Upcoming Events
Calling All Gamers! Open House
Take your gaming to the next level - join us at the Matthew Curtiss House for an afternoon of strategy, skill, and luck, along with conversation and comradery. Docents will be available to teach you how to play the individual games, as well as offering tours of the historic house museum.
This is a free event for the public, but donations are accepted and appreciated in order to continue offering events such as this.
Refreshments will be served.
Mary Hawley
Mary Hawley is well known as Newtown's wealthy benefactress, but behind her acts of generosity to the town was a life that seems to have been far from pleasant. From a lonely childhood to a short and turbulent marriage, join our Town Historian, Ben Cruson, as he shares what we know about Mary Hawley's mysterious and reclusive life and how she turned a life of tragedy into a legacy of kindness.
This is a free event to the public, but donations are accepted and appreciated in order to continue offering programs like this.
Refreshments will be served.
Tag Sale Fundraiser
Please No Early Birds!
This fundraiser, which will benefit the upkeep and maintenance of the Matthew Curtiss House, will be held on the front lawn of the historical society's house museum.
Items available for purchase will include housewares, books, toys, knickknacks, furniture, etc.