This program is appropriate for children in grades K-4. Children must have a parent/guardian remain with

them for the duration of the program. The Reading Ranger program is free of

charge, however, registration is required. To register, or for more

information, please call (203) 834-1896 ext. 12. 

Weir Farm National Historic Site was home to three generations of American

artists. Julian Alden Weir, a leading figure in American art and the

development of American Impressionism, acquired the farm in 1882. After

Weir, the artistic legacy was continued by his daughter, painter Dorothy

Weir Young and her husband, sculptor Mahonri Young, followed by New England

painters Sperry and Doris Andrews. Today, the 60-acre farm, which includes

the Weir House, Weir and Young Studios, barns, gardens, and Weir Pond, is

one of the nation’s finest remaining landscapes of American art.