Hill-Stead Museum was featured in the Wall Street Journal on August 28, 2015. To read the article, click on the image below or visit WSJ.com.
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Hill-Stead Museum was featured in the Wall Street Journal on August 28, 2015. To read the article, click on the image below or visit WSJ.com.
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Did you just have an amazing tour? Do you enjoy art, architecture, history, and sharing stories and information with people? If so, you have what it takes to become one of our marvelous Museum Guides, and we are looking for YOU!!
Registration is currently being accepted for our annual Hill-Stead Museum Guide Training Course. This 20 hour course will prepare you to guide visitors through Hill-Stead Museum’s collections, and much more! While training and materials are free, Guides are required to become Hill-Stead Museum members.
Please join us to learn more about being a Museum Guide. We will gather in the Makeshift Theater for presentations and materials, and conclude with snacks and beverages in the Sunken Garden.
Required Training Sessions will be held on Mondays: September 14, 21, and 28; October 5, and 19
To register, please sign up at the Gift Shop or contact Kate Ebner at 860.677.4787 ext. 142, ebnerk@hillstead.org.
Guide training 2015 flyer (PDF) >
Watch Li-Young Lee perform his poem Self-Help for Fellow Refugees in The Sunken Garden at Hill-Stead.
Watch NBC Connecticut coverage of the 2015 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.
Yankee Magazine journalist, Malerie Yolen-Cohen, named Hill-Stead as one of the 5 best things to see on U.S. Route 6! To read the article: The 5 Best Things to See on U.S. Route 6, Yankee Magazine >
Congratulations to all who participated in our Young Poets Day on Wednesday, August 19.
Photographs by Morrow Jones.
See our calendar for more details.
Join us on the West Lawn (or the Kitchen Garden Tent in case of rain), to celebrate summer at the Members and Friends Picnic. Enjoy live music by Tangerine Trio, a private Asian art tours, and a wine bar. Bring your own picnic, or sample gourmet vendors’ fare. Tables and chairs will be provided.
Please RSVP by Monday, August 24 to fortinh@hillstead.org.
Moments captured at Outspoken Celebration of Asian Poetry on Sunday, August 9, at Hill-Stead Museum.
Photographs by Morrow Jones.
See CT Young Poet’s Day in our calendar for complete details and to purchase tickets.
Hill-Stead hosts a culturally-rich weekend of Asian poetry, art, music, and conversation. For the complete details and a schedule, see Outspoken Celebration in our calendar.
Celebrate the joy of poetry at Hill-Stead as we: