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  • Winter Clothing Drive

    Fiddleheads Food Co-op 13 Broad Street, New London, CT, United States

    Connecticut Landmarks' Hempsted Houses have partnered with the Homeless Hospitality Center in New London, Fiddleheads Food Co-op, and the Covenant House of New London to help give the gift of warmth to the New London community this winter season with a winter clothing drive. All donated items will go to the Homeless Hospitality Center and the Covenant House who will distribute the clothing to those in need. We will be accepting new hats and gloves in all sizes, and new and gently-used coats in all sizes. Donations of children's winter coats are especially appreciated.

  • A Victorian Holiday with the McCooks

    Butler-McCook House & Garden 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Experience the holidays as the McCook family would have celebrated them and hear stories from their rich memories, along with a display of special items from the museum’s collection, as we close out our 2025 season. America's Tapestry will also be stitching at the Butler-McCook House & Garden during this open tour day!

    $10 – $15

  • Stitching History with America’s Tapestry at the Butler-McCook House & Garden

    Butler-McCook House & Garden 396 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Taking place during the Butler-McCook House & Garden's Open Tour Day, stitchers from America’s Tapestry will be joined by local artists from Hartford Stitch for an afternoon of fun, creativity, and history. Join us to stitch history together! America’s Tapestry is a nationwide community project featuring 13 hand-embroidered panels, one for each of the original colonies, depicting diverse stories from the American Revolution. Each panel is crafted by volunteers from New Hampshire to Georgia, and visitors are invited to contribute their own stitches to the Connecticut panel. All materials will be provided! While you're here, explore the museum’s holiday display and its permanent collection, which includes beautiful embroideries and period archives that bring the revolutionary era to life.

    Free – $16

  • Sold Out! Holiday Lantern Tour: Suffield’s Main Street

    Phelps-Hatheway House 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, United States

    Suffield’s South Main Street bears a particular charm as the holidays  approach. Join our costumed guides as they transport guests to the time before electricity illuminated our homes to see the “grand dames” of this historic thoroughfare festively lit and decorated to celebrate the season. Offered in collaboration with the Suffield Historical Society. 

    Free – $15

  • Sold Out! Holiday Lantern Tour: Suffield’s Main Street

    Phelps-Hatheway House 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT, United States

    Suffield’s South Main Street bears a particular charm as the holidays  approach. Join our costumed guides as they transport guests to the time before electricity illuminated our homes to see the “grand dames” of this historic thoroughfare festively lit and decorated to celebrate the season. Offered in collaboration with the Suffield Historical Society. 

    Free – $15

  • A Mid-Century Holiday with the Ishams

    Isham-Terry House 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    This holiday season, we will celebrate with Julia and Charlotte Isham in the 1950s and 60s as the Isham-Terry House is transformed into a mid-century delight! Enjoy colored trees, tons of tinsel, and starbursts galore during special tours of the house. Tours will be available on the hour, with the last tour at 3 pm. 

    Free – $16

  • Music from A Charlie Brown Christmas

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    Isham-Terry House 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Enjoy Vince Guaraldi’s holiday classics “Linus and Lucy” and “Christmastime is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring the Andrew Wilcox Trio. Entry for the performance will be at 1:45 pm. Step back into a mid-century wonderland during special tours of the Isham-Terry House available as an add-on at 1 pm and 3 pm.  

    $20 – $25

  • Things That Go Bump In The Night

    Nathan Hale Homestead 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, United States

    Get into the “spirit” of the season! Our special, candlelit tours will take you around the property and into the house, all the way up to the dark, shadowy attic. Hear long-standing and new Homestead ghost stories from staff members and spooky encounters reported by guests, as featured on the Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters.

    $25 – $30

  • Things That Go Bump In The Night

    Nathan Hale Homestead 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, United States

    Get into the “spirit” of the season! Our special, candlelit tours will take you around the property and into the house, all the way up to the dark, shadowy attic. Hear long-standing and new Homestead ghost stories from staff members and spooky encounters reported by guests, as featured on the Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters.

    $25 – $30

  • Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World

    Virtual Program

    When Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. Step back in time with Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood for a virtual presentation about “the year without a summer” that inspired Mary Shelley’s monster.

    $10 – $15

  • Escapism Productions Presents: The Year Without a Summer

    Isham-Terry House 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    The Isham-Terry House is ALIVE when Mary Shelley’s words come to life during Escapism Production’s newest original interpretation of the Year without a Summer.

  • Things That Go Bump In The Night

    Nathan Hale Homestead 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, United States

    Get into the “spirit” of the season! Our special, candlelit tours will take you around the property and into the house, all the way up to the dark, shadowy attic. Hear long-standing and new Homestead ghost stories from staff members and spooky encounters reported by guests, as featured on the Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters.

    $25 – $30

  • Things That Go Bump In The Night

    Nathan Hale Homestead 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, United States

    Get into the “spirit” of the season! Our special, candlelit tours will take you around the property and into the house, all the way up to the dark, shadowy attic. Hear long-standing and new Homestead ghost stories from staff members and spooky encounters reported by guests, as featured on the Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters.

    $25 – $30

  • Frankenstein Book Discussion

    Isham-Terry House 211 High Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Join us on Sunday, October 18 at 2 pm for an in-person discussion of Mary Shelley, and the brilliant plot line of Frankenstein. Stop by the House during the August or September open tour days to pick up a special commemorative bookmark and see Henry Isham’s personal library from the 1800s. We’ll share how you can download a free copy of the book to enjoy in your own laboratory!

    Free

  • Things That Go Bump In The Night

    Nathan Hale Homestead 2299 South St, Coventry, CT, United States

    Get into the “spirit” of the season! Our special, candlelit tours will take you around the property and into the house, all the way up to the dark, shadowy attic. Hear long-standing and new Homestead ghost stories from staff members and spooky encounters reported by guests, as featured on the Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters.

    $25 – $30