Our Collection

Discover Connecticut History

 

Our Collection

Discover Connecticut History

New exhibition, "Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln" opens Saturday, September 14!

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The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection includes more than 265,000 artifacts and images, over 3.5 million manuscripts, and over 125,000 books and pamphlets dating from the 1600s to today. The items included here give you just a taste of the millions of stories that our collection tells.

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Current Exhibitions

September 14, 2024 - March 16, 2025 Sep 14, 2024

Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln

Wide Awakes Campaigning for Lincoln During a time of deep political division and fears of a civil war, five young men from Hartford, Connecticut…

October 12, 2023 - October 13, 2024 Sep 28, 2023 - Oct 13, 2024

Connecticut’s Bookshelf

Books you know, stories you don't. Connecticut is the birthplace of comic books, copyright law, Noah Webster, and the recipe for pumpkin pie. It…

Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Connecticut’s Bookshelf

Connecticut is the birthplace of comic books, copyright law, Noah Webster, and the recipe for pumpkin pie. It printed the first fugitive slave narrative,…

Permanent Exhibit Dec 1, 2010 - Sep 1, 2050

Making Connecticut

Don’t miss this exhibit 400+ years in the making! Colorful, interactive, and filled with more than 500 historic objects, images, and documents, Making Connecticut…

Permanent Exhibit Jan 1, 2010 - Sep 30, 2050

Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut

Between 1750 and 1850, there were more than 50,000 inn and tavern signs produced by American painters, creating a distinct visual language and offering…

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Location

One Elizabeth Street
Hartford CT, 06105

860.236.5621

 

Museum Hours:

Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

Research Center Hours:

Tuesday-Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Always by appointment only.