Simsbury - Phelps Homestead Attractions
The Phelps Tavern Museum is operated by the Simsbury Historical Society with a museum store, research archives and award winning period gardens to highlight the visitor's experience.
The Phelps Tavern Museum uses period rooms and interactive exhibition galleries to interpret the use of the Phelps House as an inn from 1786 to 1849. Three generations of the Phelps tavernkeepers are featured along with the social history of taverns in New England. The Phelps Tavern hosted locals and travelers who traveled by horse, stagecoach and boat.
The Phelps Tavern Museum uses period rooms and interactive exhibition galleries to interpret the use of the Phelps House as an inn from 1786 to 1849. Three generations of the Phelps tavernkeepers are featured along with the social history of taverns in New England. The Phelps Tavern hosted locals and travelers who traveled by horse, stagecoach and boat.
