Enjoy our wide-ranging events and public programs!
Using its beautiful grounds, historic home, and incomparable collections, Hill-Stead Museum operates as a center of excellence for the benefit, education, and cultural enrichment of all. Rotating exhibitions, artistic performances, festivals, workshops, lectures, and special events provide our visitors with positive experiences in the arts and nature, encouraging their appreciation, developing creativity and community, and enhancing overall wellbeing.
Hill-Stead may have the perfect indoor or outdoor venue for you and your audience. To start the conversation, please complete the public programs contact form and we will be in touch soon.
For more information, see Public Program Partnerships or contact Susan Orred, Director of Public Programs at orreds@hillstead.org or 860.677.4787 x131
Gala Dinners
These stunning affairs include multi-course dinners with wine pairings, top-notch entertainment, and post-reception house tours.
Upcoming Events
Come Fly Away – Gala Dinner
These stunning affairs will include sumptuous multi-course dinners with wine pairings, live music and a live and silent auction.
Find out more »Come Fly Away – Gala Dinner
These stunning affairs will include sumptuous multi-course dinners with wine pairings, live music and a live and silent auction.
Find out more »Come Fly Away – Gala Dinner
These stunning affairs will include sumptuous multi-course dinners with wine pairings, live music and a live and silent auction.
Find out more »Come Fly Away – Gala Dinner
These stunning affairs will include sumptuous multi-course dinners with wine pairings, live music and a live and silent auction.
Find out more »May Market
Celebrate the arrival of Spring at May Market, our annual home and garden event.
Upcoming Events
May Market 2021
Celebrate the arrival of Spring at May Market, our annual home and garden event.
Find out more »From the Porch
Our multicultural performing arts series is a diverse and dynamic showcase featuring music, dance, theater, and more! From the Porch not only brings arts to the public but acts as a fundraiser for the Museum to sustain the dynamic cultural destination well into the future.
Upcoming Events
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Sunken Garden Poetry
One of Hill-Stead’s most popular annual events, the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival celebrates celebrate poets laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, and prestigious award recipients.
Upcoming Events
Celebration of Young Poets
This evening at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival features readings by Chen Chen and the winners of the Fresh Voice Poetry Competition. In-person and livestream tickets are available.
Find out more »Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Nick Flynn
This evening at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival features Nick Flynn
Find out more »Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Poets on the Almighty Dollar
This evening at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival features poem-writing workshops, a panel discussion, and readings by contributors to The Poetry of Capital, an anthology released in 2021.
Find out more »Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Poets and the Earth
The day will include poetry workshops and readings by a selection of poets from Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis, a new anthology.
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