Exhibit planning at the Palmer-Warner House

  • Organization Name:
    Connecticut Landmarks

  • Organization City:
    Hartford

  • Amount Awarded:
    $24,650.00

  • Fiscal Year:
    FY21

  • Grant Summary:

    The proposed project will complete the research and design for a permanent exhibit at Connecticut Landmarks’ (CTL) Palmer-Warner House in East Haddam, CT. It will introduce visitors to Frederic Palmer and Howard Metzger, how the couple negotiated the changing 20th-century landscape for LGBTQ people, and Palmer’s historic preservation work. CTL will use intersectionality as a lens for understanding the site and examine the complex confluence of power and privilege there.


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