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  • April 2024

  • Thu 25

    The Landscape of Future History

    April 25, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    The Webb Deane Stevens Museum is pleased to present landscape [...]

    $20 – $25
  • May 2024

  • Sat 25

    Colonial Encampment

    May 25, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Join us for a day of free family fun! The [...]

    Free
  • September 2024

  • Thu 12

    LECTURE | Other People’s Stuff: How the Spectacle of House Museums Can Bring Us Together and Teach Us Empathy

    Featured September 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    You don’t have to believe the country is falling apart [...]

    $15 – $20
  • January 2025

  • Wed 15

    The Loyalist Legacy: Martha Codman Karolik’s Ancestry, Collecting, and Nationalism

    January 15, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Discover how one prominent New England woman's look at her family history was entangled with gender, nationalism, race, memory, and the Colonial Revival. Historian MaryKate Smolenski examines how and why loyalism to the Crown, which divided families and communities during the American Revolution, was edited out of the picture in the 1920s.

  • February 2025

  • Tue 11

    WDS BOOK CLUB: | The Bookshop

    February 11, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Calling all bookworms, history buffs, preservationists and culture mavens! Join us for our NEW year-long book club, accompanied by a lecture series with acclaimed authors.

  • Sun 16

    TEA &… | High Tea and The First Ladies – POSTPONED

    February 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Join us for our first high tea of the season, where we'll learn about hosting customs from our founding females and their Modern-day counterparts. 

  • March 2025

  • Tue 11

    WDS BOOK CLUB | Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect

    March 11, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

  • Thu 13

    VIRTUAL BOOK TALK | Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect with author Victoria Kastner

    Featured March 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Zoom Virtual Event, Zoom link provided

    Victoria Kastner, former Hearst Castle historian and acclaimed author, probes the remarkable life of Julia Morgan - the first woman admitted to Paris's prestigious École des Beaux-Arts and California's first licensed female architect.

  • Thu 27

    GARDEN TALK | Waking Up Your Garden from Winter with Peter Winne

    March 27, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Join WDS Head Gardener Peter Winne for a colorful conversation on how to treat your garden with care to prepare it for the coming Spring. 

  • April 2025

  • Sat 12

    WORKSHOP | Topiary Workshop with Anthony Bellomo of the Orangerie

    April 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Learn the art of topiary with expert Anthony Bellomo of The Orangerie. Don't miss this unique opportunity to bring timeless elegance to your garden.

  • Wed 30

    Member Preview | Out of The Attic: A Century of Collecting

    Featured April 30, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Join us for our Member's Preview of the new exhibition Out of the Attic: A Century of Collecting

  • May 2025

  • Thu 22

    VIRTUAL LECTURE | Victorian-Era Colonial Revival: Late 19th Century Furniture of New York Cabinetmakers Matthew Meier & Ernest Hagen

    Featured May 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

    Join us for an exclusive virtual lecture with Grant S.Quertermous, Curator & Director of Collections at the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, as he delves into the history and craftsmanship of a remarkable 1892 Meier & Hagen mirror and the evolution of Meier & Hagen furniture.

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