Westport Museum Offers Colonial Field Day October 1st

Press Release

Kick of a fun fall season by stepping into the past and learning about life in days of yore! Westport Museum for History & Culture is hosting a Colonial Field Day with games, dancing, workshops and more for the whole family.

During Colonial Field Day visitors will get to experience real activities that young people would have done during the 18th century here in Westport and elsewhere in New England. 

“The Field Day is meant to be enjoyable but also to educate about actual daily life during the Colonial period,” said Nicole Carpenter, Westport Museum’s Director of Programs and Collections. “Beating a rug and breaking flax are fun activities when done for a few minutes, but also gives insight into how these chores would have impacted people when these laborious tasks were a mainstay of life.”

A free program, costumed interpreters will lead the afternoon events. In addition to demonstrations, hands-on pickling and candle making workshops will be held for a nominal free with a discount for members.  Colonial Field Day will be held at the Museum’s lovely grounds in downtown Westport at 25 Avery Place (across from Town Hall) on October 1st from 2pm to 5pm. Visitors may park on Avery Place; Myrtle Avenue, across from the Museum driveway; behind town hall; and in the Baldwin Parking lot off Elm Street which has stairs up to Avery Place.