60-minute Tour Admission

Thank you for your interest in visiting the Stowe Center for Literary Activism at 77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT 06105!

We look forward to inspiring you with the life and work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), a complex and controversial novel that galvanized the anti-slavery movement. Our tours address the history of enslavement and racism in a conversational format, and invite and encourage visitors to make connections between inequities then and now.

If you are participating in Museums for All, Blue Star Museums, are a Hartford Resident, or are using a Library Pass, please reserve your tour admission tickets in advance by first calling 860-522-9258 or then emailing Info@StoweCenter.org.

Spirits at Stowe Tour

Our Spirits tours delve into the historic social and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of Spiritualism in the lives of Black abolitionists, and white reformers and suffragists.

Spirits at Stowe: All That Makes Life Bright (21+)

Stowe on the Go

Discovering Stowe

Thank you for your interest in visiting the Stowe Center for Literary Activism at 77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT 06105!
On this condensed tour, guest have the opportunity to view the first floor of the Stowe House, gain historic information about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s life, engage in conversation, and get a sneak peak of our extended house tour offerings.

If you are participating in Museums for All, Blue Star Museums, are a Hartford Resident, or are using a Library Pass, please reserve your tour admission tickets in advance by first calling 860-522-9258 or then emailing Info@StoweCenter.org.

Reading for Change

Who Is Harriet

Spirits of Resistance.

Yours Truly:19th Century Letters from our Archive

Stowe Prize Salon Series

Train of Thought: A Closing Conversation

Train of Thought: A Closing Conversation (Virtual)

Borders of Belonging: A Conversation on Humanity and Human Rights

Archiving Ancestors: The Last Crown of Prince Abdulrahman Ibrahima Ibn Sori

Salons at Stowe