Vacation Program: Pictures from the Past

Lights, camera, history! Looking for a fun activity for the whole family to do over spring break? Come to the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and create your own daguerreotype.

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Beyond the Amistad: Black History at CMCH

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

The CMCH is partnering with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to offer a joint program that explores the Black experience in Connecticut!

Department Stores and the Black Freedom Struggle: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford

How did civil rights activists use department stores (like Hartford's G. Fox) as centers for the struggle for black freedom? Historian Traci Parker will discuss her new book on this topic. Come early to view our exhibition, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow.