The Noah Webster House at 227 South Main Street is excited to host the Fifth Annual Holiday Market in 2024. Enjoy the opportunity to find the best gifts for family and friends while also supporting small, local businesses this holiday season. This year, the museum will be offering this market over two weekends, featuring over 20 different local vendors each weekend. Vendors will be set up throughout the museum offering a wide range of crafts and handmade gift items. The Holiday Market will be open for shopping on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 & 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (first weekend), Friday, December 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, December 7 & 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (second weekend). No registration is required. The museum suggests a $5 donation upon entry, which helps support museum educational initiatives.

The West Hartford Gift Shop is the anchor vendor at the Holiday Market and will have many products available, including the new cozy West Hartford and Connecticut sweaters and scarves, the Julia Gash collection, featuring the town’s most iconic features and the places that make our town unique. The gift shop also carries a selection of literary-themed items including scarves, notecards, and drinkware.

The new West Hartford collectible holiday ornament will feature the old Town Hall on South Main Street. The cornerstone of the building was laid on March 12, 1936. It was built under the auspices of the government’s Works Progress Administration, which sought to create jobs during the Depression.  A limited number of ornaments are available, so it recommended to pre-order now at westhartfordgiftshop.com. Ornaments may be picked up at the Holiday Market.

The museum is offering this holiday tradition to support local businesses, many of them newer and without their own brick and mortar location. A special thank you to the Mangs family for sponsoring this year’s Holiday Market! Artisans will be showcasing their artwork in many categories including jewelry, candles, pottery, notecards, woodworking pieces, fiber arts and so much more.