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Current Exhibits She Shoots . . . She Scores! Women’s Basketball in Connecticut January 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010 
She Shoots . . . She Scores! Women’s Basketball in Connecticut, is now open at the Connecticut Historical Society. Learn how women’s changing social roles are paralleled in the game and how the passion to play basketball continues to grow today. This exciting exhibit features memorabilia from throughout the last century and footage from some of the most exciting moments in the sport. Click here for a sneak peak of the exhibit! This exhibition was funded in part by the Connecticut Humanities Council and the Connecticut Sun.
Remembering G. Fox & Co.
January 20, 2009 - August 29, 2009 This small-scale display features a selection of items sold by the historic G. Fox & Co.- from fashion merchandise to common household goods. The exhibit, located in our first floor hallway, is a sampling of CHS’s extensive holdings of G. Fox & Co. material. To see more of CHS’s G. Fox & Co. collection and to learn more about the history of the company, see our online exhibit at www.chs.org/fox/welcome.html. Or come visit our Research Center. Ongoing
Amistad—A True Story of Freedom
Ongoing A highly sensory, award-winning, multi-media exhibit throughout five galleries that explores the Africans’ struggle for freedom and the Connecticut people who helped them achieve it in New London, New Haven, Hartford and Farmington, following the 1839 revolt on the ship Amistad. Call (860) 236-5621 for further information.
Hands On History Gallery
Chance, Choice & Change: Coming to Connecticut Ongoing Why have people moved to Connecticut over time? This hands-on gallery explores some of the reasons through interactives geared to families with children age 2-13, although older kids and adults may also want to time themselves on the thread machine, or sew tobacco leaves and set them to dry, or build a brick wall. There is dress up too, a bit about music, and places to sit while your family is discovery coming to Connecticut. It all starts by spinning a giant wheel of chance. Will you decide to stay or go? 
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An award-winning exploration of rustic life in Connecticut more than 200 years ago, following the trails of the early settlers. Try on Colonial clothing of the period, and much more. Experience the American Revolution through a descriptive sound and light gallery that evokes an in-the-moment sense of place and time. Call (860) 236-5621 for further information.