Free First Saturday
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Family Program: Earth Day Extravaganza
Happy Earth Day! Celebrate our planet through games, crafts, and a special enviromagic show by Cyril the Sorcerer!
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros.
Disability Things, History, and Mental Health with Smithsonian Curator Katherine Ott
This free, virtual talk by Smithsonian Curator Katherine Ott will examine some of the ways disability has collided with assumptions about how to be human, using objects from history as a guide.
Family Program: Movie Under the ‘Stars’
This is the snow date for the program originally scheduled for February 25th. Curl up under the "stars" for a movie night at the CHS! Enjoy a special showing of the movie "Inside Out" while snacking on free popcorn!
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: The World of Work
Take a look at CHS collection items that show how making a living has changed – and how it hasn’t – over the years.
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: The World of Work
Take a look at CHS collection items that show how making a living has changed – and how it hasn’t – over the years.
Family Program: What Makes You Smile?
Kids will have the chance to make their very own worry doll and then celebrate the things that bring them joy by creating a box of sunshine!
Family Program: What Makes You Smile?
Kids will have the chance to make their very own worry doll and then celebrate the things that bring them joy by creating a box of sunshine!
Family Program: Museum Sleuths
I spy a symbol of liberty - do you? Kids will decorate their own magnifying glass and then search the exhibits for clues and symbols hidden within historic objects!