Short Attention Span Literary Club
This month, we discuss "The Pura Principle" by Junot Diaz.
Inspire Center – New Theme!
The Inspire Center brings history and problem-solving together in a hands-on creative space for visitors of all ages! February's challenge is to make something unique and innovative using only paper! What can you create?
Family Program: Valentines for Kids
Happy Valentine's Day! Using historic valentines from the CMCH collection as your inspiration, create one-of-a-kind valentines to give to your loved ones!
Lunch and Learn: What Time Is It?
In this talk, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Fellow Alexandra M. Macdonald will draw from both the museum and archival collections at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History to offer insight into how our perception of time has always been sensory, and suggest that clock time may not be as all-consuming as it might feel.
Hidden Literacies: A Digital Resource From Overlooked Archives
Hidden Literacies is an exciting digital anthology created by Trinity College that reveals the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. Come learn more about using these sources (and expert commentaries) in your classrooms and libraries!
Black Connecticans, Ordinary and Extraordinary
Step into our collections spaces to take an exclusive look at items representing a spectrum of the Black experience in Connecticut.
Movie Under the ‘Stars:’ “The Lego Movie”
Join us for a FREE showing of "The Lego Movie" and follow these Connecticut-made toys on a wild adventure!
Celebrate Lunar New Year!
Come to the CMCH to welcome the Year of the Rabbit and learn about the many ways that Lunar New Year is celebrated today across different cultures. This FREE event will feature crafts, musical and dance performances, food, and a special gallery talk in our exhibition Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission.
Lunch and Learn: Black Revolution on the Sea Islands
This virtual Lunch and Learn presentation by Frances O’Shaughnessy draws on military letters, treasury reports, and personal letters from the denoted “Port Royal Experiment” to historicize Gullah Geechee people’s expressions of freedom during the Civil War,
Mystery Home: Discover the Story of Your House! (SOLD OUT!)
This two-hour program will give you an introduction to researching the history of your house.