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Collection Highlights
The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection includes more than 265,000 artifacts and images, over 3.5 million manuscripts, and over 125,000 books and pamphlets dating from the 1600s to today. The items included here give you just a taste of the millions of stories that our collection tells.
For the entirety of our online catalogues, visit our research page.
Current Exhibitions
Nov 7, 2024
Coffee: A Connecticut Story
Coffee: A Connecticut Story Coffee is more than a hot drink or a boost of caffeine. For Connecticans, it's hundreds of years of…
September 14, 2024 - March 16, 2025
Sep 14, 2024
Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln
Wide Awakes Campaigning for Lincoln During a time of deep political division and fears of a civil war, five young men from Hartford, Connecticut…
October 12, 2023 - October 13, 2024
Sep 28, 2023 - Oct 13, 2024
Connecticut’s Bookshelf
Books you know, stories you don't. Connecticut is the birthplace of comic books, copyright law, Noah Webster, and the recipe for pumpkin pie. It…
Oct 10, 2021
Virtual Exhibition: Connecticut’s Bookshelf
Connecticut is the birthplace of comic books, copyright law, Noah Webster, and the recipe for pumpkin pie. It printed the first fugitive slave narrative,…
Permanent Exhibit
Dec 1, 2010 - Sep 1, 2050
Making Connecticut
Don’t miss this exhibit 400+ years in the making! Colorful, interactive, and filled with more than 500 historic objects, images, and documents, Making Connecticut…
Permanent Exhibit
Jan 1, 2010 - Sep 30, 2050
Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut
Between 1750 and 1850, there were more than 50,000 inn and tavern signs produced by American painters, creating a distinct visual language and offering…
Location
One Elizabeth Street
Hartford CT, 06105
860.236.5621
Museum Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
Research Center Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Always by appointment only.