Join us for a Community Conversation to learn about the people and stories that inspired the stunning mural installed in 2021 at Blue Back Square. This free, virtual event is open to the public. Advance registration is required. Each piece on the mural represents a story of individuals who have helped build the legacy of West Hartford and whose stories are not told nearly enough if at all, but now have been immortalized in the center of town.

The West Hartford African American Social & Cultural Organization (WHAASCO) and the Noah Webster House and Historical Society, in collaboration with the West Hartford Public Schools (WHPS), are hosting a Black History Month 'Community Conversation' on the subject of implementation of new Black Studies curriculum following passage of PA 19-12. The program will be presented […]

The Noah Webster House partnered with the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford to co- host this virtual event.  Join us March 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm on Zoom for a panel discussion about growing up Jewish in West Hartford in the 1940s and 1950s. These decades, when Jewish families first started moving to town […]

The Witness Stones Project honors and commemorates the lives of those enslaved here. Register to participate in this annual class focused on uncovering and exploring the lives of those enslaved in the West Division of Hartford. In the 2022 class, participants will learn to tell the story of Titus and Julia Thomas. Their Witness Stones will […]

On Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7 p.m. the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society brings you a virtual, word-based game show hosted by Merriam-Webster Dictionary's Editor at Large, Peter Sokolowski. The museum's signature fundraiser, Webster's War of the Words, features two teams of celebrity contestants engaged in an entertaining battle of words and […]

FAMILY FRIENDLY THIRD THURSDAY COMMUNITY NIGHTS Mini Tours, Games, Food & Fun at the Noah Webster House The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is the place for you to be third Thursday evenings all summer long. The museum is hosting community nights from 5-8 p.m. on June 16, July 21, and August […]

The Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical Society hosts a staged reading of The Hanging of Rebecca by playwright Debra Walsh on June 24, 25, and 26, 2022. Connecticut had its own witch hunt, earlier and more gruesome than the infamous trials in Salem, Massachusetts. In The Hanging of Rebecca you will learn the […]

Join us for our full day camp, offered in conjunction with West Hartford’s Westmoor Park.

The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is the place for you to be third Thursday evenings all summer long. The museum is hosting family friendly Community Nights 5-8 p.m. on June 16, July 21, and August 18. Discover history and play games while you eat or sip from participating food and beverage […]