Celebrate Connecticut Open-House Day in Niantic

Niantic’s three historic house museums, the Smith-Harris House, the Thomas Lee House, and the Samuel Smith House, invite you to discover the town’s rich history through the lives of the families who once called the East Lyme area home!  Each historic house will be open for tours, along with special programs unique to each museum, some of which includes open-hearth cooking demonstrations, children’s games on the lawn, reenactors, farm animals, spinning demonstrations, and historically-inspired refreshments!  Get your “Passport to History” stamped at all three museums to be entered in a drawing to win a gift basket!  For more information, contact the Smith-Harris House www.smithharris.org, 860-739-0761, curator@smithharris.org; OR the Thomas Lee House www.eastlymehistoricalsociety.org, 860-739-6070, info@eastlymehistoricalsociety.org, OR the Samuel Smith House www.samuelsmithhouse.org, 860-739-5079, samuelsmith1685@gmail.com.  Connecticut Open-House Day is a one-day statewide event designed to showcase Connecticut's diverse world of history, art, and tourism, and is sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Offices of Culture and Tourism.  Connecticut--Still Revolutionary.