Date: July 29, 2018 Time: 11:00 am  to  4:00 pm The Westport Historical Society will host its second annual House Tour on July 29 – a self-guided look at six spectacular private homes located throughout the idyllic SouthCoast town. The gracious owners of the architecturally significant homes at the Point and in south Westport will […]

Date: July 19, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm  to  8:30 pm at the Dedee Shattuck Gallery, 1 Partners Lane, Westport MA Westport’s history stretches back nearly 12,000 years, even though much of the past is not readily visible on the ground surface today. In 2004, The Westport Historical Society funded a town-wide archaeological survey designed to […]

Date: Every Saturday until October 28, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  3:00 pm 10 AM – 3 PM Saturday October 27, 2018 at the Handy House, 202 Hix Bridge Road Little witches, wizards, ghouls, ghosts and goblins are invited to converge at the Handy House to try out their magical skills inside the historic house on Hix […]

Date: June 14, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm  to  7:30 pm 6 PM Thursday June 14 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Paul Pannoni of Westport Point and Dawn Manchester formerly from the Point announce the release of their book Biographies of Civil War Soldiers and Sailors of Westport, Massachusetts. The […]

Date: June 2, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our […]

Date: May 5, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our sleepy little town? Lexington, Concord and even New Bedford may […]

Date: April 14, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am PLEASE NOTE: APRIL 14 SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES. At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10, April 14, May 5 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides […]

Date: March 10, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. PLEASE NOTE APRIL 14 SESSION HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 5 Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about […]

Date: January 13, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm 10 AM Saturday January 13 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport R. Andrew Pierce will present research into the Wampanoag families of the Westport. 19th century New England genealogists largely ignored Native Americans, who despite centuries in the area, had […]

Date: December 1, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  12:00 pm 10.30 AM Friday December 1 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Local historian and genealogist Richard Gifford will explore the stories of the first generation of settlers in Westport in the 17th century who were drawn by an abundance of […]