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
Huzzah! Memorial Day weekend begins with a bang at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum Revolutionary War Encampment.
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
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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Revolutionary War re-enactment at Webb Deane Stevens Museum

Buttolph Williams House - Great Hall or Parlor

A Connecticut Curator in the President’s House: Susan Schoelwer Presentation September 20

The Blue Room Mt Vernon - credit Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

In 2010, Susan P. Schoelwer, former curator at the Connecticut Historical Society, departed New England for Mount Vernon. Much like Twain’s Connecticut Yankee, she quickly learned that things were vastly different there.On Thursday, September 20, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Schoelwer will regale an audience with, “Mount Vernon: A Connecticut Curator in the President’s House,” at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (WDS). The free event in the Webb Barn will be preceded by a wine reception, by donation, at 6 p.m. View more…

Thomas Jefferson to Pay a Visit to WDS

From PBS to Comedy Central, whenever Bill Barker takes the stage the crowd is justifiably astonished at his resemblance to Thomas Jefferson. On Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Barker will don his nattiest 19th-century attire and bring the nation’s third president to life in the Webb Barn at Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (WDS). The free event, “A Conversation with Mr. Jefferson,” will be preceded by a wine reception, by donation, at 6 p.m. More details…

Bone-Chilling Yet Historically Accurate: Witches & Tombstones Tours Oct. 27 & 28

Bone-chilling, yet historically accurate, Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum’s Witches and Tombstones Tours will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $18 per person. Advance tickets go on sale September 25 and may be purchased here.

*Please note – Witches and Tombstones Tours include walking on uneven ground and the use of stairs and are not appropriate for children under 12.

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