THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM MAY THROUGH OCTOBER. Please check below to join our events.

upcoming events

LECTURE | Civic Stitches: Early American Needlework and National Identity 

September 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT | Musick’s Recreation: At-Home Musick-Making in Colonial New England

September 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

CONCERT | American Jazz in the Barn: with Mason Griffin and Quentin Bruno

September 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

FEUDING FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE | Jay Heritage Center, NY: John Jay, Diplomat and Spymaster

September 26 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

LECTURE | Women of the Revolution with Zara Anishanslin

October 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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

October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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

October 13 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 24

October 24 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

SPECIAL TOURS | Witches & Tombstones Tour October 31

October 31 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

SPECIAL EVENT | Witches and Tombstones Spooktacular

October 31 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

WDS TRAVEL | Four Days in Virginia’s Northern Neck

November 5 @ 5:00 pm - November 8 @ 4:00 pm

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

November 8 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

TEA | Veterans Day Afternoon Tea  

November 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

SPECIAL EVENT | Thanksgiving Dinner

November 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP | Winter Decor with Foraged Plants  

November 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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

December 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Holiday Candlelight Tours

December 11 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Holiday Candlelight Tours

December 12 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Holiday Candlelight Tours

December 18 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Holiday Candlelight Tours

December 19 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm