November 2026
Election Day Fun at NCM&HS
Election Day Fun !! Bring the family, or just yourself, to the Museum on Election Day! We will provide a delicious all you can eat lunch with Chez Lenard, the best hot dogs in Fairfield County! Admission fee also includes a fun patriotic craft, and all kids will have the chance to vote!. We will have a bounce house, as well as several trucks for the kids to explore. Several of the museum buildings will be open for all to…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn with Vanessa Wood on artist Augusta Simon
Bring your sandwich, soup, salad or snack and join us for a Lunch & Learn with Vanessa Wood as she explores the life and work of her second cousin, artist Augusta Simon, a lifelong New Canaan resident. 🎨 The Museum is fortunate to have received several of Simon’s paintings, which are on permanent display in the Simon Dining Room. Drawing on extensive genealogical and historical research, Wood will share the fascinating story of her talented relative, whose artwork and legacy…
Find out more »Lunch & Learn with The New Canaan Mounted Troop
Bring your sandwich, soup, salad or snack and join us for a lunch & learn to discover the past, present, and future of New Canaan Mounted Troop (NCMT)—a nonprofit youth development and therapeutic equestrian center right here in our community. Josie Hauer, President & CEO, and Caroleigh Evarts, Therapeutic Program Director, will share the remarkable evolution of NCMT, from its beginnings in 1939 as a Junior Mounted Cavalry chapter for local youth founded by Margaret Cabell Self, to the diverse…
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