Visit the CMCH for a special tour of Making Connecticut followed by a related craft! Through close-looking and hands-on activities, explore how clothing was made throughout history. Families will have the opportunity to card wool, “work” in a textile factory, and more!
In April 2021, Canning released Killing Season: A Paramedic’s Dispatches From the Front Line of the Opioid Epidemic. A paramedic on the streets of Hartford for over 25 years, Canning has seen the impact of prescription painkillers, heroin, and the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl firsthand.
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home.
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home.
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home. Then, families can explore the exhibit Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s to learn more about jobs throughout history.
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
This program offers a virtual tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer, Ann Petry, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa.
Curl up under the “stars” for a movie night at the CMCH! Enjoy a special showing of the movie Inside Out while snacking on free popcorn! Families are encouraged to bring pillows and blankets and wear their comfiest footy pajamas. Quiet toys and activities to enjoy during the movie will also be available.
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
