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

upcoming events

PERFORMANCE | American Contemporary Dances with The Hartford Dance Collective

May 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

CLASS | Saturday Morning Arts: Open-Level Dance Class with The Hartford Dance Collective

May 9 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

PERFORMANCE | American Contemporary Dances with The Hartford Dance Collective

May 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

TEA | Mother’s Day Tea

May 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

LECTURE | The Art of Collecting

May 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

FEUDING FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE | Feuding Founders: The Untold Drama of Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lees of Virginia

May 16 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

FREE EVENT | Wethersfield 250 Jubilee: Revolutionary War Encampment & Traditional Trades Fair

May 23 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

WDS BOOK CLUB | The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding

June 9 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

WDS BOOK CLUB | The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution

August 11 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

LECTURE | Civic Stitches: Early American Needlework and National Identity 

September 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

FEUDING FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE | Jay Heritage Center – The Untold Drama of Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lees of Virginia

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

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

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

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

November 14 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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

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