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: Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted!
Celebrate landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday at the CMCH!
French Canadian Jam
Get acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session at the CMCH. New players and new listeners are always welcome! If you would like to join in, please get in touch with jam organizer, Joe Lavariere, at [email protected].
Workshop with Bao Phi: Amplify Asian American Voices
Bao Phi will lead a spoken word/poetry workshop for high school students. Phi is a two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist. He has performed on numerous stages. His first collection of poetry, Sông I Sing, enjoyed rave reviews. The New York Times states, “In this song of his very American self, every poem Mr. Phi writes rhymes with the truth.” In 2012, The Star Tribune’s inaugural “Best of Minnesota” issue…
Public Reading with Bao Phi: Amplify Asian American Voices
Spoken Word Artist and Writer Bao Phi will be reading from his critically acclaimed children’s books, A Different Pond (Capstone Press, 2017) and My Footprints (Capstone Press, 2019). Illustrated by Thi Bui, A Different Pond earned six starred reviews, a Caldecott Honor, as well as the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Honors, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Booklist Editor’s Choice, a Hornbook Fanfare book. Kirkus, Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Boston…
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Black History at the CMCH
Celebrate Juneteenth with an exclusive look at items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT!
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Black History at the CMCH
Celebrate Juneteenth with an exclusive look at items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT!
Lunch and Learn: Social and Cultural Expressions of Puerto Rican Settlement in Postwar Hartford
This free, virtual program will look at the development of Hartford’s early Puerto Rican community.
Summer Concert Series: Dexter’s Lab
Join us for a special outdoor concert celebration for Juneteenth, featuring music from Dexter's Lab and an original presentation from Hartford artist Jedda Williams! This concert will take place on the beautiful CMCH lawn. Grounds are open for seating and picnicking from 5 PM, and music is from 6PM-7:30PM. All of the CMCH outdoor concerts are free and open to the public. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and food, and the…
Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ Community
In this panel discussion, practitioners and community advocates will talk about the challenges that face the LGBTQ+ community in accessing mental health care, including the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.