• On Surviving Mental Illness: A Conversation with Julia Tannenbaum

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

    Local young adult author and mental health activist Julia Tannenbaum shares her decade-long battle with anorexia, depression, and anxiety and how overcoming her illnesses enabled her to discover her passions...

  • Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ Community

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

    In this panel discussion, practitioners and community advocates will talk about the challenges that face the LGBTQ+ community in accessing mental health care, including the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Virtual Conversation: Dementia-Friendly Museums

    Virtual

    In this two-part series of virtual conversations, CMCH and partners will explore how museums and cultural institutions can better serve people living with dementia.

  • Virtual Conversation: Dementia-Friendly Museums

    Virtual

    In this two-part series of virtual conversations, CMCH and partners will explore how museums and cultural institutions can better serve people living with dementia.

  • Date Night at the CMCH: Sex and Love in the Archives (Sold Out!)

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

    WE'RE SORRY, THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT! Please check out our next "Date Night" program on August 11!
    Bring your beau, gal, or best pal to the CMCH for a "backstage" tour of our collection, followed by wine, chocolate, and a fun themed activity . Tonight's theme is "Sex and Love in the Archives:" we'll take a look at objects associated with love and lust through the ages.

  • Free First Saturday

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

    Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.

  • Date Night: Play the Bicycle Game!

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

    Getting bored with run-of-the-mill date nights? Sure, dinner and a movie is fine....but we've got something different.

  • Date Night: Play the Bicycle Game!

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

    Getting bored with run-of-the-mill date nights? Sure, dinner and a movie is fine….but we’ve got something different.

  • A Celebration of Land and Sea: Modern Indigenous Cuisine in New England

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

    Rachel Beth Sayet is a member of the Mohegan nation. In this lecture, Rachel shares her knowledge on the multiple traditional thanksgivings of New England, along with her years of work revitalizing these traditional foods alongside her tribal elders.

    Free