Oct 31!
An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns on Saturday, October 25th and November 1st.
Start at the Isaac Stevens House as an attendee at an early-nineteenth-century wake and learn about mourning practices, how illnesses were treated, and how the living dealt with fears of being buried alive. Then visit Wethersfield’s Ancient Burying Ground. See the graves, hear stories of those who met their end during Connecticut’s first mass murder, and learn how gravestones warned the living of their own impending peril. The final stop on the tour is the Buttolph-Williams House (ca. 1711), the setting for the Newbery-winning children’s novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Hear stories about the notorious Wethersfield Witch Trials, which preceded the Salem Witch Trials by 30 years. The Buttolph-Williams House is a property of Connecticut Landmarks operated by the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.
Tour times: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: Members $35 per person; Non-members $40 per person.
Tours are limited to groups of 16, so reserve your tickets before they sell out! October 25th date is Sold Out!
*Please note: The Witches & Tombstones tour includes climbing stairs and walking on uneven ground. It is not recommended for youth under age 12.

PERFORMANCE | Alternative Tragic Americana: An Evening with Singer-Songwriter Anna May
2025-11-21 19:00 - 20:30 | WDS Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT, 06109
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PERFORMANCE | Alternative Tragic Americana: An Evening with Singer-Songwriter Anna May
Friday, November 21, 7:00 PM
Purchase Tickets
Experience the ethereal artistry of Connecticut-born singer-songwriter Anna May in an intimate salon-style concert. Anna’s lyrical sensibility is steeped in wisdom and whimsy that explores both estrangement and connection, drawing inspiration from artists like Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, and Billie Holiday. Her tender, immersive moodscapes with a western folk flare create otherworldly sounds that blur the boundaries between folk, jazz, and contemplative Americana. This limited-seating performance promises an unforgettable evening of haunting vocals and poetic storytelling in our historic atmosphere.
Tickets: $20 | $15 Members
