Open Hours - Coley House & Weston Illustrated - Family Fun!
Open Thursdays & Sundays: Feb 15, 2024 - March 24, 2024 - 1pm - 4pm
Weston History & Culture Center ( Weston Historical Society) 104 Weston Rd, Weston, CT - Parking and Entrance on High Acre Road.
Bring the family and warm up this Winter at the Weston History & Culture Center in Weston, CT.
Tickets available at the door.
Free for members of the Weston History & Culture Center
$5 – Adults
$3 – Children
Learn how the Coley family lived, worked, and played on the American home front during World War II during your guided tour of the award-winning Coley House. Children will love building with Lincoln Logs, playing with 1940s toys, typing on a typewriter, dialing a rotary phone and much more! The Coley House is the only Connecticut house museum that showcases 1940s décor and history.
In our visitor’s center, learn about the world-famous artists that made Weston home during the first half of the 20th century in “Weston Illustrated: Penned, Painted & Sculpted”. The entire family will enjoy going on a Weston Illustrated Scavenger Hunt while exploring pieces on loan from the Friends of the James Daugherty Foundation, the Jenny Moore Collection, Westport Public Art Collection, Weston Public Library, Wilton Historical Society and WHCC’s collection. Children will love the Young Artists Corner where they can create a comic strip, try their hand at cartooning and illustrate their own Saturday Evening Post cover.
Bundle up for a winter talk around the grounds of the Weston History and Culture Center. Stroll through the Daniel E. Offutt, III Sculpture Garden and explore the whimsical sculptures created by former Weston resident, philanthropist and artist, Daniel E. Offutt, III. Learn more about the Coley Homestead by touring the grounds using our award-winning historic interpretive signs dotted around the property. Weston history comes alive at the Weston History & Culture Center.
A special thank you to the Daniel E. Offutt, III Charitable Trust which generously funded the restoration and reinterpretation of the Coley House as well as the creation of the sculpture garden. The Weston History & Culture Center would like to thank its annual sponsors: Fairfield County Bank, KMS Team at Compass and Aquarion Water Company.
