Join Wethersfield Historical Society for the 17th Annual Old Wethersfield Lantern Light Tours on Friday, October 9, Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11. Characters on this year’s tours are drawn from the lives of real people who lived or worked in Wethersfield during the Revolutionary War. Tours depart from the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center (200 Main Street) every fifteen minutes between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. Tours will progress through the historic Hurlbut-Dunham House, First Church, and the Ancient Burying Ground. For more information, please visit the dedicated Lantern Light Tours page on our website HERE.
Tickets are $30.00 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased on EventBrite or in person at the Old Academy (150 Main Street) between 10am and 4pm, Tuesday through Friday. When ordering tickets on EventBrite, be sure you match time of your ticket selection with the time slot you chose when you began your purchase. Ticket quantities are limited to 21 per tour, so get your tickets early. In the event of inclement weather, provisions have been made to conduct these tours indoors. There is no rain date.
As of 10/8/26, the following tickets are still available:
Friday, October 9
6:30 pm – SOLD OUT
6:45 pm – SOLD OUT
7:00 pm – SOLD OUT
7:15 pm – SOLD OUT
7:30 pm – SOLD OUT
7:45 pm – SOLD OUT
8:00 pm – 11 tickets available
Saturday, October 10
6:30 pm – SOLD OUT
6:45 pm – SOLD OUT
7:00 pm – SOLD OUT
7:15 pm – SOLD OUT
7:30 pm – SOLD OUT
7:45 pm – SOLD OUT
8:00 pm – 1 ticket available
Sunday, October 11
6:30 pm – SOLD OUT
6:45 pm – SOLD OUT
7:00 pm – SOLD OUT
7:15 pm – 5 tickets available
7:30 pm – 18 tickets available
7:45 pm – 18 tickets available
8:00 pm – 17 tickets available
From time to time, one of our fellow Wethersfield non-profit organizations asks us to bring an event to the attention of our members and associates. On Saturday, October 10 at 1:00 pm, The Great Meadows Conservation Trust is hosting a poetry reading by the former State Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson and the Wethersfield Poet Laureate Evan Goldstein at the Wood Parcel (166 Middletown Avenue – the southwest corner of Middletown Ave. and Maple Street, Route 3). There will be a display of Native American Artifacts by Wethersfield Historical Society Member Frank Winiarski and a tour of the accessible nature trail leading across the Beaver Brook bridge to the new picnic table courtesy of the Eagle Scouts. For more details, click 
The Wethersfield Museum and the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center have resumed our regular hours of operation: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sundays, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.