Spend an autumn afternoon at the Weston History & Culture Center. Lots to explore for all ages. Interactive exhibits for children.
Tickets at the door:
Free for WHCC Members
Non-members: $5 Adults, $3 Kids (5+)
Free for Kids 4 and under.
Your admission ticket gets you the following experiences:
Exhibit: Weston at Work (In the Coley Barn):
Explore the history of agriculture, manufacturing and textile production in Weston and Connecticut during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the new, interactive exhibit, "Weston at Work". Children can card wool, weave on a wall loom, use a rope and pulley to raise a hay bale and more! The exhibit highlights the many people, including immigrant populations, people of African descent, women, and children, who helped put Weston to work. With hands-on activities for children, rare Bradley Axe tools, farming implements, a working loom and countless historic images, "Weston at Work" allows visitors of all ages to actively engage in learning about Weston's past.
Guided Tour of the Coley House - Life in the 1940s:
Take a guided tour of the award-winning Coley House! On your tour, learn how the Coley family would have lived, worked, and played during the 1940s. Kids can play with toys and games from the 1940s, build with Lincoln Logs and type on an old typewriter!
Exhibits in the Visitor's Center
"Images of a Forgotten Village - Valley Forge": This exhibit is in partnership with the Weston Library Photography Club. The picturesque Saugatuck Reservoir in Weston, CT was home to a small neighborhood called, Valley Forge. This once thriving community of mills, forges and farms has vanished from memory and sight. The only reminder being photographs. Join the Weston History & Culture Center and the Weston Library Photography Club for an exploration of this forgotten valley.
"May I Have This Dance? "May I Have This Dance?" featuring rare social dance ephemera from the World War I / Titanic era from the private collection of dance historian Susan de Guardiola. The exhibit includes original early 20th century dance manuals, rare sheet music, and actual dance cards relating to the early days of ballroom dances such as the tango and foxtrot! Browse the cases while enjoying the exhibit soundtrack of popular ragtime dance music of the 1910s.
Enjoy the Property
Enjoy a stroll through the whimsical Daniel E. Offutt, III Sculpture Garden, created by the late Daniel E. Offutt, III who was a Weston resident and a benefactor to the Weston History & Culture Center.
You may also like the following events from Weston Historical Society:
- Next month, 6th December, 02:00 pm, Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Celebation - Lecture & Dance! in Weston
- Next month, 7th December, 01:00 pm, Fall Fun Open Hours - Sunday, December 7 in Weston
- Next month, 19th December, 06:00 pm, 1940s Christmas at the Coley House Tours in Weston
Also check out other
Kids events & activities in Weston.
