Lecture Date: Thursday, April 27th at Noon Lecture Site: Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT 06798 Admission is free. Donations accepted. What do artifacts buried in the ground for 225 years tell us about the history of the Glebe House and its inhabitants? Was there really a tunnel dug from the Glebe to help the Reverend John Rutgers Marshall escape the hostilities of the Woodbury townspeople? From Robbins "test trenches" in 1952, to the Yale University excavations in the 1980s and the student archaeology projects that followed, join us as we "dig deeper" and discover what was found and the information that it has added to our understanding of Woodbury's historic pas
The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden in Woodbury is participating in the 36 hour online community giving event organized by the Connecticut Community Foundation on April 25-26. Every dollar donated from 7 am on April 25 to 7 pm on April 26 will be enhanced with funds provided by Connecticut Community Foundation and generous sponsors. Donors may visit https://givelocalccf.org/npo/glebe-house-museum-gertrude-jekyll-garden to participate. *New this year: Donors may schedule their gift prior to the event between 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 22 to 6:59 a.m. Tuesday, April 25. The event will go live at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25. The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden is one
Saturday, May 20 The Museum will host its annual fundraising event, An Evening of Festive Dinners with Friends. Guests will enjoy a cocktail party in The Gertrude Jekyll Garden at The Museum from 5:30 to 7:00 with delicious delicacies and fine wines, and a live auction with fabulous experiences to bid on. Following the cocktail hour, guests will dine at one of a dozen homes throughout Woodbury and the surrounding area. The honorary chair for the gala this year is Mrs. Lucian D. Warner, longtime supporter of the house & garden , and many other community organizations. An Evening of Festive Dinners with Friends is the museum's major fundraiser of the year. Proceeds from this event help fund