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Maker’s Monday at the Dudley Farm

 
Crafters are invited to join the ladies from the Dudley Farm gift shop for fun and fellowship Monday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm downstairs at the yellow Munger Barn. Bring your work-in-progress projects and craft in community as we share expertise, advice, and laughter working in centuries-old techniques: sewing, quilting, knitting, basket weaving, hooking, spinning, whatever! Donations appreciated. For more information, contact Mary Norris, 203-415-0426. 

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Conversations With Historical Objects

Dawnland Museum 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Part of a series of discussions on objects from the Dudley Farm Museum collections.  We’ll explore what stories can be generated from different perspectives.  This month’s object is a curious handmade wooden box found in our big barn.  Nineteenth century farmers were resourceful in making the own tools to solve problems.  Come help us figure […]

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Conversations with Historical Objects

Tuesday, April 1, 6-7 pm, Dawnland Museum Part of a series of discussions on objects from the Dudley Farm Museum collections.  We’ll explore what stories can be generated from different perspectives.  This month’s object is a camera from 1900, among the first to be marketed to women.    Along with some early 20th century photographs […]

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Spring Wildflower Walk

  Enjoy an early spring walk in the North Guilford woods and learn to identify native wildflowers with knowledgeable and entertaining botanist Lauren Brown. Wear appropriate shoes, bring a walking stick and meet on farmhouse porch.   Facilitator: Lauren Brown, a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry, has taught plant identification at Yale and […]

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Foraging & Fermenting Class Rain or Shine

Foraging & Fermenting    Join us Saturday, April 26th from 1 to 3 pm at the Dudley Farm in North Guilford for a class on Foraging and Fermenting! CT Foraging Club founder Amy Demers and forager and chef Vinny Crotta will be co-teaching this class.   Come learn how to positively identify edible and medicinal […]

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Community Tag Sale

Dudley Farm 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Peruse interesting items offered by 20-plus local vendors or book a spot and pass along your own treasures at our annual community tag sale. Hot dogs, music, and fellowship add to the good times. To rent a spot ($20) contact Jerri at 203-457-0047 Sunday April 27th, 2025  10am - 2pm   RAIN DATE:  May 4th, 2025

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Living History Immersion: Victorian Farmwomen’s Daily Lives

Dudley Farm 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Come spend a weekend engaged in the daily activities of women living on small farms in New England in the late nineteenth century. Activities include sewing, washing, ironing, writing a letter, reading magazines, tending to sheep and chickens, making bread, butter, and shrub. Spending two days in our 1845 farmhouse, having to fetch and heat […]

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Expressive Art & Writing Workshop–four consecutive Wednesdays, May 21 to June 11, from 1 to 3 p.m

Munger Barn 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Recharge your creativity and experience the joy of writing and drawing from the intuitive, imagistic right-side of the brain. Amy J. Barry, writer, and expressive arts educator will lead this workshop for adults. She will employ imaginative prompts and exercises, inspired by the beautiful natural surroundings at Dudley Farm; historical items in the 19th-century farmhouse; and […]

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Spinning Tales Down On The Farm

Come to the Barn for some old time storytelling with Carolyn Stearns and music by Joe Flood. Spinning Tales is a free family event. Carolyn Stearns is the kind of storyteller who roamed New England towns 200 years ago. Her family tales of Revolutionary ships lost at sea, the man who painted Lincoln and the […]

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2351 Durham Road
Guilford, CT 06437

Museum (203) 457-0770

Munger Barn (203) 457-9768

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