Connecticut Historical Society

While you can experience the richness of Connecticut’s culture and history throughout our exhibitions, did you ever realize you are stepping directly into history when you walk through our fro...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/celebrating-curtis-veeder-from-inventors-home-to-connecticut-museum/

By: Peter Moran, Project Director What does civics mean to a 7 year-old? The answer might look a lot like what we call social emotional learning today: listening to one... The post Civics Educa...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-civics/

The Inspire Center at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History opened earlier this year, and has been inspiring creativity and innovation in visitors of all ages. Using items from... The p...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-inspirecenter/

Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.    Students studying the Civil Rights Movement are most likely familiar with these names. Perhaps less familiar to ...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-blacklatinohistoryclassroomresources/

An exciting new object has come into the Connecticut Museum’s collection – a rare, linen banner printed around 1915 demanding Votes for Women! The vibrant colors in the banner are... The po...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-votesforwomenbanner/

At woods edge of the Connecticut Museum’s sprawling backyard are six community garden plots thriving in their second season. KNOX, a group that supports urban farming and horticulture opportuni...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-onionabundance/

“Community” is a subjective word, but two Connecticut Museum staff set out to share their interpretation of it at the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) annual conference at C...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-preservationismutual/

Baseball runs in the Springer family. George Springer  Sr. was born on November 9, 1932 in Balboa, Panama. His parents had come to the area from Barbados and St. Lucia.... The post Baseball Ru...

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Philitha Stemplys-Cowdrey is our Southern New England Apprenticeship Program (SNEAP) Manager, but did you know that she is also a past participant in the program?   She is the apprentice to... ...

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-philithastemplyscowdrey/

A new program at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History (CMCH) provides opportunities for Asian American and Black high school students to connect with one another, their guardians, and......

https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/blog-webelong/