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April 2020

Collecting COVID – NHM Calls for 1st-Person Accounts

April 28 @ 8:00 am - June 30 @ 5:00 pm
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave
New Haven, CT 06510 United States + Google Map
Free
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May 2020

Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders: The 19th Amendment Turns 100

May 13
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The exhibit will be open during Library hours.
The Westport Library, 20 Jesup Road
Westport, 06880 + Google Map
Free
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June 2020

A Visit with Elsie Hill- Virtual Lecture

June 18 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Free
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Coffee Hour with CHS: Black History Beyond the Amistad

June 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
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Kat’s Creative Corner | Magical Museums

June 24 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Film and Talkback: “Auntie”, a film by Lisa Harewood

June 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Short Attention Span Literary Club: Wallace Stevens

June 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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The History of Dr. Wadsworth’s Sanitarium – Virtual Lecture

June 25 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Free
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Coffee Hour with CHS: Remembering G. Fox & Co.

June 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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July 2020

Objects Tell Stories | Why the Long Face?

July 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Oscar Wilde Online: six live online discussions

July 1 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 2:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until July 1, 2020

online
Free
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Women in the American Revolution – Virtual Lecture

July 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Free
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Virtual Independence Day Bell Ringing Ceremony

July 4 @ 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Free
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Kat’s Creative Corner | Colonial Cooking

July 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 9 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Killingly Public Library, 25 Westcott Rd
Danielson, CT 06239 United States + Google Map
Free
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Short Attention Span Literary Club: Dashiell Hammett

July 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Coffee Hour with CHS: From Hoopskirts to Flappers

July 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 13 @ 8:00 am - August 31 @ 5:00 pm
West Woodstock Library, 5 Bungay Road
West Woodstock, CT 06281 United States + Google Map
Free
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Glass House Presents: Le Corbuffet

July 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Glass House, 199 Elm Street
New Canaan, CT 06840 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 14 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103 United States + Google Map
Free
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Behind-the-Scenes Collections Spotlight: Windsor Quilts

July 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Windsor Historical Society CT United States + Google Map
$4 – $6
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Virtual Family Program: Objects Tell Stories

July 15 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Hamilton: How the Musical Remixes American History

July 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
$10
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Coffee Hour with CHS: Taverns in Early Connecticut

July 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Tyra Penn and the Snakes of Amazonia present The United Snakes of America

July 17 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Riverside Park, Riverside Drive
Thompson, CT 06255 + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Willimantic Public Library, 905 Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 22 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Manchester Public Library, 586 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040 United States + Google Map
Free
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Honeybees and Honey: Historical Notes from a Local Beekeeper – Virtual Lecture

July 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
online
Free
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Fairfield’s “Old Burying Ground” Walking Tour

July 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States + Google Map
$5 – $10
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Book Voyagers

July 23 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Killingly Public Library, 25 Westcott Rd
Danielson, CT 06239 United States + Google Map
Free
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Trouble at Home: A New Orleans Author in Mark Twain’s Court

July 23 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Virtual – Crowdcast
Free
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Coffee Hour | Katharine Hepburn from Hartford to Hollywood

July 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Drive
Hartford, 06106 + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

July 29 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Manchester Public Library, 586 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040 United States + Google Map
Free
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Susan B. Anthony: Failure is Impossible (Family Night)

July 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Waterbury, CT 06702 + Google Map
$5
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August 2020

“Town Hall Green” Walking Tour

August 1 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States + Google Map
$5 – $10
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Book Voyagers

August 4 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

August 4 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Manchester Public Library, 586 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040 United States + Google Map
Free
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Kat’s Creative Corner | Superheroes

August 5 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Fairfield’s “East Cemetery” Walking Tour

August 5 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States + Google Map
$5 – $10
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Short Attention Span Literary Club | Drenched in Light

August 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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A Virtual Talk on Francis Scott Fitzgerald by Author Richard “Deej” Webb

August 6 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850 United States + Google Map
Free or Donation
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Coffee Hour | Black History Beyond the Amistad

August 7 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Gallery Talk: “Fresh Fields”: History in the Impressionist Landscape

August 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

August 12 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Manchester Public Library, 586 Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040 United States + Google Map
Free
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New England’s Stone Walls: Stories and Conservation – Virtual Talk

August 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
online
Free
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The History of Dr. Wadsworth Sanitarium – Virtual Lecture

August 13 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
online
Free
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Coffee Hour | That’s Weird!

