A small, lit wooden house with a stone foundation sits behind a low stone wall under a dark night sky.

Stamford Historical Society Inc

General admission

SHC Member

<span fr-original-style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;' id="isPasted" style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1791132021/wysiwyg/xsgoddntvn7oxsaugpmx.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Hauntings and History at Hoyt-Barnum is back the night before Halloween! &nbsp;The Stamford History Center hosts this annual event in Stamford&rsquo;s oldest dwelling, the Hoyt-Barnum House. Emily Freidberg, Education Coordinator of Stamford History Center will be your host, taking you into a day in the life of a colonist. <span fr-original-style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;' style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>This interactive tour highlights the hardships of Colonial life and includes spooky stories, such as the tale of Stamford&#39;s witch, Elizabeth Clawson. &nbsp;Learn about the house&#39;s historical background, and view the period artifacts several from the 16, 17, and 1800&rsquo;s along with the chilling stories given by History Center tour guides in colonial costume. <span fr-original-style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;' style='font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(238, 240, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;'>Tour times offered 6,7, and 8pm. Tickets are $10 for Stamford History Center Members and $15 for General Admission.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1791132021/wysiwyg/xsgoddntvn7oxsaugpmx.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />Hauntings and History at Hoyt-Barnum is back the night before Halloween!  The Stamford History Center hosts this annual event in Stamford’s oldest dwelling, the Hoyt-Barnum House. Emily Freidberg, Education Coordinator of Stamford History Center will be your host, taking you into a day in the life of a colonist. This interactive tour highlights the hardships of Colonial life and includes spooky stories, such as the tale of Stamford's witch, Elizabeth Clawson.  Learn about the house's historical background, and view the period artifacts several from the 16, 17, and 1800’s along with the chilling stories given by History Center tour guides in colonial costume. Tour times offered 6,7, and 8pm. Tickets are $10 for Stamford History Center Members and $15 for General Admission.

Stamford Historical Society Inc

Hauntings and History at Hoyt-Barnum Returns to Stamford History Center!

1508 High Ridge Rd

General admission

$15

SHC Member

$10

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