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  • October 2026

  • Thu 8

    SPECIAL EVENT | Turning the Cards: Tarot, Intuition & New Beginnings  

    October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    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. 

  • Tue 13

    WDS BOOK CLUB | Spiritualism’s Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Séances in Lily Dale

    Featured October 13 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.

  • Thu 15

    LECTURE | From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825)  

    October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Forensic anthropologist Anna Dhody traces America's dramatic shift from dangerous variolation to revolutionary vaccination, revealing a founding-era debate about trust, authority, and what it meant to be American that feels strikingly familiar today. 

  • Sat 24

    SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 24

    October 24 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns

  • Sat 31

    SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 31

    October 31 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    An up-close and creepy examination of all things funereal, our popular Witches & Tombstones tour returns

  • Sat 31

    SPECIAL EVENT | Witches and Tombstones Spooktacular

    Featured October 31 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    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.

  • November 2026

  • Fri 6

    CONCERT | Chamber Music in the Deane House  

    November 6 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    CONCERT | Chamber Music in the Deane House   Hear 18th-century [...]

  • Sun 8

    FEUDING FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE | Stratford Hall & Menokin, VA: The Lee—Deane Conflict and the Political “Bloodbath” of 1778

    Featured November 8 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Stratford Hall 483 Great House Road, Stratford, VA   +1 more

    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.

  • Wed 11

    TEA | Veterans Day Afternoon Tea  

    November 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    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.  

  • Sun 15

    SPECIAL EVENT | Thanksgiving Dinner

    Featured November 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Come share a table, a toast, and a tradition at our annual Thanksgiving Dinner in the historic Webb Barn, supporting the preservation and education mission of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.  A beloved Wethersfield tradition, our Thanksgiving Dinner invites you to enjoy "A Taste of Time," celebrating five centuries of American fare.

  • Sat 21

    WORKSHOP | Winter Decor with Foraged Plants  

    November 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Head Gardener Peter Winne shows you how to transform seasonal greens, berries, and dried flowers into stunning natural décor—a hands-on afternoon for getting into the holiday spirit the old-fashioned way. 

  • December 2026

  • Tue 8

    WDS BOOK CLUB | Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

    December 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Meet fellow history enthusiasts in person as we discuss thought-provoking books by acclaimed authors.

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