Date: October 25, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  2:00 pm Halloween at the Handy House Saturday, October 25, 10:00AM -2:00PM 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport Enjoy a Halloween adventure with a magical turnip twist! Young visitors will be challenged to help Dr. Handy save his turnip and the people of Westport! Dr. Handy has discovered […]

Date: October 8, 2025 Time: 5:00 pm  to  6:00 pm Westport Grange, 931 Main Road, Westport MA A short business meeting will be followed by a program examining the origin and local lore of Westport’s very own heirloom vegetable, the Macomber Turnip. In 1876, the Macomber brothers, Adin and Elihu, brought back seeds from the […]

Date: Every Sunday until October 31, 2025 Time: 8:00 am  to  6:00 am don’t miss the Handy House Halloween Trail, open every day dawn to dusk during the month of October. Find Dr. Handy’s magical ravens and the precious golden turnips! Read the story, walk the trail, and find the ravens – and the golden turnips! […]

Date: Every Saturday until October 31, 2025 Time: 8:00 am  to  6:00 pm Don’t miss the Handy House Halloween Trail, open every day dawn to dusk during the month of October. Find Dr. Handy’s magical ravens and the precious golden turnips! Read the story, walk the trail, and find the ravens – and the golden turnips! […]

Date: Every Wednesday until October 31, 2025 Time: 8:00 am  to  6:00 pm Don’t miss the Handy House Halloween Trail, open every day dawn to dusk during the month of October. Find Dr. Handy’s magical ravens and the precious golden turnips! Read the story, walk the trail, and find the ravens – and the golden turnips! […]

Date: September 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  3:00 pm 202 Hix Bridge Road 10 AM – 3 PM Saturday September 20, 2025 (rain date Sunday September 21) Meet Westport’s craftsmen, peruse the Vintage Market, enjoy musical entertainment! Handy House Artisan Fair, organized by the Westport Historical Society, showcases local craftspeople who specialize in skills […]

Date: August 2, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  1:00 pm At the Handy House, 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport MA Calling all milk bottle collectors! Local collectors (Westport/Dartmouth and surrounding towns) of vintage milk bottles are invited to gather at the Handy House to share information about their collection and to meet others who share […]

Date: July 30, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  2:00 pm $60 per student,  pre-register at eventbrite. Tina Tryforos is a photographer and educator, specializing in the historic photographic process of cyanotypes, the Prussian blue image invented in 1842 by Sir John Herschel. Students will learn how to set up a cyanotype exposure, potential materials such […]

Date: Every Wednesday until August 27, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  1:00 pm Handy House, 202 Hix Bridge Road 10 AM – 1 PM Wednesdays in July/August Drop in for some creative crafts and family fun! Make a corn husk doll, create a sunprint, make your own Macomber turnip, and take an adventure along the Heritage […]

Date: Every Saturday until September 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 am  to  1:00 pm 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport MA Lives on the Land: An exhibition highlighting the stories of Westport’s farming families This exhibition focuses on the 20th century, an era that began with 400 farms and ended with fewer than 30 farms. This is not […]