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Exhibitions on View
May 22, 2025 - April 6, 2026 Feb 9, 2026

Then, Now, Next: 200 Years and Counting

Then, Now, Next: 200 Years and Counting In 1825, The Connecticut Historical Society was founded to preserve history…

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Permanent Exhibit Feb 9, 2026 - Sep 1, 2050

Making Connecticut

Don’t miss this exhibit 400+ years in the making! Colorful, interactive, and filled with more than 500 historic…

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Upcoming Exhibitions
Feb 12, 2026

Drawn Here: Stories from Hartford’s North End

Past Exhibitions
May 22, 2025

Then, Now, Next: 200 Years and Counting
Nov 7, 2024

Virtual Exhibition: Then, Now, Next: 200 Years and Counting
Nov 7, 2024

Virtual Exhibition: Coffee: A Connecticut Story
Nov 7, 2024 - 20260125

Coffee: A Connecticut Story
Sep 14, 2024

Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln
Nov 30, 2023

We’re Game! Sports and Community
Sep 28, 2023 - 20241013

Connecticut’s Bookshelf
Aug 12, 2023 - 20231105

¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues
Nov 10, 2022 - 20230917

The Bicycle Game
Oct 16, 2022

Common Struggle, Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health Presented by Hartford HealthCare Institute of Living
Oct 6, 2022

HISTORIC TIMELINE OF CONNECTICUT’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Sep 29, 2022 - July 30, 2023

Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission
May 5, 2022 - August 28, 2022

Hamilton Heroes and Villains
Apr 22, 2022 - August 28, 2022

Formative: Frederick Law Olmsted in Connecticut
Apr 16, 2022

Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s
Dec 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Connecticut Freedom Workers: Remembering the Civil Rights Movement
Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission
Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Albert’s Odd Jobs: Making a Living in the 1800s
Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Historic Timeline of Connecticut’s LGBTQ Community
Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Connecticut’s Bookshelf
Oct 10, 2021

Virtual Exhibition: Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln
Sep 9, 2021 - Sep 16, 2021

Remembering the Lives Lost on 9/11
Nov 5, 2020

Connecticut and WWII Manufacturing
Jul 10, 2020

Virtual Exhibition: Pieces of American History: Connecticut Quilts
Jul 10, 2020

Virtual Exhibition: Making Connecticut
Jul 10, 2020

Virtual Exhibition: War, Maps, Mystery: Dutch Mapmaker Bernard Romans and the American Revolution
Jan 1, 2020

Virtual Exhibition: A Vote of Her Own: The Long Fight for Woman Suffrage
Dec 1, 2010 - 20500901

Making Connecticut
Jan 1, 2010 - 20500930

Virtual Exhibition: Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut

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