Two of Rye's own institutions, the Rye Nature Center on Boston Post Road and the Rye Historical Society's Square House Museum on Purchase Street, carry most of the city's calendar between now and Thanksgiving. Here is what is on, in date order.

Saturday, November 14: the Great Leaf Hunt ends with prizes

The Friends of Rye Nature Center close out this fall's Great Leaf Hunt with a celebration from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the center, 873 Boston Post Road. Winners are announced and prizes handed out during an afternoon of outdoor activities. It is free; the center asks visitors to register through its events page. The center's trails are open daily from sunrise to sunset, and the same Saturday is a Member Morning at the Square House Museum.

Thursday, November 19: Whitman Bailey's Rye

The Rye Historical Society opens a new exhibition, Rye's Landscapes and Landmarks: Illustrations by Whitman Bailey, at the Square House Museum, 1 Purchase Street. Bailey was a Westchester illustrator whose pen-and-ink drawings recorded the county's buildings and streets in the first half of the twentieth century; the show gathers his views of Rye. It runs through March 6, 2027. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Through December 23: Revolutionary Rye

Still on view at the Square House is Revolutionary Rye: Stories from the Square House, the society's exhibition for the 250th anniversary year, which opened on July 4 and closes December 23. The two shows overlap for a month, so one visit after November 19 covers both.

Saturday, November 21: Little Historians

The society's Little Historians Story Time for young children returns to the Square House on Saturday, November 21, with further sessions on December 5 and December 19. The museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after.

Saturday, November 28: the Turkey Hike

Two days after Thanksgiving, the Nature Center leads a Turkey Hike from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., a woodland walk about how wild turkeys live on the center's grounds and around the Sound Shore. Looking further ahead, the center's wreath-making session is Saturday, December 5 (ages 15 and up, using material gathered on the grounds or from home), and candle making is Saturday, December 12, both 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Each program has its own registration link on the center's events page.

The Rye Metro-North station on the New Haven Line is a few blocks from the Square House; the Nature Center is about a mile north on Boston Post Road.

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