Calendar of Events

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others. Same-day general admission is included in the price of your tour ticket. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others. Same-day general admission is included in the price of your tour ticket. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others. Same-day general admission is included in the price of your tour ticket. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

Discover artworks that feature Connecticut landmarks or were made by people who had connections to the state. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is recommended. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others while in the museum. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others. Same-day general admission is included in the price of your tour ticket. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

Fridays, July 8, 15, 22; 3:00-4:30pm

Explore visual expression through drawing in the galleries at the Wadsworth with Hartford-based artist Andre Rochester. This session includes three classes, each progressing through new drawing techniques and focusing on a different gallery in the museum. Open to adults of all levels of artistic ability. $90 per session/$75 Members and students. Space is limited and advanced registration is required.

* A drawing kit with professional supplies will be provided. If desired, participants may supplement this kit with additional pencils or a preferred paper. 

Discover artworks that feature Connecticut landmarks or were made by people who had connections to the state. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is recommended. Visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering and encouraged to observe a safe social distance from others while in the museum. Check here for more information about how we are preparing for your visit.

Learn how fashions from the American Revolution have inspired the costumes for one of today’s most popular Broadway musicals. See Hamilton: The Art of Remaking History and try your hand at creating an accessory inspired by the works on view. Listen to storyteller Tammy Denease as she illustrates how access and circumstance impacted a person’s clothing during the American Revolution. Find the Ice Cream for a Dream truck, parked outside the museum from noon–2pm, for free ice cream while supplies last. Free admission from noon-2pm.