Webb Deane Stevens Museum, Wethersfield CT

Located in the center of Connecticut’s largest historic district, the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum provides the quintessential New England experience. Visitors are immersed in life of the mid-18th and early-19th centuries during informative and entertaining one-hour tours. We also host a number of annual events to entertain, educate and enlighten visitors.
First opened in 1919, the Museum is owned and operated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Connecticut and is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

Southeast Parlor, Webb House
18th-century horsemanship with sword and pistol at the annual Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS.
Three rare, historic privies are fully restored and once again sitting pretty on the grounds of WDS.
School group visits the restored Stevens privy in May 2015.
Rallying the troops at the annual Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS
Northeast Parlor at the Webb House showing murals of historic houses installed by Wallace Nutting in 1916
“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” Creating a spark at WDS…
Silas Deane House - Southeast Parlor
Red coats advancing on members of the 5th Connecticut Regiment during Revolutionary War Encampment at WDS.
Isaac Stevens House - Northeast Parlor
Buttolph Williams House - "Great Hall" or Parlor
It’s a joy to see kids fully engaged in hands-on learning when schools send their students to WDS

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Buttolph Williams House - Great Hall or Parlor

Tour a Garden Designed by One of America’s First Female Landscape Architects

On Sunday, June 25, 2017 from noon to 4 p.m., the WDS Colonial Revival Garden will be one of 14 historic gardens highlighted for Connecticut Historic Gardens Day. Visitors during the free event will also have the chance to win a framed poster featuring the winning entry by the 2017 Historic Gardens Day Poster Art Contest, Connecticut artist Leif Nilsson. More details.

Antiques 101 – Digging Deeper Tour

Is it real or reproduction? Whether you’ve wondered if the dining set you inherited is really an antique, or merely dreamt of hitting it big on “Antiques Roadshow,” the new “Antiques 101” Digging Deeper Tour could prove helpful. “Antiques 101” is a workshop-style tour during which participants can learn some of the basics on how to distinguish authentic colonial furniture from reproductions. September 16, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

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“Textile Treasures II” Digging Deeper Tour

Brilliantly colored and richly detailed clothing, shoes, and linens dating from the 1700s and mid-1800s will be featured during the Webb-Deane-Stevens (WDS) Museum “Textile Treasures II” Digging Deeper Tour on Saturday, October 7, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Space is limited and advance-ticket purchase is recommended for this behind-the-scenes view of an historic and well-preserved collection!

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