HSWC News & Events

NOTE:  Any changes to the Museum’s scheduled events and opening hours due to COVID-19 restrictions will be updated on this website.  Check back here regularly for the most up-to-date information.  

Sunday, June 14th— 2:00PM West River Railroad Museum, Cemetery Hill Road, Newfane Ted Lawrence is a gifted storyteller and veteran of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Enjoy witnessing his transformation from Everyday Joe into a genuine bigger-than-life Ringling Clown.  Ted sets up the steamer trunk he used while touring the US in […]

Sunday, March 29th Annual Soup Fest & Silent Auction Postponed   In light of the COVID-19 concerns and in the interest of public health, The Historical Society’s Soup Fest and Silent Auction scheduled for Sunday, March 29th is cancelled.  At this time, it is the hope of the Board of Directors to reschedule the Silent […]

Friday, August 23 — 5:30  HSWC Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck, and Vermont Trivia NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane 5:30  Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Windham County 6:00  Pot-Luck — Bring a dish to share.  Drinks provided. 7:00  Vermont Trivia Night!  Do you know about the unusual animal fossil discovered in Charlotte in 1849? […]

Sunday, August 11 — 1:00 Old Newfane Common, Top of Newfane Hill Road Join us and special guest, Niels Rhinehart, Archaeologist and Board Member of the Vermont Archaeology Society, as we explore the original site of the Shire Town of Newfane where it was first settled on top of Newfane Hill.  The walking tour of […]

COME ONE, COME ALL!    TO THE WINDHAM COUNTY HISTORY FAIR! On the Historic Newfane Common, Route 30, Newfane Step back in time at the Seventh Biennial Windham County History Fair on Saturday, August 10th from 9:00 to 4:00.  Held on Historic Newfane Common (Route 30, Newfane), the Fair is a festival of vintage exhibits, demonstrations and […]

Sunday, June 23 — 5:30 Vermont History Trivia Night at the Four Columns Inn Tavern Four Columns Inn, West Street, Newfane Treat yourself to a summer’s evening out, good food and drink, and a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate to the Four Columns Inn!  Bring yourself or bring a team and test your […]

Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 4:00PM NewBrook Fire Station, Rte. 30, Newfane. The 5th Annual Soup Fest and Silent Auction fund raiser will be held on Sunday, March 31st at the NewBrook Fire Station (Route 30 in Newfane, VT).  You won’t have to ride the 36 Miles of Trouble to sample homemade soups from Brattleboro to South Londonderry. […]

Thursday, September 13 at 7:00 Union Hall, Newfane Village A hurricane will never surprise us again. But that’s just what happened to the people of Long Island and New England on September 21, 1938.   Author, Steve Long, chronicles how the hurricane of ’38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can […]

The Historical Society of Windham County joins the Windham Regional Woodlands Association at its annual meeting.  The program will begin at 8:30AM on the Old Newfane Common (top of Newfane Hill Road) with an introduction of the old Village of Newfane and a tour of its monuments (Laura Wallingford-Bacon), followed by County Forester Bill Guenther’s […]