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Programs & Events
Santa’s Ride Through Stonington – CANCELED FOR WEATHER
Captain Palmer HouseThis holiday season you have five different nights to catch Santa's Ride Through Stonington! A family-friendly outdoor event, guests will join us at the Palmer House to watch as Santa flies through the skies over Stonington Borough. This shadow performance is a collaboration between the Stonington Historical Society and Jane Martineau, director of theater at the Williams School in New...
Free
Santa’s Ride Through Stonington – CANCELED FOR WEATHER
Captain Palmer HouseThis holiday season you have five different nights to catch Santa's Ride Through Stonington! A family-friendly outdoor event, guests will join us at the Palmer House to watch as Santa flies through the skies over Stonington Borough. This shadow performance is a collaboration between the Stonington Historical Society and Jane Martineau, director of theater at the Williams School in New...
Free
Santa’s Ride Through Stonington
Captain Palmer HouseThis holiday season you have five different nights to catch Santa's Ride Through Stonington! A family-friendly outdoor event, guests will join us at the Palmer House to watch as Santa flies through the skies over Stonington Borough. This shadow performance is a collaboration between the Stonington Historical Society and Jane Martineau, director of theater at the Williams School in New...
Free
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Annual Harpsichord Concert
Captain Palmer HouseJoin the Stonington Historical Society from the comfort of your home for our annual harpsichord concert, Friday Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. This year, we are streaming the talented Elena Zamolodchikova from the parlor of the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House. To purchase a ticket, please visit the "Buy Tickets" page on our website.
For this year's concert we are letting you name your price! Tickets to the harpsichord concert will be donation based, and you choose the dollar amount. Once you have made the donation of your choice, and the payment is processed, we will email you the Zoom link to tune in on Friday, Dec. 11.
If you have any questions, please contact Chelsea Mitchell at library@stoningtonhistory.org.
Santa’s Ride Through Stonington
Captain Palmer HouseThis holiday season you have five different nights to catch Santa's Ride Through Stonington! A family-friendly outdoor event, guests will join us at the Palmer House to watch as Santa flies through the skies over Stonington Borough. This shadow performance is a collaboration between the Stonington Historical Society and Jane Martineau, director of theater at the Williams School in New...
Free
Book Talk with M. Earl Smith and Jade Huguenin
Did you receive the newest book on Stonington for Christmas? Join the authors of the newest Images of America book, M. Earl Smith and Jade Huguenin, on Tuesday, January 19th. The authors will discuss interesting and curious things they learned while researching, favorite photographs and stories, and how two people - one from Kentucky, the other from Idaho, decided to...
Venture Smith in Stonington; A Family Affair
The R. W. Woolworth Library & Research Center 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT, United StatesJoin Professors Nancy Steenburg and Elizabeth Kading as they present their findings from their most recent research into the life of Venture Smith, and the prevalence of enslavement along the Connecticut coastline. This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. If you think you know the story of slavery in...
Wet Plate Photography Program and Demonstration
Join us for a truly unique learning experience on Saturday, April 10th at 10am. Together with locally owned Marquis Jewelry Academy, and the Victorian Photography Studio based out of Gettysburg, PA , the Stonington Historical Society is pleased to present this free educational Zoom program. Dave Wilson of VPS will explore the collodion process of wet plate photography. If you've...
“Hidden History” with Gail MacDonald
Join local author Gail B. MacDonald as she discusses her book Hidden History of Mystic and Stonington. "Mystic and Stonington are quintessential seacoast villages with colorful and diverse histories that extend well beyond the wharves and former sea captains' homes. Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants and women also wove the unique story of this New England coastline. Now known for bucolic...