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  • Museum Closed

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    The museum will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

  • Cedar Hill Cemetery Tour

    Noah Webster House Members get FREE admission to this Cedar Hill Cemetery Tour!

  • The Original Promise Of America: “The Pursuit of Happiness”

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Join the Noah Webster House for a new, three-part lecture series commemorating America250. Part One of this series is called "The Pursuit of Happiness."

  • Life on the Webster Farm: Work Days – From Yarn to Cloth

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    July 20 – From Yarn to Cloth

    Join us on July 20 for the first-ever demonstration of our barn loom since its recent repair! Learn about the process of weaving and try your hand at different kinds of weaving during your visit!

  • Museum Closed

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    The museum will be closed to the public on Monday, July 29, 2024.

  • Real Ale Harvest Festival

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Join us September 7th, 2024 for a beer festival like no other: the Real Ale Harvest Festival!

  • The Original Promise Of America: “Liberty”

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Join the Noah Webster House for a new, three-part lecture series commemorating America250. Part Two of this series is called "Liberty."

  • WordHouse Poetry

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Join us for a FREE poetry reading on September 28th!

  • Historic Home, Modern Cause: 1666 Saltbox Tour 

    Click here to purchase tickets now! Historic Home, Modern Cause: 1666 Saltbox Tour  John Deming House Tour Saturday, October 5th ~ 10am-2pm (House will close at 2pm, so please arrive before 1:30pm […]

  • Remembering the Holocaust: Two Monuments by Elbert Weinberg

    Noah Webster House 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

    Two of the most significant public monuments by the sculptor Elbert Weinberg (1928-1991) are Holocaust memorials, one in Wilmington, Delaware, the other on the grounds of the Jewish Community Center on Bloomfield Avenue in West Hartford.  Weinberg grew up in Hartford’s Jewish North End during World War II, and Jewish themes, many of them dark and troubling, occur throughout his work.  Art historian Nancy Finlay will discuss these two important commissions, examining their origins and exploring their imagery. 

    We are proud to partner with CT Voices of Hope and Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford for this program.

    This lecture coincides with the "Portraits of Survival" exhibit currently on display in our museum gallery until October 15, 2024. Portraits of Survival was conceived by photographer Lena Stein, spotlighting the lives of Holocaust survivors that settled in the Hartford area.

    About the presenter:
    Nancy Finlay has a B.A. from Smith College and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.  She was responsible for cataloging the Elbert Weinberg Collection in the Hartford History Center, a vast collection of manuscripts, drawings, sculptures, photographs, ephemera, and other material donated to the Hartford Public Library in 2013 by the Elbert Weinberg Trust.  She is the author of In the Grand Tradition: The Enduring Art of Elbert Weinberg published by the Hartford Public Library in 2018