Past Events

On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., the public is invited to attend a virtual Community Conversation about the history of Juneteenth and the upcoming celebration that will mark West Hartford’s second annual observance of the holiday. The June 19 holiday of Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. In 2020, Mayor Shari Cantor proclaimed June 19 as Juneteenth Day in West Hartford, CT and the town’s first ever official observance took place on the town…

The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is pleased to announce two community nights to help you reconnect with friends and raise funds for the museum. On Thursdays, May 13 and June 10, the museum will host Community Nights. Please join us to visit with your neighbors from a safe distance and raise money to support the museum which, like many cultural institutions, has lost significant revenue due to event cancellations and closures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic…

Announcing Webster's War of the Words, the signature fundraiser of the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society! The highlight of the event is the game show hosted by Merriam-Webster Dictionary's Peter Sokolowski, which will be hosted virtually this year on Zoom Webinar. Ticket Options: Webster's War of the Words Virtual Game Show $20.00 Join us for a celebration of words to support the birthplace of the Father of American English, Noah Webster! Webster's War of the Words is…

Our full day camp, offered in conjunction with West Hartford’s Westmoor Park. Children can explore life in the 1700’s by spending a week as a colonial child! By doing activities at both the Noah Webster House and Westmoor Park, children experience first-hand the chores, games, and fun of colonial times. During the week, children get a taste for living in the past by helping to cook their lunches over an open hearth. They explore Noah Webster’s house and garden, work…

Our full day camp, offered in conjunction with West Hartford’s Westmoor Park. Children can explore life in the 1700’s by spending a week as a colonial child! By doing activities at both the Noah Webster House and Westmoor Park, children experience first-hand the chores, games, and fun of colonial times. During the week, children get a taste for living in the past by helping to cook their lunches over an open hearth. They explore Noah Webster’s house and garden, work…

AUDITION CALL! West Hartford Hauntings Returns For 17th Season   On September 1 and 3, 2021, the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society invites the public to audition for West Hartford Hauntings. Hauntings is an outdoor theatrical tour of the town’s North Cemetery that will entertain 800 people over the course of the last two weekends in October. Do you have what it takes to be a guide or character on this tour of West Hartford’s past? During the 16-year history of the production,…

View the splendor of the fall season in 6 gardens located throughout West Hartford. Presented by the West Hartford Garden Club. The tour's five private gardens will require a ticket and are open to adults and children over 12. Advance tickets are available for $20 through September 10, 2021. (Tickets are available the day of the tour for $25 at St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Ave., West Hartford.) As well as private residences, the tour includes the public gardens…