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Open Museum Day 6 places to visit in Manchester

Cheney Homestead 106 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT, United States +4 more

Our Society properties and two others: Cheney Homestead open 11 to 3 at 106 Hartford Road. Old Manchester Museum open 10:00 to 2:00 at 126 Cedar Street. History Center open 11 to 3 at 175 Pine Street. Woodbridge Farmstead open 11:00 to 3:00 at 495 East Middle Turnpike. CT Firemen's Historical Society Museum, 230 Pine […]

“Tea and Silk” — presentation by Penny West

Manchester History Center 175 Pine Street, Manchester, United States

Penny will present an illustrated talk about her great-grandparents, Gustavus Farley Jr. and Katharine Cheney Farley. Katharine, the daughter of the youngest of the Cheneys who founded Manchester's silk industry, married a tea merchant from Massachusetts, and in 1880, they  traveled to Japan, where her husband based his tea-importing firm.  There in Yokohama, the 26-year-old […]

Event Series Open House!

Open House

Cheney Homestead 106 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT, United States

Usually open 1:00 to 4:00 on the second Sunday of each month except holidays, and also by appointment and for special events. /$5 suggested donation.

$5

Great Lawn walk — free

Fuss & O'Neill 146 Hartford Rd, Manchester, CT, United States

Visit the Great Lawn and mansion district with two members of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District Commission: Tom Ferguson and Susan Barlow. This walk takes about 90 minutes over somewhat bumpy and hilly ground. Rain or shine; extreme weather cancels.

Free

CANCELED 6/23 due to heat: Woodbridge Farmstead open house

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT. Come visit in July -- the historic barns and grounds and a guided tour of the downstairs of the c. 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 […]

Woodbridge Farmstead open house

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

All welcome to visit the historic barns and grounds, and take a guided tour of the downstairs of the c. 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. Games and fun […]

Cheney Railroad history walk

Fuss & O'Neill 146 Hartford Rd, Manchester, CT, United States

South to North, meet at the office steps, Fuss & O'Neill, 146 Hartford Road, Manchester. Hikers will trace the route of the former railroad, built in 1869 to connect the Cheney silk mills to the main rail line in the North End. At 2.5 miles, it was the shortest private freight-and-passenger railroad in the United […]

Event Series Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead Open House

Woodbridge Farmstead 495 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT, United States

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. […]