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.
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May Market
Celebrate the arrival of Spring at May Market, our annual home and garden event.
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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
Juneteenth at Hill-Stead
Join us for a day of discovery and celebration featuring regional Black artists, organizations, and businesses.
Find out more »An Evening of Storytelling with Speak Up – From the Porch
Speak Up brings their widely acclaimed storytelling show to Hill-Stead’s Veranda with co-founder, Elysha Dicks, as the evening’s host, and Matt as one of the featured professional and amateur storytellers sharing true stories from their lives.
Find out more »Pilobolus is a Fungus – From the Porch
Join us for Pilobolus is a Fungus, an interactive performance for young audiences.
Find out more »Side by Side by Sondheim, a musical revue featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim presented by CONCORA – From the Porch
Celebrate the legacy of Stephen Sondheim with a revue by CONCORA featuring the songs of the incomparable Broadway and film composer. CONCORA's professional singers will perform solos and duets of his popular and sophisticated works to delight and inspire.
Find out more »Ballard Chamber Collective – From the Porch
The Ballard Chamber Collective, a quartet comprised of professional musicians (and neighbors) Ari Isaacman Beck, violin; Jaroslaw Lis, violin; Nicholas Borghoff, viola; and Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello; return to the porch for an evening of selected chamber works.
Find out more »Monday Night at the Opera in the Garden! – From the Porch
Opera Connecticut returns to Hill-Stead’s Sunken Garden with its cadre of talented sopranos, tenors, mezzos, and basses, for an evening of favorite selections from operas old and new.
Find out more »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.
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