Free First Sunday
Enjoy Free First Weekend at the CMCH! Free First Sunday includes admission to the Museum galleries all day. Please note, the Waterman Research Center is closed on Sunday.
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Lunch and Learn: What Time Is It?
VirtualIn this talk, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (NERFC) Fellow Alexandra M. Macdonald will draw from both the museum and archival collections at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History to offer insight into how our perception of time has always been sensory, and suggest that clock time may not be as all-consuming as it might feel.
Free
Hidden Literacies: A Digital Resource From Overlooked Archives
VirtualHidden Literacies is an exciting digital anthology created by Trinity College that reveals the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. Come learn more about using these sources (and expert commentaries) in your classrooms and libraries!
Black Connecticans, Ordinary and Extraordinary
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordStep into our collections spaces to take an exclusive look at items representing a spectrum of the Black experience in Connecticut.
Black Connecticans, Ordinary and Extraordinary
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordStep into our collections spaces to take an exclusive look at items representing a spectrum of the Black experience in Connecticut.
Journeys 旅途 : Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission Gallery Talk
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesDrop in to learn more about the stories shared in Journeys 旅途 : Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission.
Movie Under the ‘Stars:’ “The Lego Movie”
Join us for a FREE showing of "The Lego Movie" and follow these Connecticut-made toys on a wild adventure!
Celebrate Lunar New Year!
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesCome to the CMCH to welcome the Year of the Rabbit and learn about the many ways that Lunar New Year is celebrated today across different cultures. This FREE event will feature crafts, musical and dance performances, food, and a special gallery talk in our exhibition Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission.
Free
Lunch and Learn: Black Revolution on the Sea Islands
VirtualThis virtual Lunch and Learn presentation by Frances O’Shaughnessy draws on military letters, treasury reports, and personal letters from the denoted “Port Royal Experiment” to historicize Gullah Geechee people’s expressions of freedom during the Civil War,
Free
Mystery Home: Discover the Story of Your House! (SOLD OUT!)
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesThis two-hour program will give you an introduction to researching the history of your house.
Short Attention Span Literary Club
VirtualThis month, we discuss "Destroyed" by Hilary Mantel.
Bicycles: On the Path to Women’s Rights
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordWhat did bicycles have to do with the fight for women's rights? In this presentation, historian Allison Lange will talk about how, in the 1890s, women embraced the bicycle and the freedom of movement that came with it. While their bloomers and independence made critics anxious, many women used bicycles to seek new opportunities.