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 […]

Date: Every Wednesday 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 […]

Date: April 5, 2025 Time: 2:00 pm  to  3:30 pm 2 PM Saturday April 5, 2025 at the Westport Grange 931 Main Road, Westport MA ALL APPRAISAL SLOTS HAVE BEEN RESERVED You are invited to bring interesting antiques and curios to the library where antiques and Americana expert Stephen Fletcher will attempt to solve the […]

Date: March 15, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm  to  4:00 pm Tell us your story! 12pm – 4pm Saturday March 15, 2025 (Drop in any time!) Westport Grange #181 931 Main Road, Westport MA 02790 You are invited to share stories and to bring objects, photographs, and documents relating to Westport’s farming heritage. We will scan […]

Date: February 22, 2025 Time: 2:00 pm  to  3:30 pm A Biography by Jeffrey A. Fortin 2 PM Saturday February 22 at the Westport Public library Meet the author of a new book on Paul Cuffe published by University of Massachusetts Press. Jeffrey A. Fortin has crafted a beautiful, moving portrait of this important maritime […]

Date: October 26, 2024 Time: 10:00 am  to  2:00 pm Saturday, October 26 10:00-2:00, 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport (Rain date Sunday October 27) Ghosts, goblins, witches, and skeletons have taken over Westport’s historic Handy House! The air is filled with spooky spirits up to no good. Evil spirits have poisoned Dr. Handy’s healing potions. […]

Date: October 19, 2024 Time: 2:00 pm  to  3:00 pm 2 PM Saturday October 19, 2024 Westport Grange, 931 Main Road, Westport MA A short business meeting will be followed by a conversation with some of Westport’s longtime lobster fishermen, including David Borden, Richie Earle, Grant Moore, and Russell Walters looking back on the evolution […]

Date: September 22, 2024 Time: 10:00 am  to  1:00 pm 202 Hix Bridge Road Handy House Artisan Fair, organized by the Westport Historical Society, showcases 30 local craftspeople who specialize in skills and traditional crafts commonly practiced in the 18th and 19th century. Traditional craftsmanship, from blacksmithing to green woodworking, is still very much alive […]