March through November, except August. The Day-Lewis Museum of Indian Artifacts, owned by Yale and operated by the Farmington Historical Society. Hill-Stead Museum, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991, is an outstanding example of Colonial Revival domestic architecture set on 152 acres of fields and woodlands. The main house is complimented by a Sunken Garden with period plantings restored after the original Beatrix Farrand design. May through October from 10am to 5pm, and November through April from 11am to 4pm.
Admission is charged.
On the first Sunday of each month, the Museum invites visitors to tour the house at their own pace as part of its Philip Morris First Sundays program. Follow route 4 to the second light, turn left onto route 10 South. At next light, turn left onto Mountain Road. The Museum entrance is at 35 Mountain Road. It was bequeathed to Yale by W.S. Lewis, who devoted his life to collecting the letters and works of Horace Walpole, 1717-1797, and to editing the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence.