Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
Learn about the ongoing efforts to study the Pequot War battlefields with researchers from the Mashantucket Museum and Research Center.
Branford museums events
Museum After Dark: Pequot War Lecture
Thursday, Nov 13
6:00p
Family Focus: The First Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov 13
11:00a
Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
Celebrate the gifts the Native Americans introduced to the colonists and enjoy a family-friendly performance of traditional songs and dances by Shane Long...
Family Focus: The First Thanksgiving
Friday, Nov 28
11:00a
Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
Celebrate the gifts the Native Americans introduced to the colonists and how these cultures influence our traditions today. Enjoy family-friendly tours, hands-on activities and refreshments.
Accused: Fairfield’s Witchcraft Trials
Monday, Jan 5
7:00p
Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
The Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 are well-known, but the trials that took place in Fairfield during the same time are more typical of how 17th-century New Englanders responded to fears of witchc...
Holiday Express Train Show
Friday, Dec 5
10:00a
Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
A Fairfield Museum holiday tradition! Kids and adults will delight in the magic of model trains winding around a winter wonderland of spectacular trees and beautiful holiday scenery.
The Pequot War and the Founding of Fairfield, 1637-1639
Sunday, Jan 18
4:00p
Fairfield History and Museum Center,
Fairfield
The story of the Pequot War in 1637, which led to Fairfield becoming established as an English settlement.
21st Annual Holiday Train Show
Friday, Nov 21
10:00a
Connecticut River Museum,
Essex
The magic returns with the 21st Annual Holiday Train Show...
Homeschool Days: Sculpture Safari
Monday, May 18
9:00a
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
Grab a pair of binoculars and look out for a bucking bronco, beguiling bear, bedazzled buck, and meditative monkey...
Nelson Augustus Moore: The Makings of a Connecticut Artist presented by great-grandson of the artist Charles H. Rathbone
Thursday, Nov 13
5:30p
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
Charles H. Rathbone is a great-grandson of the artist, N. A. Moore and was a longtime trustee of the Moore Picture Trust...
Homeschool Days: The Art of Inspiration
Monday, Nov 17
9:00a
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
The NBMAA is home to a unique series of artworks that reimagine historical works of art into new and fresh canvases...
Community Day: Holiday Party with The Nutcracker Ballet
Sunday, Dec 14
12:00p
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
Get yourself into the holiday spirit with a fun, festive, and FREE Community Day! The Museum has partnered with the Ballet Theatre Company of West Hartford to offer performances and activities for ...
Homeschool Days : Heroes Among Us
Monday, Jan 19
12:00p
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a tour that features bold and brave figures in the history of American art, then create your own heroic self-portrait...
Homeschool Days : Colorful Quilts
Monday, Dec 15
9:00a
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
This program is all about color, as you explore the special exhibit, Let Me Quilt One More Day...
Music by Seizure Jazz
Friday, Dec 5
5:30p
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
The Seizure Jazz Experience was formed 10 years ago by a group of UCONN Health Center faculty and administrators...
Homeschool Days: Deception Detection
Monday, Mar 16
9:00a
New Britain Museum of American Art,
New Britain
Art can inspire, soothe, excite, delight … and even fool you! Meet masters of illusion—artists who have perfected the technique of trompe l’oeil, or “deceive the eye”—and decode symbols and riddles...
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