January 18, 2013

Cooking by the Book: Amelia Simmons to Martha Stewart
By Kerri Provost | RealHartford.com
A review of the CHS/CCSU/UofH collaborative exhibit. Read more...

January 14, 2013

Cooking by the Book at the Connecticut Historical Society
By Michael Hamad | ct.com | Hartford Advocate
Glimpse how our forebears used to feed themselves and their kinfolk. Read more...

November 2012

Stories related to the return of stolen documents to the CHS:

Stolen Letters From George Washington, Napoleon, Coming Back To Connecticut
By Edmund H. Mahony | The Hartford Courant | November 13, 2012
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Stolen artifacts returned to Connecticut Historical Society
By WFSB Staff | November 14, 2012
CHS is one of dozens of institutions from which valuable documents were stolen by Barry Landau. Watch the video...

Connecticut Historical Society recovering stolen documents
By The Associated Press | New Haven Register | November 14, 2012
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Connecticut Historical Society Gets Back Dozens Of Stolen Items
Antiques and the Arts | November 27, 2012
First batch of stolen items has been returned to CHS by the National Archives. Read more...

November 9, 2012

Thank Goodness It's Connecticut: CT Historical Museum
By Scot Haney | WFSB | Better Connecticut
Scot Haney Visits CHS' Cats & Dogs in Art and Life exhibit. Watch the video...

November 9, 2012

Connecticut Historical Society's Executive Director to Retire
West Hartford News
CHS Executive Director announces retirement in 2013. Read more...

September 2012

Arts at Work
By Krystian von Speidel | Hartford Magazine | HartfordMag.com
A look at Hartford's vibrant cultural landscape Read more...

August 14, 2012

The State of CT Has an Array of Valuable and Strange Artifacts
By Gregory B. Hladky | Hartford Advocate | CT.com
With its rich colonial heritage, Connecticut's state artifacts are valuable, and some of them are pretty unusual, including some CHS items. Read more...

May 30, 2012

CT Historical Society Unveils "New" Resources for Historians & Genealogists
PRWeb | Connecticut Post | ctpost.com
Using digitization as a tool for preservation, the Connecticut Historical Society increases its resources by making previously stored documents available. Read more...

May 28, 2012

'Revolutionary' ads drawing industry praise
by Sujata Srinivasan | HartfordBusiness.com | Hartford Business Journal Online
CHS Executive Director, Kate Steinway, weighs in on the State's new "Still Revolutionary" brand campaign. Read more...

April 20, 2012

Historical Society Exhibit Features Vintage Furnishings From Connecticut Homes
by Susan Dunne | Hartford Courant | courant.com
Nickolas Kotula of Bloomfield, CT and Mickey Callahan, one of the founders of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers, discuss the A Tradition of Craft exhibit. "'When you look at the furniture, it must talk to you,' Kotula says. 'What does this one say about the owner. It says I'm powerful, the owner has money, the owner has position in the community. The legs of the piece are powerful, This piece doesn't say Volkswagen. It doesn't even say Mercedes Benz. It says Rolls Royce.'" Read more...

April 16, 2012

Contemporary woodworkers show off historical techniques at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford
by Michael Hamad | Hartford Advocate | CT.com
"Who said furniture isn't sexy? Check out these two chairs, one from the present day (left, made in 2009 by John Rexroad) and one from the past (right, crafted in 1781 by Eliphalet Chapin)." Read more...

April 12, 2012

The Junior League Of Hartford Donates Archives To Connecticut Historical Society
by Jessie Gagnon| courant.com
"'The addition of the Junior League of Hartford archives to the Connecticut Historical Society collection will provide researchers a new vantage point in studying the array of social issues addressed by the League in Hartford during the greater part of the Twentieth Century,' said Richard Malley, Head of Research and Collections at the Connecticut Historical Society." Read more...

April 2, 2012

A Tradition of Craft: Original, Reproduction, and Adaptation Furniture
by Kerri Provost | Real Hartford
"In a time when particle board bookshelves are the norm, it is not difficult to be impressed by handcrafted, American-made furniture." Read more...

April 1, 2012

A Tradition of Craft
by Steve Branam | Close Grain: Woodworking in the Digital Age
Woodworking hobbyist Steve Branam explored the A Tradition of Craft: Current Works by the Society of American Period Furniture Makers exhibit in his popular blog, Close Grain. Read more...

February 9, 2012

Rare "behind the scenes" tours now offered at CT Historical Society Museum
by Andrew Beck | examiner.com
"The Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library has moved into this era of increased transparency in a big way. They are throwing open the doors to the locked rooms and climate controlled facilities that house the items from their vast collections that are seldom seen by the general public." Read more...

January 29, 2012

City Bench works with gifts provided by nature
by Kristina Dorsey| theday.com
In conjunction with the New Life for Connecticut Trees exhibit, this story features the work of City Bench and the Esselstyn brothers. "When the grand old maple in front of Ivoryton Playhouse came down in 2010, it marked the loss not just of a tree but of some history." Read more...

January 23, 2012

Trees Transformed At Connecticut Historical Society
by Joanne Greco Rochman | CBS Connecticut
Review of the New Life for Connecticut Trees exhibit, featuring furniture by Ted and Zeb Esselstyn of City Bench. "'What the Esselstyns do is to let the shape of the wood inspire the piece,' explained Gammell who also pointed out that some of the interpretation of the works include how the trees improve the cities and the environment. Read more...

May 22, 2011

'Making Connecticut' Explores State's History
by Roger Catlin | The Hartford Courant
"For its first newly installed 'permanent' exhibit in 12 years, in a newly widened exhibition space spreading 4,000 square feet, the staff chose 500 items to best tell the story, and there are a lot of stories to tell." Read more...