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Oct 19

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Tuesday Treasure: All Hallows Eve

Oct 20

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Mr. Washington Irving Reading, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Oct 23

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Destination Westport: Dark History of Westport

Oct 27

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Panic in Connecticut, Herstory Performance

Oct 29

Featured 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

12th Annual Illuminating the Past Lantern Tour

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The ghostly apparition of Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has been resurrected for a special reading of his frightful tale about the Headless Horseman. Hear his famous story virtually on our exclusive YouTube stream. Link in bio. #westporthistory #spooktober #sleepyhollow #washingtonirving #october #halloween #irving #headlesshorseman #online

Fridays are for fascinating forums! Join us for a live discussion with author Roseanne Montillo, author of The Lady and Her Monsters. Montillo will discuss her book, The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer, delving into the history of crime and mental illness—not only in 1872 Boston, the setting for her book, —but also in connection to Westport’s own past of treating the mentally ill.

Decades before Salem the fear of witches plagued Connecticut. Join us at Westport Museum this Thursday at 7:30pm inside our 7 sided cobblestone barn for a haunting experience in total darkness about the Connecticut witch trials. #salem #witchtrials #witches #darkness #westport #06880 #history #horroredits

Ever wondered why you shouldn’t walk on a grave? Or why there are so many skulls on tombstones?

Though the buildings are long gone, the site of the Westport Sanitarium—one of two in Westport—still tells the story of public health. Follow our docent through the park and discover the tales of the administrators, doctors and patients that lived and worked in the sanitariums accompanied by images of the time. Hear tales of heartbreak, control, medicine, life and death.

Heard of Annabelle and Chucky? While these infamous dolls are not held in the museum’s collection, we do have numerous figurines from previous Westport residents. View these dolls and decide for yourself whether you would have liked one in the past.

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