We offer a variety of tours for visitors of all interests.

Featured Tours

Please note these are history tours, not house tours. Engage in a conversational, interactive tour about the history of anti-slavery activism and abolitionism in the United States. Learn about Harriet Beecher Stowe and the impact of Black abolitionists and freedom builders on Stowe’s life, especially how their stories influenced her best-selling anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Connect the past to the present as you discuss social issues of the 19th century and today. Immerse yourself in a historic experience by entering this transformed National Historic Landmark, where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived for 23 years. Explore the Nook Farm neighborhood, an 1800s community of authors, political leaders, and scholars who influenced the country’s intellectual and social development. Leave feeling inspired that you too can create positive change in the world.

This succinct historical tour focuses on Harriet’s childhood, her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the impact of free and enslaved Black people on her life and legacy. This tour moves through the first floor of the Stowe House where we invite guests to learn more about the influence of the abolitionist movement on Stowe’s famous anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

Adult $15; Senior $10; Child & Student $5; Museums for All $3

On this tour, we explore how Harriet Beecher Stowe came to author Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), a complex and controversial anti-slavery novel with a massive impact on U.S. history and culture. We’ll discover what Stowe learned, read, and witnessed that made her want to speak out against enslavement in her own time, with special attention to the life of Josiah Henson, the real-life Black abolitionist who inspired the character of Tom in Stowe’s novel.

One tour, two stories! Come learn about the Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the white anti-slavery author Harriet Beecher Stowe. We’ll explore their stories from the time they were young children until they became famous authors, paying special attention to the importance of love, family, and education in their lives.

A self-guided historic neighborhood audio tour, Seeing is Revealing: Nook Farm Then and Now, is available for purchase on-site at the Visitor Center Museum Shop. You’ll only need a phone and a wifi/cellular connection! The audio tour can be listened to anywhere, includes additional reading suggestions and links, and has unlimited replays for 30 days after scanning the QR code. The walking tour, if done in person, explores the Hartford neighborhood, Asylum Hill, once known as Nook Farm.

*Walking is not required to experience the audio tour

Purchase in person at the Stowe Visitor Center Front Desk during open hours.

Available from Oct – Feb, on the first Friday and third Saturday of the month. Explore our Calendar page to book your tickets – space is limited. This tour deals with themes such as violence, sexuality, and reproductive rights. It is not recommended for children under 13.

Delve into the historic, social, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers, suffragists, and Black activists.

Please note there is a wonderful Stowe House in Cincinnati, OH. We are located in Hartford, CT.
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Inspiring Stowe

May 22 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Discovering Stowe

May 22 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Inspiring Stowe

May 22 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Inspiring Stowe

May 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Discovering Stowe

May 23 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Inspiring Stowe

May 23 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm