Events & Programs

Stanley-Whitman House has a wide range of annual and special events, as well as community and education programs. See below for a selection of upcoming events, and browse individual program pages for more in-depth listings.

Please note: Programs and events are subject to change. Please check our website and social media pages often for cancellations, additions and modifications.

Special Exhibit through May 20

Come see the work of Hartford-born artist and teacher Lucinda Bliss.
Indigo: An Exploration of Genealogy and Place explores colonialism, Farmington history, and the partial and false narratives of American identity that continue to permeate the ways we conceptualize national identity and our experience of place. The works are exhibited in the Lidgerwood Education Building’s Spear Community Art Gallery, with three structural pieces installed in the historic house.

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Upcoming Events

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March

2023

Music in the Tavern: Kate Callahan & Stephen Murphy

7 PM / $20

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April

2023

Foodways: Tavern Fare Hearth Cooking

12 PM / $20-$25

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April

2023

Music in the Tavern: Walter Salas-Humara

7 PM / $20

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May

2023

Gravestone Cleaning Workshop

10 AM / $20-$25

13

May

2023

Walking Tour: Memento Mori

10 AM / $15-$20

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May

2023

Bee Day!

1 PM / Free

3

June

2023

Gravestone Cleaning Workshop

10 AM / $20-$25

10

June

2023

Walking Tour: Memento Mori

10 AM / $15-$20

10

June

2023

Foodways: Out of the Cellar and Into Spring

12 PM / Free as part of CT Open House Day

10

June

2023

Connecticut Open House Day

12-4 PM / Free

Stanley-Whitman House Celebrates 300 Years!

S-WH Celebrated 300 Years in 2021!


On the occasion of its Tercentenary, the Museum presented the following online Symposium in four parts (below) highlighting its illustrious builder and past residents, presented by esteemed historians Betty Coykendall, Lisa Johnson, and Sherra Palmer.  

Deacon John Stanley (1647-1729)

Presented by Lisa Johnson

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Ebenezer Steele (1671-1722)

Presented by Sherra Palmer

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Thomas and Mary Steele Smith (1699-1788; 1706-1789)

Presented by Sherra Palmer

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The Whitman Family and their 187 Years with this house

Presented by Betty Coykendall

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