Pop Up Museum – Westport Our Habitat, Past, Present, Future

Date: June 6, 2015 Time: 10:00 am  to  3:00 pm River Day 10 AM – 3 PM Saturday June 6 (organized by the Westport River Watershed Alliance) Head of Westport Town Landing Habitats Pop-Up Museum Help us create our first Pop-Up Museum! The theme is “Habitats” Bring along an object, photo, painting or recollection to […]

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Pop Up Museum

Date: June 6, 2015 Time: 10:00 am  to  3:00 pm Pop-Up Museum Westport Our Habitat: Past, Present, Future Help us create our first Pop-Up Museum! The theme is “Habitats” Bring along an object, photo, painting or recollection to share. Think about bringing objects that relate to your home or to the river, animals, plants, Native […]

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How Westport Became a Town

Date: May 21, 2015 Time: 7:00 pm  to  8:30 pm Presented by Tony Connors 7 PM Thursday May 21 Westport Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Tony Connors, President of the Westport Historical Society, delves into the early history of Westport and looks at how and why the residents of this area petitioned to […]

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Handy House interpreter information session

Date: May 16, 2015 Time: 2:00 pm  to  4:00 pm Interested in becoming a Handy House interpreter? We offer a flexible schedule but as a general rule of thumb volunteers must be able to commit to volunteering on one Saturday per month June through October. Learn more by attending an information session: 2 PM May […]

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Handy House interpreter information session

Date: May 2, 2015 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm Interested in becoming a Handy House interpreter? We offer a flexible schedule but as a general rule of thumb volunteers must be able to commit to volunteering on one Saturday per month June through October. Learn more by attending an information session: 10 AM Saturday […]

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Handy House garden volunteers meet and greet

Date: April 25, 2015 Time: 2:00 pm  to  3:00 pm 2PM Saturday April 25 at the Handy House 202 Hix Bridge Road Attention garden lovers! Can you spare a few hours to help maintain the Handy House gardens and grounds? We need volunteers to weed, prune and water the gardens so the house will look […]

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Westport at the Whaling Museum

Date: April 11, 2015 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm 10 AM Saturday April 11 New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library, 791 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Join senior maritime historian Michael Dyer for a unique show and tell highlighting some of the Westport related items in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling […]

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Westport History 101 SOLD OUT

Date: March 28, 2015 Time: 2:00 pm  to  4:00 pm Westport History 101 2PM Saturday March 14, 21, 28 at the Paquachuck Inn, 2056 Main Road, Westport Point Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our sleepy little town? Lexington, Concord and even New Bedford may have grabbed all the […]

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Westport History 101 2PM – 4PM

Date: March 14, 2015 Time: 2:00 pm  to  4:00 pm Westport History 101 2PM Saturday March 14, 21, 28 at the Paquachuck Inn, 2056 Main Road, Westport Point Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our sleepy little town? Lexington, Concord and even New Bedford may have grabbed all the […]

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