Family Program: Drawing Straws

What can you make with straw? From ornaments to nature-themed silhouettes, straw can do it all! Families will look closely at straw-based artwork by local artist Philitha Stemplys-Cowdrey, and then learn how to make their very own creation to take home.

Summer Concert Series: Sandeep Das presents Taal Mudra

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

Join us as Sandeep Das presents Taal Mudra: A Confluence of Indian Music and Rhythm. Because this performance is rooted in cultural and religious practices, we will be marking off...

Opening Reception: ¡Pleibol!

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

Please join us for the in-person opening reception for the exhibition, ¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas. 

Free
Recurring

Tavern Talks

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

On select Sundays at 2:00 pm, drop in for a gallery talk about tavern life in early Connecticut. This program is included in regular museum admission.

We Belong: Community Celebration

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

Over the last three months, the remarkable young people in the We Belong: Youth Leadership and Community Cultures of Care project have worked together and with their families to explore,...

Inspire Center – New Theme!

The Inspire Center brings history and problem-solving together in a hands-on creative space for visitors of all ages! September's challenge is to invent a new toy!

Family Program: Fall Harvest

Are you ready for fall? Families will look closely at historic images of autumn in Connecticut, make pumpkin decor, and play various fall-themed games, including pumpkin ring toss!

Short Attention Span Literary Club

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

This month’s story is “Flight," by Doris Lessing.

Free
Recurring

Tavern Talks

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

On select Sundays at 2:00 pm, drop in for a gallery talk about tavern life in early Connecticut. This program is included in regular museum admission.

Date Night: The Roaring ’20s

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT

Bring your special someone for a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum featuring clothes and pastimes from the 1920s. Then enjoy a Prohibition-era cocktail crafted by a mixologist from The Wise Old Dog.

$15

Lunch and Learn: Mouth to Mouth – The Tooth Trade in Washington’s World

Virtual

In this virtual presentation, Lucy Smith, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will examine how this ideological shift fueled a tooth trade that traces the movement of early dentists throughout Connecticut, across the ocean, and at the intimate level of teeth moving from one mouth to another.