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, NARM, 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.

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, NARM, 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

Exploring Hope & Freedom

Come explore the Gallery for Hope & Freedom. Guests will have the opportunity to spend time perusing the art, books, and interpretive guides in the Gallery. This is a 30 minute time block to ask questions about the new interpretation, explore the art created by local artists, and discuss what teh space means to them. 

The Gallery for Hope & Freedom is a space we will look at the influence of Black Authors on Stowe and on generations of Black imaginaries, luminaries, and Afro-futurism, looking back to see a clearer and better future.

Tickets are $10 per guest. Open to all ages. 

Trinity Mellon Grant SOTG

Yours Truly:19th Century Letters from our Archive

Stowe Prize Salon Series