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November 2025

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Nov 08 2025
November 8

Hannah and Her Daughters

November 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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The Connecticut Museum is excited to invite you to experience an original work of music based on manuscripts from our collection! 

Nov 09 2025
November 9

Coffee: A Connecticut Story Exhibit Tour

November 9 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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Join a museum educator for a guided tour of our newest exhibition, Coffee: A Connecticut Story.

Nov 09 2025
November 9

Vets Town Hall

November 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

In honor of Veterans Day, please join us to hear from veterans about their experiences.

Nov 13 2025
November 13

C-Change Conversations: Building a Better Tomorrow

November 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Please join us for a presentation that explores the challenges of climate change and what we can do to mitigate them. This presentation is hosted by the Connecticut Valley Garden Club.

Nov 16 2025
November 16

The Key to Adventure Story Time at R. J. Julia Booksellers

NOVEMBER 16 @ Saturday, November 16 @ 11 am
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Join us offsite at R.J. Julia Independent Booksellers in Middletown, CT as we share our new children's book, The Key to Adventure, in a story time led by Museum Educators Rebecca Gavin (author) and Mya Concepcion (illustrator)! About the book: When a young girl named Prudence finds a strange-looking key, she brings it along on her visit to the Connecticut Museum - and suddenly falls back in time! Join Prudence on a magical journey through Connecticut…

Nov 25 2025
November 25

Lunch and Learn – Slavery, Sin, and Capital Punishment in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut

November 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Join us as Arrannè Rispoli discusses how the framework colonial courts used to determine criminal culpability helped cultivate a predictive model of criminality that constructed the archetype of Black criminality in the colonial imagination.

Nov 29 2025
November 29

Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Remembering G. Fox and Co.

November 29 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Join us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.

Nov 30 2025
November 30

Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Remembering G. Fox and Co.

November 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.

Dec 03 2025
December 3

Short Attention Span Literary Club

December 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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This month’s story is “My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain,” by TC Boyle.

Dec 04 2025
December 4

The Past and Future of the American Diner

December 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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As we get ready to say goodbye to our special exhibition Coffee: A Connecticut Story, we invite you to a talk by food historian Sarah Lohman to uncover the origins -- and uncertain future -- of that most American of establishments, the diner. 

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