Journey to the past right in your own backyard! Families will learn how to recognize dinosaur tracks and prehistoric plants that still live in Connecticut today, dig for replica fossils of Connecticut dinosaurs, and then create their very own fossil to take home!
Get acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session, happening Saturday afternoons on First Free Weekends!
Last chance for guided tour through Rebellious, an exhibition that reflects on moments throughout Connecticut history when its people came together, pushed back, and sparked change to pursue their own visions of life, liberty, and happiness in America.
Join us for a virtual presentation as KT Turner explores minstrelsy and other forms of entertainment in Connecticut and parts of New England to gain more insight on the cultural underpinnings of American Reconstruction.
This teacher workshop will provide teachers with content and tools to use their classrooms as we explore Connecticut's role in the American Revolution.
Join us for our next Made to Last event with woodworker, Anne Marie Elder. She will share her personal collection of woodworking tools passed down through her family from her great-grandfather. Anne Marie will share her passion for early American craftsmanship and discuss historical facts, traditional techniques, and her own journey in crafting custom handmade pieces.
Join a member of our staff for an interactive, introductory experience in our newest exhibition, Drawn Here: Stories from Hartford’s North End.
Join us for a virtual presentation as Professor Kete and Professor Petrino introduce us to Lydia Sigourney’s central role as an American poet, educator, and rights activist and to the Lydia Sigourney Digital Archive Project.
Join us on November 19 for a panel discussion about how and why thousands of Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe made the North End of Hartford their home in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Join us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.
Join us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.
Join us for a virtual presentation as Yusuf Mansoor explores Native American attitudes towards the American Revolution using written material from the Connecticut Museum’s American Revolution collection.
