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Firelight Festival at Henry Whitfield Museum
Firelight Festival at Henry Whitfield Museum
Gather outside Connecticut's oldest house to experience the festive atmosphere created by the glow of luminaria, lanterns, and three outdoor fires. Enjoy roasted marshmallows, popcorn, hot cocoa, and mulled cider, and listen to readings of The Night Before Christmas. This night is also the only chance to tour the Whitfield House after dark. Learn to craft a […]
Spirits After Dark Tour at the Stowe Center
Spirits After Dark Tour at the Stowe Center
Spirits at Stowe will continue from November through January, offered on the first Friday and third Saturday of each month. Our tours and lectures are unique, in that they delve into the historic, social, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers, suffragists, and Black activists. […]
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Lecture: Thomas Townsend and Ken Murphy, “The Survival of CIRRUS: A Maine Icon Reaches Home” at Mystic Seaport
Lecture: Thomas Townsend and Ken Murphy, “The Survival of CIRRUS: A Maine Icon Reaches Home” at Mystic Seaport
On December 12 join us for the third and final 2024 Fall Lecture Series presentation and hear about the progress of the upcoming Wells Boat Hall. Learn how the legendary Herreshoff yawl CIRRUS is brought back to gleaming life after a two year refurbishment. Led by marine carpenter Thomas Townsend and then-owner Ken Murphy, the […]
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Take a Tour of Connecticut’s beautiful State Capitol building
Take a Tour of Connecticut’s beautiful State Capitol building
Capitol Information and Tours at the Connecticut State Capitol is operated by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund and sponsored by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, Connecticut General Assembly. General tourist information centers are located outside room 101 in the State Capitol and on the first floor, west entrance in the […]
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The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity/Author Event with Dr. Timothy C. Winegard in Avon
The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity/Author Event with Dr. Timothy C. Winegard in Avon
Join us for an in-person presentation and book signing with Dr. Timothy C. Winegard! THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER~~An Amazon Best Book of the Month~~A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book~~ From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito, the incredible story of how the horse shaped human history Dr. Timothy C. Winegard’s The Horse is an epic history unlike any other. […]
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Tours to climb Harbor Lighthouse with the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London
Weekends New London Maritime Society offers tours for up-to five people to visit inside the lighthouse. Take the tour and climb 116 steps to the lantern room, all the while learning about the 264-year history of Harbor Light, one of the oldest lighthouses in the country and the tallest on Long Island Sound. We can't […]
JIBBOOM CLUB #1 at the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London
JIBBOOM CLUB #1 at the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London
JIBBOOM CLUB #1 meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 PM. Join us for a talk, good company, coffee & cookies. Sponsored by the Maco Family Fund, the gatherings are FREE and open to all. ~ October 15 -- On October 15th we're trying something different, when master storyteller Claudia Kenyon invites six fellow Jibboomers to […]
Gallery Talk – Sleuthing at the Seams: The Primus Dress with Bethani Blake and Ned Lazaro at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Gallery Talk – Sleuthing at the Seams: The Primus Dress with Bethani Blake and Ned Lazaro at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Learn about the Freedomways exhibition with Bethani Blake, associate curator for the African diaspora, and Ned Lazaro, associate curator of costume & textile, as they take a close look at a dress owned by Rebecca Primus (1836–1932) of Hartford. Primus was an educator and descendant of an early free Black family. Her dress may have been made […]
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Exhibit: “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at Weston History & Culture Center
Exhibit: “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at Weston History & Culture Center
Through March 2, 2025. Open Sundays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm. The yard of one of Weston’s oldest homes, the Peter Thorp House, reveals its past lives in the new exhibit, “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at the Weston History & Culture Center. What started out as a weekend garden project turned into a discovery of […]
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Spirits After Dark Tour at the Stowe Center
Spirits After Dark Tour at the Stowe Center
Spirits at Stowe will continue from November through January, offered on the first Friday and third Saturday of each month. Our tours and lectures are unique, in that they delve into the historic, social, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers, suffragists, and Black activists. […]
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Pequot Library History Day: An Afternoon with Wes Haynes and Cecily Dyer
Pequot Library History Day: An Afternoon with Wes Haynes and Cecily Dyer
Historic preservationist, nonprofit administrator, and Pequot Library board member Wes Haynes will detail the unique facets and architectural characteristics that make Pequot Library and its peers throughout the state so significant. This program is organized in conjunction with the current exhibition, A Community Treasure: Pequot Library Turns 135, and occurs on the final day that the exhibition […]