"People, the Heart of CT-2020" Exhibit Opening Monday, August 10, 2020 5:30-7:30 p.m. Award-winning portrait photographer, Rebecca Rose, presents an exhibit in celebration of National Connecticut Day, which celebrates families, stories, and communities. There is nothing more significant to celebrate than our families, our stories, and our communities. This is the definition of community: despite […]

FOOD TRUCKS FOR AUGUST 13: Iron & Grain Co. Disco Forno Dessert - Ice cream treats to benefit the Noah Webster House! Our second Food Truck Night will be held outside of the museum in our parking lot and new patio on Thursday, August 13 from 5-8 p.m. Food and beverages (valid ID required for alcoholic […]

Don't miss your chance to experience West Hartford's own house of "Seven Gables"! The amazing 8,700 sq. ft. home located at 48 Orchard Road will be open exclusively as a fundraiser for the Noah Webster House on Sunday, September 27, 2020. Seven Gables was designed by Ebbets & Frid and built by the Tychsen Brothers […]

WEST HARTFORD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Taking a deeper look at race and equity in our community The community of West Hartford, like so many across the country, is trying to come to grips with its legacy of slavery and institutional racism. At the encouragement of Mayor Shari Cantor, a committee of community stake-holders formed to investigate […]

This annual Black History Month event with West Hartford African American Social & Cultural Organization (WHAASCO) and West Hartford Community Interactive will revisit The 1619 Project to examine how disparities in healthcare have roots in the institution of slavery. We will begin the program with a review of The 1619 Project: Episode 4 - How […]

The public is invited to attend a series of free online classes this March and April offered by Witness Stones West Hartford. In both series of four, one-hour classes, you will work with project directors Dr. Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine to remember the lives of enslaved people who lived in the what was then […]

This St. Patrick’s Day, we wish you Slàinte Mhath, or “good health!” We may not be able to gather for the museum’s traditional Tavern Night this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate at all! Join us from the comfort of your own home on Saturday, March 20, 2021, for the museum’s first ever […]

Spring has sprung! Get into the swing of spring by building your own delicious “Bunny Burrow” made of homemade cookie pieces and candies. The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is presenting a fresh new take on the old classic Gingerbread House kits it normally offers around the holidays. This spring, the museum […]

Ever wonder what everyday life was like in the past? How did people preserve food? How did they keep clean without modern conveniences? Well, wonder no more! The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society presents Webster’s Wonder Boxes, a monthly activity box that helps kids explore questions about colonial life. Each Webster’s Wonder […]