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Free First Saturday

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

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

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Free First Saturday

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

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

Family Program: Valentines for Kids

Happy Valentine's Day! Using historic valentines from the CMCH collection as inspiration, create one-of-a-kind cards to give to your loved ones!

Family Program: Valentines for Kids

Happy Valentine's Day! Using historic valentines from the CMCH collection as inspiration, create one-of-a-kind cards to give to your loved ones!

Family Program: Valentines for Kids

Happy Valentine’s Day! Using historic valentines from the CMCH collection as inspiration, create one-of-a-kind cards to give to your loved ones!

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Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust

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

Take a backstage tour of the CMCH and see some of our favorite items associated with romance!

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Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust

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

Take a backstage tour of the CMCH and see some of our favorite items associated with romance!

Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and we’ve got you covered. This behind-the-scenes tour of our collection will highlight objects associated with love and romance. Some of these stories are romantic, and some are a little risqué – so adults only please!

Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine

Have you ever turned to a book for consolation? Treasured the escape of a novel? Found comfort in a poem, self-help book, or simply from reading the newspaper?

Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine. This talk will offer an exploration of the varied ways readers, doctors, and librarians have imagined books as medicine in the past.

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Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past

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!