The Citizenship Project

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The Citizenship Project

The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History has partnered with New-York Historical to offer free citizenship classes for green card holders preparing for the naturalization interview. The classes prepare green card holders to take the civics test portion of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization interview.

This free course covers all 100 questions from the USCIS Civics test. Participants will learn about American government and history using objects, paintings, and documents from the Connecticut Museum and New-York Historical collections.

Classes are taught in English and are recommended for intermediate level English Language Learners.

Upcoming Sessions in 2026:

January 20 – February 26, 2026. REGISTRATION FOR THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED. This session meets every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm. There are a total of 12 meetings.

March 7 – April 11, 2026. This session meets every Saturday morning from 9:00 am -11:00 am. There are a total of 6 meetings. Click here to register.

When you register, you’ll get an acknowledgment email within a few days. Two days before your session starts, you’ll get another email with the Zoom link for the class meetings.

 

New-York Historical also offers online classes, including ones taught in Spanish. Click here to see their available classes.

For more information, email tmcclure@connecticutmuseum.org

Are you curious about the USCIS Civics test? Click here to take a practice version.

True to its founding identity, the United States is still a nation of immigrants. Inspired by New-York Historical’s Citizenship Project, this Netflix documentary short film depicts some of the many threads that continue to weave the tapestry that is America through the lens of five immigrants who are on their journey to U.S. citizenship. It is a reminder of its national motto E Pluribus Unum—Out of Many, One.

The Citizenship Project is made possible by generous grants from the Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation, The JPB Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The New York Community Trust, and in partnership with CUNY Citizenship Now!

Thank you to the Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust for their generous support of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Citizenship Project programming!

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