About the Museum

A National Registered Historic Landmark in Norwalk CT

A National Historic Landmark since 1971, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States...

April 8 - October 17, 2021

New Exhibit: "Health, Healing & Addiction in 19th Century America"

This new exhibition explores the birth of modern medicine and its scientific breakthroughs, featuring rare artifacts, instruments, costumes and photographs, drawn from those once owned by the Lockwood and Mathews families, as well as loans from major private collections and public institutions...

April 8 - August 29, 2021

New Exhibit: "Socially Distant Art: Creativity in Lockdown"

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum's new contemporary art exhibition titled, "Socially Distant Art: Creativity in Lockdown," curated by Artist and Trustee Gail Ingis, features works by artists from throughout the United States and highlight the pandemic experience filtered through the eye, mind, and creativity of the artist...

July 1 - September 6

CT Summer at the Museum: Free Admission for Kids!

From July 1 through Sept. 6, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum joins more than 90 museums across the state in offering Connecticut children ages 18 and under plus one accompanying adult free admission…

Deadline: September 1

Call for Vendors: Old-fashioned Flea Market (Sept. 19)

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is calling for vendors for the annual Old-fashioned Flea Market, which will be held on the grounds of Mathews Park, Norwalk, CT, on Sun., Sept. 19, 2021, 10 am-4 pm...

Sun., Sept. 12, 2 p.m.

“The Mansion’s Secret Lives: Untold Stories From the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, 1865-1960” – In-person Talk by Dr. Daryn Reyman-Lock

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is a historically significant building. How many of those stories of the Mansion’s denizens and visionaries remain untold?...