All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the circa 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months; extreme weather cancels. […]
All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the circa 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months; extreme weather cancels. […]
All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the circa 1830 house. Located at 495 Middle Turnpike East, at Manchester Green. Special activities throughout the season, which is generally noon to 2:00 on the second and fourth Sundays of the warmer months; extreme weather cancels. […]
Opening day at Woodbridge, featuring an egg hunt and planting flower pots for Mother's Day. The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing some of the […]
Our properties will be open 11:00 to 3:00 on this special state-wide Open House Day. Visit the History Center at 175 Pine St., the Old Manchester Museum at 126 Cedar Street, the Cheney Homestead and Keeney Schoolhouse at 106 Hartford Road, and the Woodbridge Farmstead at 495 East Middle Turnpike, with decor by the Manchester […]
SPECIAL EVENT during open house: Maude McGovern's presentation at 2:00 p.m., "Woodbridge’s House of Entertainment: An Early American Tavern." The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing […]
SPECIAL EVENT during the open house! Whist, an old-fashioned card game, will be taught by volunteer Georgie Melrose, 1:00 to 4:00. Visitors can also tour the 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds. Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing […]
Visit for 10 minutes or 3 hours. The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing some of the history of Manchester Green. The Farmstead committee organizes […]
Visit for 10 minutes or 3 hours. The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing some of the history of Manchester Green. The Farmstead committee organizes […]
Visit for 10 minutes or 3 hours. The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing some of the history of Manchester Green. The Farmstead committee organizes […]
Celebrating the harvest season and Halloween. Costumes are welcome. This is our last open house until spring. The 1830s-era farmhouse and grounds welcome visitors, young, old, and in between! Take a guided tour of the house and a self-guided tour through our 18th-century barn. Check out the displays inside our Visitor Center Barn showing some […]
Across Connecticut, the public is invited to visit history museums. The Manchester Historical Society will have all its museum properties open, so please come visit -- stay for 10 minutes or several hours! Cheney Homestead and Keeney Schoolhouse, 106 Hartford Road, with Interactive Colonial era songs with Manchester Town Troubadour, Christian Loftus Children’s history scavenger […]