Join us for a FREE showing of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” a movie about an imaginative inventor and his silly inventions!
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Celebrate Women’s History Month at the CHS! Families will play their way through our exhibit The Bicycle Game, learn how the bicycle craze of the 1890s paved the way for women’s empowerment, and complete a related craft.
The Inspire Center brings history and problem-solving together in a hands-on creative space for visitors of all ages! March’s challenge is to invent a new way to clean! Can you make cleaning fun?
Join us for a FREE showing of “The Lego Movie” and follow these Connecticut-made toys on a wild adventure!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Using historic valentines from the CHS collection as your inspiration, create one-of-a-kind valentines to give to your loved ones!
Become a bicycle mogul like Albert Pope! Families will invent a new type of bicycle, use their pretend money to “buy” supplies, build their prototype, and create a sign advertising their new invention!
The Inspire Center is open at the CHS! What is the Inspire Center? Using inspiration from Curtis Veeder, a Connecticut inventor, and the unique objects in the CHS’s collection, the…
Did you know every person has their own unique story? Join us for hot chocolate and cookies while enjoying a special reading of “This is Me: A Story of Who We Are and Where We Came From” written by Jamie Lee Curtis.
Curl up with some hot cocoa at the CHS! Join us for an afternoon of hot chocolate, crafts, and readings of “Fox and the Bike Ride” written by Corey R. Tabor.
Join the CHS for a day of wintry wonder! Families will create wintry window display inspired by images from the CHS collection and make their very own holiday poppers to take home!