Boys and girls ages 8-12, spend a week exploring life in the 1700s as a colonial child! Activities at both the historic Noah Webster House and the farm at Westmoor Park give campers first-hand experience with the games, fun, and chores of colonial times. During the camp, children become colonial “characters” and help to cook […]
The Hartford Courant is proud to announce a new pictorial history book, “Greater Hartford Memories: A Photographic History of the 1800s through the 1930s.” The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society will be contributing photos from its archives. But we need your family pictures too! If you have photographs that meet the criteria […]
Join us on August 9 at 7 p.m. for an author talk with Eric D. Lehman, whose recently published book, Connecticut Vanguards, prominently features founding father and lexicographer, Noah Webster. The year 2018 is notable for Noah Webster anniversaries. April 14 was the 190th birthday of Webster’s dictionary. On October 16, 2018, Noah Webster celebrates his 260th birthday. And on May 28, 2018, we commemorated the 175th anniversary of Webster’s death. Lehman’s book talk will contribute to the “Year of Noah Webster” at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, placing his legacy alongside other Connecticut luminaries.
Just in time for summer! Join us at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society for a food truck night featuring tasty food and beverages. Iron & Grain Co. will be there with their '59 Chevy Viking, other food trucks to be announced.
A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available NOW for $45 ($40 for members)! It's back! Beer you can't find anywhere else. Join us for the 4th Annual Noah Webster Real Ale Harvest Festival brought to you by the museum and the Harvest family of store. Breweries will create unique casks of Real Ale […]
Through research, education, and civic engagement, the WITNESS STONES PROJECT seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities. Begun by an 8th grade Guilford United States History teacher, the purpose of the Witness Stones Project is to engage students in the analysis […]
The faeries and the bees are teaming up for a day of spelling! Join the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society in Old Lyme’s Florence Griswold Museum to enjoy this year’s letter-themed Wee Faerie Village. The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s Public Programs Manager, Sophie Huget, will host pop-up spelling […]
On Sunday, October 7 at 2 p.m., the public is invited to hear poets David Capella, Dennis Barone, Tony Fusco, and Maria Sassi as they lead an afternoon of poetry at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society. In what has become an October tradition, the museum welcomes David Cappella, Professor Emeritus of […]
The Connecticut premiere of the award-winning documentary, Dawnland, will be held at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society on Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 8, 2018, from 4 – 6:30 p.m. Christopher Newell (Passamaquoddy tribe, ME), Connecticut resident and senior advisor to the film, will provide historical and cultural context and will […]
We're celebrating Noah Webster's 260th birthday with an exhibit that utilizes his favorite thing: the dictionary! "It Started with Aardvark", a series of 26 screen prints by artist Elizabeth Dove, will be on exhibit at the museum from October 17 through December 2018. The exhibit officially opens the night of Tuesday, October 16, which just […]
