AMERICAN
Yale American Furniture Study Center Highlights Tour
Collection Studies Center at Yale West Campus 900 West Campus Drive, West HavenJoin us on the first Friday of the month for a one-hour, in-person tour of the Leslie P. and George H. Hume American Furniture Study Center at the Collection Studies Center, Yale West Campus. See more than 1,300 examples of American furniture and clocks from the 17th century to the present in this facility, which […]
White Sails, Black Hands: The African-American Experience on Connecticut’s Waters on the Thames Boat Tour
City Pier New LondonSpend an afternoon with Hempsted staff on the Thames River Heritage Water Taxi to learn about New London's history. This tour will explore the stories of a fugitive slave, Black Revolutionary Patriots, Black Governors and Whalers, the Amistad and more. For more information and other tour topics and dates
Phelps-Hatheway Open Tour Sunday in Suffield
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden 55 South Main Street, SuffieldStep inside the museum to be transported to the 18th and 19th centuries and learn about the lives of those who built, lived in, and preserved the house. Winning submissions from the 2023-2024 Trees for Suffield Photo Contest will be on display in the Visitor’s Center. Suffield native Shem Burbank built a center chimney structure in 1761 where he and his wife […]
Isham-Terry Open Tour Sunday in Hartford
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden 55 South Main Street, SuffieldThe Isham-Terry House is a time capsule of genteel life in turn-of-the-century Hartford. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham purchased the 1854 Italianate house for his medical practice and as a home for himself, his parents and his three sisters. His sisters, Julia and Charlotte, lived in the house until their deaths in the 1970s as […]
Antientist Burial Ground Tour: The African American Connection: New London
Hempsted Houses 11 Hempstead Street, New LondonVisit one of New England’s earliest graveyards with a special focus on those of African descent who are buried there. Meet your guides from the Hempsted Houses and the New London chapter of the NAACP at the burying ground at the top of Hempstead Street. Buy Tickets For more information
Marquis de Lafayette “Victory Lap Through Greenwich” 200th Anniversary Celebration at Bush-Holley House
Bush-Holley House Museum 47 Strickland Road, Cos CobJoin Greenwich Historical Society, DAR Horseneck Chapter and Alliance Française Greenwich for the Marquis de Lafayette “Victory lap Through Greenwich” 200th Anniversary Celebration. Hosted at the Greenwich Historical Society, with the support of the Town and several local dining establishments. The celebration will feature: Meet & take photos with a Marquis de Lafayette re-enactor Keynote remarks by Chuck Schwam, […]
American Revolution Hero Lafayette Returns at New Haven Museum
New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New HavenOn August 21, 2024, beginning at 5 p.m., New Haven Museum (NHM) and The American Friends of Lafayette will host a two-part welcoming celebration for the Marquis de Lafayette when he returns (in full regalia) to New Haven, exactly 200 years after his last triumphal visit to the city. Register here for this free NH250 event. The evening begins in the […]
200th Anniversary Reenactment of Lafayette’s American Tour: Madison Town Green
Madison Town Green Route 1, MadisonThe trustees of the MHS invite all Madison citizens and visitors to join us on August 24 to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to America. In 1824, Lafayette, a hero of the American Revolution, returned from France to tour the United States as the nation was readying to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary of […]
Experience Revolutionary New Haven at Pardee-Morris House Family Day
Pardee-Morris House 325 Lighthouse Road, New HavenHuzzah! Colonial reenactors; a colonial-era shop (complete with sutler!); spirited fife-and-drum music; a nationally renowned New Haven Etch-a-Sketch artist; historic herb garden tours and colonial games will provide a full afternoon of fun at the Pardee-Morris House (PMH) during Family Day 2024, on Sunday, August 25, 2024, from 12 – 4 p.m. All PMH events are […]
The Cove Warehouse at Wethersfield Cove
Wethersfield Warehouse Wethersfield Cove, WethersfieldThe Cove Warehouse is open Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, late May through early October. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. The venerable Cove Warehouse on our Wethersfield Cove dates to the late 17th century; it is the last remaining of six warehouses that stood on the river’s edge to accommodate […]
Headstone Lettering Demonstration at Hempsted Houses , New London
Hempsted Houses 11 Hempstead Street, New LondonJoshua Hempsted held many positions throughout his lifetime, one of which was headstone letterer. On Wednesday, December 27th, 1749, our diarist writes, “fair & cold I finisht engraving a headstone for Samll Bills wife.” Join headstone carver Andrew Carr as he re-creates a headstone using Joshua’s lettering style with 18th–century carving techniques. A tour of […]
Slice of America: Pizza Documentary Premiere at the New Haven Museum at New Haven Museum
New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New HavenThe New Haven Museum and Best Video will join forces to present director Gorman Bechard and pizza historian Colin M. Caplan for the premiere screening of “Slice of America: Charred in the Florida Sun,” on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7 p.m., preceded by a wine/beer reception at 6 p.m. with pizza bites from Pepe’s, […]