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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week's selection is the classic "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week's selection is the classic "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Every other week, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in, no commitment required!
This week’s selection is “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry.
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Free First Saturday
Free First Saturday
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
Free First Saturday
Free First Saturday
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
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Family Program: Valentines for Kids
Family Program: Valentines for Kids
Happy Valentine's Day! Using historic valentines from the CMCH collection as inspiration, create one-of-a-kind cards to give to your loved ones!
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Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Take a backstage tour of the CMCH and see some of our favorite items associated with romance!
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Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and we’ve got you covered. This behind-the-scenes tour of our collection will highlight objects associated with love and romance. Some of these stories are romantic, and some are a little risqué – so adults only please!
Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Behind the Scenes: Love and Lust
Take a backstage tour of the CMCH and see some of our favorite items associated with romance!
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Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine.
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Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine.
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Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
Have you ever turned to a book for consolation? Treasured the escape of a novel? Found comfort in a poem, self-help book, or simply from reading the newspaper?
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy, or the use of books as medicine. This talk will offer an exploration of the varied ways readers, doctors, and librarians have imagined books as medicine in the past.
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Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Through close-looking and hands-on activities, explore how clothing was made throughout history. Families will have the opportunity to card wool, "work" in a textile factory, and more!
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Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Visit the CMCH for a special tour of Making Connecticut followed by a related craft! Through close-looking and hands-on activities, explore how clothing was made throughout history. Families will have the opportunity to card wool, “work” in a textile factory, and more!
Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Family Exhibit Tour: Dressing Up the Past
Through close-looking and hands-on activities, explore how clothing was made throughout history. Families will have the opportunity to card wool, "work" in a textile factory, and more!
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Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home.
Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home.
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Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Family Program: Tools of the Trade
Uncover the stories of some Connecticut tradespeople and their tools! Kids will use historic tools to try out some popular trades from long ago and decorate their own toy toolbox to take home. Then, families can explore the exhibit Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s to learn more about jobs throughout history.
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Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
This program offers a virtual tour of items from our collection representing a spectrum of the Black experience in CT. You’ll learn about a Harlem Renaissance writer, Ann Petry, who carefully preserved artifacts chronicling the black community of Saybrook. Examine daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington, who abandoned a successful Hartford photography business to build a new nation in Africa.
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Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
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Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
Virtual Presentation: Black History at the CMCH
Journey through our collection to find objects that tell the stories of Black Connecticans, both ordinary and extraordinary, from the 1600s to today.
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Family Program: Movie Under the ‘Stars’
Family Program: Movie Under the ‘Stars’
Curl up under the “stars” for a movie night at the CMCH! Enjoy a special showing of the movie Inside Out while snacking on free popcorn! Families are encouraged to bring pillows and blankets and wear their comfiest footy pajamas. Quiet toys and activities to enjoy during the movie will also be available.
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
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Short Attention Span Literary Club
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Join us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is Eudora Welty's masterpiece of gossip and vulgarity, "Petrified Man."
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Free First Saturday
Free First Saturday
Free admission to the museum galleries all day. Please note that free admission does not include the Waterman Research Center.
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Family Program: Wild About Books
Family Program: Wild About Books
“Let the wild rumpus start!” Celebrate Read Across America at the CMCH with a reading of “Where the Wild Things Are” by Connecticut author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak.
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Family Program: Wild About Books
Family Program: Wild About Books
“Let the wild rumpus start!” Celebrate Read Across America at the CMCH with a reading of “Where the Wild Things Are” by Connecticut author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak.