We invite CMCH members and special guests to join us for the Opening Reception for From Their Hands and Lands: Artifacts from Connecticut’s Enfield Shakers.
The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) at CMCH is proud to present Voices of Wisdom: Newcomer Stories. This interactive event will illuminate the journeys, struggles and achievements of immigrants and refugees making new lives in Connecticut, through storytelling, art, music, and dance.
The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CCHAP) at CMCH is proud to present Voices of Wisdom: Newcomer Stories. This interactive event will illuminate the journeys, struggles and achievements of immigrants and refugees making new lives in Connecticut, through storytelling, art, music, and dance.
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Embrace the weird at a super silly Free First Saturday! We’ll be creating our own wacky paper clothing and silly hats inspired by the truly weird clothes in the That’s Weird exhibit, and make a jar of mystery slime to play with at home.
Embrace the weird at a super silly Free First Saturday! We’ll be creating our own wacky paper clothing and silly hats inspired by the truly weird clothes in the That’s Weird exhibit, and make a jar of mystery slime to play with at home.
Be an archaeologist for the day! On Wednesday, work with your family on a simulated “box dig.” Learn how archaeologists work on professional digs, use different tools to uncover artifacts, record your finds, and figure out the story that history left behind in your box.
Be an archaeologist for the day! On Wednesday, work with your family on a simulated “box dig.” Learn how archaeologists work on professional digs, use different tools to uncover artifacts, record your finds, and figure out the story that history left behind in your box.
Try out different activities during spring break to see how museums discover historic artifacts left in the ground. On Friday, join us as guest archaeologist Bonnie Plourde shows us why stone artifacts rock! Watch as an average stone is transformed into an functional tool, try cutting materials with different sharpened rocks, compare stone tools used thousands of years ago by Native Americans in Connecticut, and make a rock craft to take home.
Try out different activities during spring break to see how museums discover historic artifacts left in the ground. On Friday, join us as guest archaeologist Bonnie Plourde shows us why stone artifacts rock! Watch as an average stone is transformed into an functional tool, try cutting materials with different sharpened rocks, compare stone tools used thousands of years ago by Native Americans in Connecticut, and make a rock craft to take home.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Your answer depends on what you define as “weird”. Culinary historian Sarah Lohman will reveal how fashions and trends affect the way Americans eat, turning yesterday’s “yum” into tomorrow’s “yuck” – or vice versa!
