Phelps Tavern Museum and Homestead

The Phelps Tavern Musuem is the entertainment of strangers funded by the Connecticut Humanitites Council uses period rooms and interactive exhibition galleries to interpret the use of the historic Capt. Elisha Phelps house as an inn from 1786 to 1849. Three successive generations of the Phelps tavernkeepers are chronicled along with the social history of taverns in New England. From Masonic meetings to ordination balls, the Phelps Tavern hosted townspeople and travelers who arrived by horse, stagecoach and canal.

The Phelps Tavern Museum is part of a two-acre complex, owned and operated by the Simsbury Historical Society which includes a museum store, research library and award winning period gardens to highlight the visitor's experience. Group tours are available and school tours are offered by appointment.

The museum is open year round Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 pm. Group rates available. Not handicapped accessible.

Location: 800 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury Connecticut 06070 Telephone 860-658-2500

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