Historic Stonington

Stonington Cultural District Commission
2024-03-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-12 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-01-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | The R. W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

Private Event
2024-02-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Lighthouse Museum, 7 Water Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

Offices and library closed for Presidents' Day
2024-02-19 00:00 - 23:59

Book Club Discussion - In the Village
2024-02-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Captain Palmer House
Join us at the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House for a book club discussion of In the Village by Anthony Bailey. This is the second date added for this discussion, due to popular demand. If you missed out on registering for January 31st, be sure to register for this one. Spaces fill up quickly! Register here.

Book Club Discussion - In the Village
2024-01-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Captain Palmer House
Join us at the Captain Palmer House (40 Palmer St., Stonington) for our first book club discussion! This winter, tuck into “In the Village” by Anthony Bailey. Our discussion takes place on Wednesday, January 31st at 5pm. Registration is required at this link – Click Here.

Offices and library closed for Martin Luther King Day
2024-01-15 00:00 - 23:59

Stonington High School Student Photography Exhibit
2024-01-08 - 2024-02-29 | The R. W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

Offices and library closed for New Year's Day
2024-01-01 00:00 - 23:59

Offices and library closed for Christmas
2023-12-25 00:00 - 2023-12-29 23:59

Nightcap Before Christmas
2023-12-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Captain Palmer House

Museums Close for the Season
2023-12-17 00:00 - 23:59

Deck the Walls
2023-12-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Captain Palmer House

Stonington Village Tree Lighting, Caroling & Holiday Stroll
2023-12-01 16:30 - 20:00

Deck the Walls Preview Party
2023-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Captain Palmer House

Lobster Trap Tree Lighting
2023-11-25 16:30 - 17:30

Offices, museums, and library closed for Thanksgiving
2023-11-23 00:00 - 23:59

Offices, museums, and library closed for Veterans Day
2023-11-10 00:00 - 23:59

Library Closed for Professional Development
2023-11-08 00:00 - 23:59 | The R. W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Costume Party
2023-10-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Captain Palmer House
Join us at the Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer House for a Halloween Costume Party to remember! Step back in time (and underwater) in this famous captains’ house and enjoy an evening of music, cocktails and spooky frights. We can’t wait to party like we’re aboard the Nautilus.

Tickets are available on our homepage by clicking the “Buy Tickets” tab at the far right. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Librarian, Chelsea Mitchell at library@stoningtonhistory.org.

Library and Offices Closed for Professional Development
2023-10-23 00:00 - 23:59 | The R. W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

New England's Other Witch Hunt
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:30 | The La Grua Center, 32 Water Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
Everyone knows about the witch hunt at Salem in 1692. But few people know that in the years before Salem, Connecticut was New England’s fiercest witch prosecutor. The first person hanged for witchcraft in New England came from Windsor, and every single person indicted for witchcraft in Connecticut in its early years was convicted and hanged. Walt Woodward brings this extraordinary and nearly forgotten story to life in a lecture that begins with the Protestant Reformation and traces its history all the way through the Hartford Witch hunt of the 1660’s – a nightmare of trials and executions that preceded Salem by a generation. He also shows how Connecticut’s Governor John Winthrop, Jr. and his friend Rev. Gershom Bulkeley intervened to transform Connecticut from New England’s most aggressive witch hunter to a colony that completely ended executions for witchcraft thirty years before they even began at Salem. Along the way, he answers all those questions you’ve wondered about the early witch hunts, and explains why almost everyone in the 1600s believed that witchcraft was very real, and terribly dangerous.

This event is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. Please arrive before 6pm at the La Grua Center.

Panel Discussion of Anthony Bailey's Book In the Village
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 | The La Grua Center, 32 Water Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States

Offices, museums, and library closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day
2023-10-09 00:00 - 23:59

Private Event at the Lighthouse
2023-10-07 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-23 08:00 - 17:00
