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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 […]
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Night in the Museum Program at Old Sturbridge Village
Available for youth ages 5 and up. Many dates to choose from. A dream excursion for fans of The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Night in the Museum is an overnight experience designed for scouts, schools and other youth groups of up to 80 participants. With only a map and a tattered journal […]
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Winter Lecture Series: Connecticut River during the Revolution at Essex Meadows
Winter Lecture Series: Connecticut River during the Revolution at Essex Meadows
Join your friends and neighbors with the return of Essex Historical Society’s (EHS) popular Winter Lecture Series, hosted by our partners at Essex Meadows. This year’s theme highlights the American Revolution. The series concludes on Sunday, January 19, at 3pm with "A Family at War: Colonel Jedediah Huntington and Faith (Trumbull) Huntington at the Outset […]
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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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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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Night in the Museum Program at Old Sturbridge Village
Available for youth ages 5 and up. Many dates to choose from. A dream excursion for fans of The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Night in the Museum is an overnight experience designed for scouts, schools and other youth groups of up to 80 participants. With only a map and a tattered journal […]
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Mariners, Patriotism and Revolution. Tars on the Thames at Lyman Allyn Museum
Mariners, Patriotism and Revolution. Tars on the Thames at Lyman Allyn Museum
New London County Historical Society, Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Thames River Heritage Park Foundation are pleased to present the 2025 lecture series – Seeds of Revolution on the Thames and Beyond. Events that seeded discontent and revolution along with the social, cultural, political, economic and ecological influences and their impact and influence on life […]