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 StatesTake a backstage tour of the CMCH and see some of our favorite items associated with romance!
Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesTake 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
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine.
Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine.
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.
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!
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!
Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
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!
A Paramedic’s Dispatches From the Front Line of the Opioid Epidemic
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.
Family Program: Tools of the Trade
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.