lecture

Name: LECTURE | From Variolation to Vaccination: The Transformation of Disease Prevention in the Early Republic (1796–c.1825)
Start: 2026-10-15T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-15T20:00:00-04:00
Location: WDS Museum

June 2026
LECTURE | Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete Winne

Featured June 28 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

Head Gardener Peter Winne explores the science and folklore behind the influence of sound on plant life—part lecture, part live demonstration, and completely unlike anything else on our calendar.
October 2026
LECTURE | Women of the Revolution with Zara Anishanslin

October 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WDS Museum 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT

The Revolution wasn’t won by generals alone. In this companion lecture to the Webb Deane Stevens Museum's exhibition Remember the Ladies: Women of the Revolution, Zara Anishanslin introduces us to the women who shaped the war for independence
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.

June 2026

October 2026