Short Attention Span Literary Club
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordThis month’s story is “My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain,” by TC Boyle.
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The Past and Future of the American Diner
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordAs 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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Member Event: Holiday Brunch
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordMember exclusive! Step away from the holiday hustle and join us at the Museum for a relaxing morning of coffee, tea, and brunch. View holiday-inspired highlights from the collection and...
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Lunch and Learn – Living on the Edge in New England, New Netherland, and New Sweden
VirtualThis virtual talk by Elizabeth Hines, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will explore why the Dutch colony of New Netherland accept so many settlers the New England colonies expelled in the seventeenth century.
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SOLD OUT! Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Remembering G. Fox and Co.
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordJoin us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.
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SOLD OUT! Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Remembering G. Fox and Co.
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordJoin us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.
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Lunch and Learn – A Silent Revolution: The Mysterious Demise of Slavery in Revolutionary Connecticut
VirtualWilliam Morgan will explore how our collections demonstrate that Black people, not legislation, crippled slavery at its peak in the 1770s and 80s by making opportunities of the conflict with Britain.
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordThis month's story is "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates.
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Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States
VirtualIn this virtual talk, author Michelle Craig McDonald will discuss her new book, Coffee Nation, which explores when and why coffee became part of North American daily life.
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Coffee: A Connecticut Story Exhibit Tour
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordJoin a museum educator for a guided tour of our newest exhibition, Coffee: A Connecticut Story.
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Hidden History: Native Peoples and the American Revolution
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin us for a screening of an excerpt from Ken Burn's new documentary, The American Revolution, and a panel discussion with Native American historians moderated by Connecticut Public's Diane Orson.
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Lunch and Learn – Faith Trumbull Huntington: An Eighteenth-Century Woman Encounters War
VirtualIn this virtual talk, Marggie Meahl will explore Faith’s education (exceptional needlework), marriage, and early death and analyze it in the context of the Revolutionary War era merchant class.
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