Free Admission For Kids This Summer At Weston History & Culture Center

**News Release Submitted by The Weston History & Culture Center**

July 17, 2023

The Weston History & Culture Center was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $1,000.00 from Connecticut Humanities to support our participation in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative. The program invites Connecticut children ages 18 and under plus one accompanying Connecticut resident adult to visit the Weston History & Culture Center free of charge during our open hours, Thursdays and Sundays 1pm – 4pm, from July 9 – August 31, 2023. Visit our website to learn more: https://westoncthistory.org.

If you can’t visit us during open hours, we are also open by appointment- please email: director@westoncthistory.org to schedule. Funding for the initiative is provided by the CT General Assembly, with the support of Connecticut Humanities and the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the federal ARPA.

Dive into history this summer at the Weston History & Culture Center! Step inside the Coley House and explore life in the 1940s as well as interactive exhibits for all ages. Learn how the Coley family would have lived, worked, and played on the home front during World War II. Type on a typewriter, make a phone call using a rotary phone, play with toys from the past and build a house of the future with Lincoln Logs!

In addition to the Coley House, budding artists will enjoy our new exhibit, “Weston Illustrated: Penned, Painted and Sculpted” where artists who lived and worked in Weston are highlighted. In the Young Artists Corner, try your hand at creating a comic strip or practice your cartooning skills. Then become a super sleuth as you go on a scavenger hunt through the exhibit. Lastly, take a stroll through the Daniel E. Offutt, III Sculpture Garden and see if you can find the hidden toadstool.

The Weston History & Culture Center is not the only museum participating in the CT Summer at the Museum Initiative. A list of participating museums can be found on the CT Visit website: https://www.ctvisit.com/articles/connecticut-summer-museum-2023- free-admission-kids. A visit to a museum provides a special opportunity that can positively impact mental health, demonstrably improve learning outcomes among children and youth, and offer positive activities and outlets.

The Weston History & Culture Center is located at 104 Weston Road Weston, CT. Parking is FREE and located in our parking lot on High Acre Road. Please check-in at the Visitor’s Center, red building adjacent to parking area.