HALLOWEEN ON THE GREEN HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! —————— Don’t miss the 7th annual Halloween on the Green on the Museum Commons. Come wearing your best costume for a day filled with trick-or-treating, giveaways, displays at the historic buildings, food vendors, a bounce house, and much […]
Start your Halloween celebrations early with a special lantern tour of Fairfield's Old Burying Ground. Walk among the gravestones in the town's oldest cemetery to discover the stories of Caleb Brewster, Samuel Smedley, and Goody Knapp, who was convicted of and executed for witchcraft in 1653. Uncover some of the burial practices in early New […]
Join us for an open house featuring the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter. Learn more about Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and memory loss as well as resources available to you. The Fairfield Museum will also share how it will begin offering pilot programs for people living with dementia and their care partners. Free
Start your Halloween celebrations early with a special lantern tour of Fairfield's Old Burying Ground. Walk among the gravestones in the town's oldest cemetery to discover the stories of Caleb Brewster, Samuel Smedley, and Goody Knapp, who was convicted of and executed for witchcraft in 1653. Uncover some of the burial practices in early New […]
Fall 2023 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between 9/5/23 and 12/19/23 The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum's early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage. Looking […]
Darlene Kascak will explore Connecticut history from multiple perspectives to provide a more truthful and accurate understanding of our state's history. Indigenous peoples called Connecticut home for over 12,000 years. Visual and tactile resources will be on hand and participants will learn the many ways that the Indigenous peoples of Connecticut adapted to their changing […]
Fall 2023 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between 9/5/23 and 12/19/23 The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum's early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage. Looking […]
How did a newly landed Polish Jewish artist transform his brush and ink pen into powerful anti-Nazi propaganda weapons in the months before Pearl Harbor? This fall, the Fairfield University Art Museum presents a special exhibition "Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights" (on view September 29-December 16, 2023). Through scathing editorial cartoons and […]
Drop by the Fairfield Museum to create your own paper wreath to celebrate the season! Indulge in the colors of fall by making a wreath with multi-colored paper leaves to take home. Free with Museum Admission
Fall 2023 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between 9/5/23 and 12/19/23 The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum's early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage. Looking […]
The Fairfield Museum is pleased to announce the 9th annual Holiday Pop-Up Market! This festive market of gifts at the Museum is a wonderful kick-off to the holiday season! 2023 Dates: Saturday, November 18 and Sunday November 19 – 10AM-4PM There is a $5 suggested donation to attend this exciting and colorful market, cash or […]
Fall 2023 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between 9/5/23 and 12/19/23 The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum's early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage. Looking […]
The Fairfield Museum is pleased to announce the 10th annual Holiday Pop-Up Market! This festive market of gifts at the Museum is a wonderful kick-off to the holiday season! 2024 Dates: Friday, November 22nd from 4-7pm; Saturday November 23rd from 10am-4pm Vendor's may only purchase a table if they have been invited to do so […]
Fall 2023 Hours: Open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between 9/5/23 and 12/19/23 The Victorian Cottage is the Fairfield Museum's early childhood education space designed for kids to create, explore, and play. Free with Museum Admission. Please check in at the front desk before heading over to the Victorian Cottage. Looking […]
Stop by the Research Library to meet our Research Librarian Ed Surato and explore select manuscripts on trains and other forms of transportation. Free with Museum Admission Image: Photograph of Commuters at Southport Train Station, March 1984. Fairfield Museum Photographic Collection, Fairfield Citizen News Archive.
Visit the Fairfield Museum this holiday season and experience the magic of the Holiday Express Train Show! Young and old alike will delight in the model trains winding around spectacular winter villages and beautiful holiday scenery. Members of the Fairfield-based Housatonic Model Railroad Club and the Connecticut G-Scalers Club will be on hand to answer […]
Warm up at the Fairfield Museum after the town’s tree lighting ceremony and be one of the first to see the new displays of the Holiday Express Train Show! Young and old alike will delight in the model trains winding around spectacular winter villages and beautiful holiday scenery. $3 per person, $10 per family
