Calendar of Events

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Museum entry is limited at this time to guided groups only and visitors must remain with the group for the duration of the tour. 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 featuring artists who were born or lived in Connecticut. 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 the exhibition Milton Avery. 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.

This program has been canceled. Registrants will be contacted directly by the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts.

In conjunction with the exhibition Milton Avery, learn and practice the art of painting en plein air (in the open air) in the Hartford area where Avery spent his formative years. Accomplished landscape painter and instructor Susan Leggitt leads the weekend workshop. Each day begins with a demo and conversation about capturing the emotional and sensory dimensions of landscapes. The two-day workshop begins at the scenic Wethersfield Cove followed by a day in lovely Bushnell Park, Downtown Hartford.

Participants must bring their own materials and lunch. All media are welcome. A suggested list will be provided to those who register. Tickets $75. Limited enrollment. 

Photo courtesy of Tod Bryant

Presented in partnership with the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts

A docent guided tour of collection highlights. Availability is limited to 15 participants and advance registration is required. Museum entry is limited at this time to guided groups only and visitors must remain with the group for the duration of the tour. 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 featuring artists who were born or lived in Connecticut. 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.