june, 2021
Grand Reopening!
13jun11:00 am4:00 pmGrand Reopening!Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center
Event Details
Guided Museum Tour · Ticketed Thursdays through Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., as well as Mondays at 6 p.m. A museum interpreter will lead you through the museum’s period rooms
Event Details
Guided Museum Tour · Ticketed
- Thursdays through Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m., as well as Mondays at 6 p.m.
- A museum interpreter will lead you through the museum’s period rooms and share stories of former residents: from the home’s original colonial-era builders, Benjamin and Sarah Hoyt; to tavern founders Timothy and Esther Keeler; to 19th-century residents Phillis Dubois and two generations of the Resseguie family; and, finally, to Cass and Julia Gilbert, who transformed the colonial-era property into a 20th-century summer residence with modern amenities.
Guided Walking Tour · Ticketed
- Thursdays through Sundays at 12:30 p.m.
- Renowned architect Cass Gilbert bought old Keeler Tavern as a summer home in 1907 and designed much of the landscaping at KTM&HC as it looks today. A museum interpreter will lead you around the four-acre site, where you’ll learn about the Gilberts and their high-society life here at the Cannon Ball House.
Self-Guided Walking Tour · Free
- Scan the QR code on any one of the outdoor signposts for a map of the campus and the walking tour stops.
- “Gilberts in the Gardens”
Also included in site admission: Special Exhibitions in the Carriage Barn.
Private and group tours can be booked by request. Contact info@keelertavernmuseum.org.
Please follow the Visitor Safety Guidelines. Thank you and enjoy your visit!
Click here to buy tickets!
Time
(Sunday) 11:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center
132 Main Street, Ridgefield CT 06877
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