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!
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!
Join the CMCH for a day of wintry wonder! Families will create wintry window display inspired by images from the CMCH collection and make their very own holiday poppers to take home!

Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Did you know CMCH used to be the home of Connecticut inventor Curtis Veeder? Traveling from station to station in the auditorium, families will try out different experiments and science projects!

Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Explore photography throughout history! Families will create a pinhole camera, look closely at historic photos, and decorate a photo album to fill with special memories.

Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Experience school from long ago! Families will look closely at school-related objects from the CMCH collection, decorate a chalkboard, practice needlepoint, and more!

Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.