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In the Community
Throughout the year, the Connecticut Historical Society offers public presentations, participates in festivals and family events, and partners with community organizations and businesses in the region and around the state. Here you will find a current list of activities at various off-site locations. For more information about a specific event--including admission/registration fees or space limitations--please be in touch with the local contact. We hope to see you when we're out and about!
Ongoing
Exhibit: History is All Around Us
Mortensen Gallery, Connecticut's Old State House
800 Main Street, Hartford
For information on visiting: www.ctosh.org
The Connecticut Historical Society created this interactive, multimedia exhibit about the history of Hartford and the history "all around us" for the Mortensen Gallery at Connecticut's Old State House. Learn more on our Exhibits page.
Exhibit: History of Brewing and Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
16 Tobey Road, Bloomfield
Contact: info@thomashookerbeer.com
More information at: www.hookerbeer.com
Exhibit developer: Mike Messina, Interpretive Projects Associate
This panel exhibit, opened March 15, 2011, was created for the brewery's tasting room. It introduces Thomas Hooker and highlights the history of brewing in Connecticut, the role of taverns in colonial times, and the era of prohibition.
February 2013
Find your Family Roots: Make a Family Tree with the CHS
Saturday, February 16 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Science Center
250 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford
See the Connecticut Science Center's Events Calendar for more details.
Presenter: Erin Strogoff
Salt Water, Flying Horses, and the Savin Rock Devil: Beachgoers, Tycoons, and Thrill-Seekers on the Connecticut Coast
Sunday, February 17 | 4:00 pm
Sponsored by the Madison Historical Society
Madison Memorial Town Hall, 8 Meetinghouse Lane
Admission: $5 for adults | $2 for students 10-18 | free to children under 10
Contact: Doe Boyle, (203) 245-4987
Presenter: Diana McCain, Head of the Research Center
Inn & Tavern Signs
Sunday, February 24 | 2:00 pm
Simsbury Historical Society
800 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury
$7 for Simsbury Historical Society members | $10 for non members
Contact: Kevin E. Gray, (860) 658-2500
Presenter: Richard C. Malley, Head of Research & Collections
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Tuesday, February 26 | 1:00 pm | Snow date: February 27
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library
234 Kensington Road, Berlin
Contact: Carrie Tyszka, (860) 828-7126
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
March 2013
Introduction to Genealogy Resources: Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Are?
Saturday, March 16 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Connecticut Science Center
250 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford
Have you always wanted to trace your family tree, but wondered how to begin? This introductory session, conducted by the Connecticut Historical Society Research Center staff, will give you some great hints for getting started. Space is limited and pre-registration requested. Register online or call (860) SCIENCE [724.3623]. $10 Science Center and Connecticut Historical Society Members | $15 non-members
Presenters: Diana McCain, Head of the Research Center, Sierra Dixon, Research Center Associate, and Carol Whitmer, CHS Trustee
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Saturday, March 23 | 11:00 am
Portland Public Library
20 Freestone Avenue, Portland
Contact: Janet Nocek, (860) 342-6771
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
It Really Happened in Connecticut
Monday, March 25 | 7:30 pm
Totoket Historical Society
1740 Foxon Road (Route 180), North Branford
Contact: Nancy Clow, (203) 484-4394
Presenter: Diana McCain, Head of the Research Center
April 2013
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Thursday, April 11 | 1:00 pm
Cheshire Senior Center
240 Maple Avenue, Cheshire
Contact: Stephanie Ferrall, (203) 272-8286
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
Picturing the Civil War: Prints and Photographs by Connecticut Printmakers and Photographers
Friday, April 19 | 1:30 pm
Castle Craig Adult Learning Center, affiliate of MXCC Meriden Center
55 West Main Street, Meriden
Contact: Pat Frederick, (203) 237-8077
Presenter: Nancy Finlay, Curator of Graphics
President's College:
Globeskirters: A History of American Women Travelers
Thursdays, April 25, May 2, 9 and 16 | 10:30 am - 12 noon | $60 CHS members | $75 non-members
University of Hartford
This spring CHS Adult Programs Manager Jenny Steadman will offer a 4-session course at the President's College at University of Hartford, and CHS members receive a special discounted registration rate of $60. Female travelers, or "globeskirters," began to crisscross the planet in ever greater numbers in the 19th century. What inspired women to leave the comforts of home to risk the travails of a stagecoach full of strangers, a transatlantic crossing, or a 76-day race to circumnavigate the globe? How did their wide-ranging mobility change the places they visited and the country they called home? We can chart their extraordinary journeys through the artifacts they left behind--their photographs, diaries, letters home, or accounts published in books or newspapers. The broader national phenomenon of women's travel can be traced locally in Connecticut, and we will finish the course with a trip to the Connecticut Historical Society to see firsthand the trunks and traveling costumes that women took with them and the letters, photographs, and diaries they sent home, all of which help tell the stories of their adventures. For more information, email Jenny Steadman or call (860) 236-5621 x289. View the President's College brochure for registration information.
May 2013
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Tuesday, May 14 | 12:00 pm
Russell Library
123 Broad Street, Middletown
Contact: Linda Sousa, (860) 347-2528
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Wednesday, May 15 | 1:30 pm
Wallingford Senior Center
238 Washington Street, Wallingford
Contact: Debbie Voelker, (203) 265-7753
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
From Hula Hoops to High Fashion: G. Fox in the 1950s
Thursday, May 16 | 7:30 pm
Hebron Historical Society
Old Town Hall (east of intersection of routes 85 and 66), Hebron
Contact: Louise Casarella, (860) 643-9288
Presenter: Elizabeth Abbe, Director of Public Outreach
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November 2013
It Really Happened in Connecticut
Sunday, November 24 | 2:00 pm
Seymour Historical Society
59 West Street, Seymour
Contact: Loreen Coe, (203) 734-6317
Presenter: Diana McCain, Head of the Research Center
December 2013
Interested in having a speaker come to your location? Please call (860) 236-5621 x256 or email Anne Guernsey.