August 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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“Town Hall Green” Walking Tour

August 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States + Google Map
$5 – $10
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Family Event: Barnyard Impressionism—Drawing an Agrarian Landscape

August 16 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
Free
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Votes for Women via Zoom

August 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central Street
Forestville, CT 06010 United States + Google Map
Free
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In Her Own Words: A Dramatic Presentation

August 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
virtual
$5 – $10
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“Old Post Road” Walking Tour

August 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States + Google Map
$5 – $10
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Short Attention Span Literary Club | Ursula Le Guin

August 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Coffee Hour | The Flu Pandemic of 1918

August 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers

August 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Drive
Hartford, 06106 + Google Map
Free
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Garden Herbs: Their Medicinal and Culinary Uses

August 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Windsor Historical Society, 96 Palisado Ave
Windsor, CT 06095 United States + Google Map
$4 – $6
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No More Pink Teas!

August 22 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Roseland Cottage, 556 Route 169
Woodstock, 06281 + Google Map
$40 – $50
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Exhibit: Votes for Women: The Road to Victory-NEW DATES

August 23 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Wednesday, Satuday, and Sunday from 1 to 4 pm
Keeler Tavern Museum, 132 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877 United States + Google Map
Free
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“Courage in Corsets: The Struggle to Vote” Film Discussion

August 25 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
Same event presented one two different dates and times.
virtual
$5 – $10
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Lecture: Onions and Sugar: The Connection Between Connecticut Farms and the West Indies

August 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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History Happy Hour! Vintage Cocktails Weekly

August 27 @ 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
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An event every week that begins at 5:00pm on Thursday, repeating until August 27, 2020

Westport Museum for History and Culture, 25 Avery Place
Westport, 06880 United States + Google Map
Free
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September 2020

Lecture: Pretty as a Picture: Nature Observations Then and Now

September 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films

September 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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Susan B. Anthony Brought to Life by Sheryl Faye

September 8 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Ryscavage Auditorium, 785 Riverside Drive
Thompson, CT 06255 United States + Google Map
Free
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The Trouble Begins at 4:30: The Nook Farm of the Clemenses & Stowes

September 9 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual – Crowdcast
Free
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Coffee Hour with CHS: Women’s Suffrage in Connecticut

September 11 @ 2:00 pm
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films

September 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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Carrie Chapman Catt portrayed by Historical Interpreter Pat Jordan-NEW DATE

September 13 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
Ridgefield, 06877 + Google Map
Free
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Virtual Book Talk and Signing: My Creative Space by Donald M. Rattner, Architect

September 15 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
online
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American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution, with author Nina Sankovitch

September 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
virtual
Free
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The Life of a River: The Naugatuck through the Years

September 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum, 63 Prospect Street
Waterbury, CT 06702 United States + Google Map
Free
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United States in WWII: Perspectives on History with a Modern-Day Context: Great Britain, Germany, and the Start of the WW II in Europe

September 16 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
online
Free
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Course: The Long and Winding Road with Dr. Darla Shaw

September 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 6:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until September 30, 2020

Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
Ridgefield, 06877 + Google Map
Free
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MUSIC PROGRAM: Songs of American Woman Suffrage

September 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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Stories of Connecticut Architecture – Virtual Lecture

September 16 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
online
Free
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Suffragettes in Corselettes: The Evolution of Underwear and the 19th Amendment

September 17 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
63 prospect street, 63 Prospect Street
Waterbury, 06702 + Google Map
$5 – $10
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The Proper Ladies

September 17 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ryscavage Auditorium, 785 Riverside Drive
Thompson, CT 06255 United States + Google Map
Free
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African American Suffragettes and Black Women Voters: Making Herstory with Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall

September 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
Ridgefield, 06877 + Google Map
Free
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FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films

September 18 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
CT United States + Google Map
Free
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