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 […]

Kids are free! The Noah Webster House and over 130 other locations are participating in CT Summer at the Museum! CT kids and one CT adult chaperone can tour the museum free through September 3, 2022. Explore Noah's childhood home with self guided tours using your phone or one of our tablets. Noah's discovery space […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join us for the 7th annual Noah Webster Real Ale Harvest Fest, co-hosted and curated by Harvest Fine Wines & Spirits, to sample beer you can’t find anywhere else. Twenty-three breweries create a unique cask of real ale good for this one day only with one stipulation: their brew must include an ingredient from Noah […]

Cemeteries are filled with art, iconography, and stories. Join us on Thursday, October 13 to learn more about how to "read" a cemetery with Connie Robinson.

PARKINSON’S DIAGNOSIS DOESN’T SLOW LOCAL ARTIST Noah Webster House Exhibits Works by Mary Smeallie The Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is delighted to present an exhibit titled “Persistence” featuring original works by West Hartford artist Mary Cottle Smeallie. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, November 17 from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. […]

Poetry is back at the Noah Webster House! A series of poetry readings, WordHouse, has been organized by James Finnegan, West Hartford's third Poet Laureate. At the first reading in the series you will hear from a who's who of past West Hartford poet laureates including Benjamin Grossberg (current West Hartford Poet Laureate), Ginny Lowe […]