Manchester Groups Offering Events, Free Admission for CT Open House Day

Museums, parks and businesses across Connecticut will be celebrating CT Open House Day this Saturday, June 8, including a few locations right here in Manchester.

Cheney Homestead & Keeney Schoolhouse, Lutz Children’s Museum, Manchester History Center, Old Manchester Museum and Woodbridge Farmstead will be offering perks and special events to those who pay a visit this weekend.

Here are the details, courtesy of ctvisit.com:

Cheney Hall
177 Hartford Rd.
Manchester, CT
(860) 647-9824
http://www.cheneyhall.org
From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., take a free tour of the historic theater, now home to Little Theater of Manchester, along with a craft and artisan fair.

Cheney Homestead & Keeney Schoolhouse
106 Hartford Rd.
Manchester, CT
(860) 647-9983
http://www.manchesterhistory.org
Free admission from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tour the family home of the Cheney brothers, founders of the silk mills.  The original farmhouse with antique furniture and clocks and visit the one-room schoolhouse. Site on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.

Lutz Children’s Museum
247 South Main St.
(Rte. 83)
Manchester, CT
(860) 643-0949
http://www.lutzmuseum.org
Free admission from noon until 5 p.m., including “Touch-a-Truck” where visitors can climb inside big trucks and heavy equipment.

Manchester History Center
175 Pine St.
Manchester, CT
(860) 647-9983
http://www.manchesterhistory.org
Free admission from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Featuring Loom Room exhibit; children’s activities, view the c.1895 machine shop of the Cheney brothers silk manufacturing company building and “Great Lawn” walking tour at noon. Site on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.

Old Manchester Museum
Manchester Historical Society
126 Cedar St.
Manchester, CT
(860) 647-9742
http://www.manchesterhistory.org
Free admission from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Featuring exhibits related to Manchester and Connecticut history; museum store. Site on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.

Woodbridge Farmstead
Manchester Historical Society
495 Middle Turnpike East
Manchester, CT
(860) 647-9742
http://www.manchesterhistory.org
Free admission and memorabilia table open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Property listed National Register of Historic Places and former Meadowbrook Dairy Farm with original farmhouse and barns. Tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Site on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.