How did people long ago use Connecticut’s landscape and all of its natural resources to provide food, water, clothing, shelter, and transportation? Families will look closely at objects made from…
How did people long ago use Connecticut’s landscape and all of its natural resources to provide food, water, clothing, shelter, and transportation? Families will look closely at objects made from…
Did you know that Connecticut was once home to the “Hat City of the World”? By the 1850s hatting was the biggest industry in Danbury, CT! Families will go on…
Did you know that Connecticut was once home to the “Hat City of the World”? By the 1850s hatting was the biggest industry in Danbury, CT! Families will go on…
Get ready for summer barbecues! Families will decorate their own chef hats to wear, and decorate a cookbook filled with refreshing, summery recipes from the CMCH collection.
Have you ever moved from one place to another? Explore our newest exhibition Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission, look through suitcases full of historic toys, clothing, and household items, and complete a related craft.
What does the word “spring” mean to you? Families will explore a variety of spring-themed artworks from the CMCH collection and then create their own interpretation of spring!
Join us for a FREE showing of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” a movie about an imaginative inventor and his silly inventions!
Celebrate Women’s History Month at the CMCH! Families will play their way through our exhibit The Bicycle Game, learn how the bicycle craze of the 1890s paved the way for women’s empowerment, and complete a related craft.
The Inspire Center brings history and problem-solving together in a hands-on creative space for visitors of all ages! March’s challenge is to invent a new way to clean! Can you make cleaning fun?