Join us in welcoming Maisa Tisdale, President and CEO of The Mary & Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community as she details the story of Little Liberia and shares the expansion of ongoing efforts to restore and preserve this historic community. Recording of virtual lecture now available.
The Greenwich Historical Society is pleased to mark the debut of our annual Shining a Light lecture series with a virtual talk by Dennis Culliton, Director and co-founder of The Witness Stones Project, sharing the story behind the origins of the project and detailing the initiative’s historical recovery process. Recording of virtual lecture now available.
A guided tour through the Permanent Collections Gallery, focusing on the once-busy landscape of Cos Cob’s Lower Landing as a source of inspiration for artists, including Childe Hassam, Kerr Eby and more.
Highlighting artworks created by the American Impressionist artist John Henry Twachtman depicting his home in Greenwich and its surroundings, Life and Art will be accompanied by a series of public tours and programs, including guided tours of the artist’s former property on Round Hill Road.
On this special holiday tour of the Bush-Holley House, visitors will enjoy a festive walk through early twentieth century Christmas and holiday traditions enjoyed by adults and children of the Holley family in the era of the Cos Cob Art Colony, and learn about early American wintertime and holiday celebrations as observed in the era of the New Nation, among the Bush family and their Greenwich neighbors.
On December 2, 3 & 4, Visit the third annual Festival of Tabletop Trees that celebrates the talents of local retailers, organizations, and designers who help us make our homes festive sanctuaries during the holiday season. View, purchase or bid on a tree via on-site silent auction.