Webb Deane Stevens Museum

WDS is excited to join for the 22nd annual CT Historic Gardens Day this Sunday, June 28.

The Amy Cogswell Colonial Revival Garden is blooming with a variety of florals, perfect for a garden walk or one of our free, family friendly activities like scavenger hunts and rock painting on site until 2 PM.

Soulshine Yoga will be offering yoga on the lawn at 10 AM. [Link in bio]

Come celebrate summer in full bloom!

What a treat to spend the day Jay Heritage Center for their annual classic design lunch and lecture featuring Genevieve Wheeler Brown and Genevieve Wheeler Brown speaking about the NSCDA and the hidden women of delftware. A stroll through the gardens was equally transporting, and something we get to reprise in the fall when we return for part two of our series.

The Deane piazza is being rebuilt with wood from just two trees: one Connecticut oak, one Virginia pine.

Slides 1–2: old-growth white oak, felled here in Connecticut and milled at Moore's Sawmill in Bloomfield. It becomes the sill plate, the beam everything else rests on.

Slides 3–5: salvaged yellow pine from E. T. Moore Manufacturing, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia, headed for the porch posts. One felled, one salvaged, both for the same porch. Follow along as they take shape.

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Network where history sets the table!

Join us for a Business Lunch Networking Session at the historic Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, CT — in partnership with the CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce.

📅 Thursday, June 18th
⏰ 12:00 – 1:15 PM
📍 Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, Wethersfield, CT

Connect with fellow professionals while experiencing one of Connecticut's most stunning historic venues. Space is limited — registration required! Tours of the historic Webb Barn will be offered following networking.

👉 Link in bio to register

How many names from the American Revolution can you actually name?

Beyond Washington, the Continental Army was built on the courage of officers whose stories have largely gone untold. Until now.

What if we told you you can stand in the family home of one of those officers? Colonel Samuel Blachley Webb was an aide-de-camp to Washington and one of Connecticut's most dedicated patriot officers, and his historic home is right here.

And Webb wasn't alone. Captain Seth Harding, arguably the most prominent sailor to come from Connecticut during the Revolution, was one of the few who served from the war's very first engagements to its final battle at sea.

Portraits of Patriots brings Colonel Webb and five fellow patriots back into the spotlight, and the author is coming to the Webb Deane Stevens Museum to tell their stories.

Join us for the lecture and book signing. Hosted in-person and virtually.

Tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-book-signing-portraits-of-patriots-tickets-274501




Credit: 1) Book cover, Damien Cregeau
2) An oil miniature of Samuel Blachley Webb, wearing his of the Cincinnati medal. Credit: Huxley family collection.

This is what summer in Connecticut looks like. Neighbors gathered on a warm June evening, live bluegrass floating across the Webb Barn grounds, and a dance floor where nobody sits on the sidelines for long.

Come as you are. Leave knowing the do-si-do.

Join us for Bluegrass and Square Dance on June 5th for a night of live music, family fun, and the feeling of a perfect summer night.

Ani’s Table + Marketplace will be on-site with dinner, or pack a picnic and settle in on the grounds before the music starts.

Tickets in bio.

In May 1781, George Washington stood right here at the Joseph Webb House to meet with French commander Rochambeau and plan the military campaign that would end the Revolutionary War at Yorktown.

This Memorial Day weekend, bring the whole family and step into that story at our annual Revolutionary War Encampment & Traditional Trades Fair.

Try your hand at colonial crafts and traditional trades in the Webb Barn, hunt for treasures with our scavenger hunt starting at the Wethersfield Historical Society, and find a quiet moment to reflect in our Rotary Room.

We are so excited to join forces with the Traditional Trades Fair for a full day marking America’s 250th anniversary.

The free festivities will begin on the Museum grounds immediately following the Town of Wethersfield's Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 23. Join us for a day of fun for the entire family.