Events

Handy House, 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport MA

Open 10 AM – 1 PM every Wednesday and Saturday

June 25- September 20, 2025

FREE.

Parking is available off Hix Bridge Road.

Special exhibition:

Westport’s Farming Families

Kids Make History!

10 AM – 1 PM Wednesdays in July/August

Handy House

Drop in for some creative crafts and family fun! Make a corn husk doll, create a sunprint, scavenger hunt and take an adventure along the Heritage Trail. FREE.

Discover the lost art of cyanotypes!

Tina Tryforos is a photographer, educator, and bookmaker specializing in the historic photographic process of cyanotypes, the Prussian blue image invented in 1842 by Sir John Herschel. This residency will offer hands-on workshops to allow community members to make their own cyanotypes, using this easy non-toxic photo technique which can be exposed in sunlight and developed in water.

10 AM – 2 PM Wednesday July 30 Cyanotype workshop

Handy House Artisan Fair and Vintage Market 10 AM – 3 PM

Saturday September 20, 2025

(Rain date Sunday Sep 21)

202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport MA

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 18^th and 19^th century.

Traditional craftsmanship, from blacksmithing to green woodworking, is still very much alive in Westport. The Artisan Fair offers a rare opportunity to meet these craftspeople, learn about their skilled hand work and human powered technologies through hands on demonstrations. Some artisans will have their work for sale, so it will also be a chance to get a jumpstart on holiday shopping! This event not only preserves and perpetuates knowledge about traditional crafts, but is also an opportunity for the community to reconnect to its own history, to visit the Handy House and to celebrate the special heritage of the town of Westport.