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The Hyland House Museum

Our mission is to share Guilford's rich colonial history and to inspire ongoing stewardship of that legacy.

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  • Visit the House
    • Hours & Admission
    • Guilford, Connecticut
    • Hyland House Virtual Tour
  • The Garden
    • The Apothecary Rose
    • Our Garden Plants
  • Early Guilford Days
    • Virtual Early Guilford Days
      • Hearth Cooking
      • Herbs and Kitchen Garden
      • Tinsmithing
      • House Tours
    • Workshops
    • Costume Counsel
  • At Home Activities
    • Bake a Historical Election Cake
    • Make your own Leather Wallet
    • Make your own Silhouette Portrait
    • Bind Your Own Notebook
    • Martha Washington’s Great Cake
    • Sew a Historical “Huswife”
    • Herb Memory Card Game
    • Nine Men Morris Game
    • Make your own Button Whirligig
    • Weaving a Coaster
    • Making an Aluminum Lantern
    • The Flying Circle – Make your Own Game of Graces
    • Making and Using a Tape Loom
    • Build a Lucet Tool and Braid Cords
  • Events
  • Learn Our Story
    • Museum Collection – Objects of Interest
      • Silhouette
      • The “Huswife” – a colonial travel sewing kit
      • Custom Curtains with a History
      • Fire Bucket
      • 18th Century Stays
      • Tape Loom
    • Diptheria Epidemic in 1736 
    • Hyland House History
    • Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society
    • A Witness Stone for Candace
    • Genealogy of Hyland House Residents
    • Architectural History
  • Board of Directors & Docents

Costume Counsel

General Sewing Instructions

Pinner Cap for Girls

Haversack and Satchels

Colonial Pocket

Market Wallet

Apron

Easy (almost no sewing) Petticoat

Easy (almost no sewing) Colonial Shirt

Easy (almost no sewing) Breeches

Easy Pillowcase Apron

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