LINKS
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| Hartford Public Library | The web site for the main branch of the Hartford Public Library, located at 500 Main St., Hartford, CT |
| Hartford Public Library, Hartford History Center | The Hartford History Center is home to the Hartford Collection, a non-circulating, multi-media collection comprised of more than 50,000 books, trade publications, directories, postcards, photographs and memorabilia that convey community life in Hartford spanning nearly 300 years. |
| Organizational Partners | |
| The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) | The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) was created in 2003 in order to take advantage of the opportunities for collaboration, coordination and growth in the arts, historic preservation, tourism and film. CCT operates as a grant making agency and the entity charged with promoting Connecticut to travelers. CCT devotes its resources to serving Connecticut’s assets and individuals through funding, technical assistance, and promotion. |
| Greater Hartford Arts Council | Greater Hartford Arts Council is the 10 th largest united arts fund in the country and the largest independent arts council in New England . Since 1971, it has raised and distributed $42 million for arts and heritage, helping to place Greater Hartford in the top 6 percent of metropolitan areas in North American for its arts and culture. |
| Trinity College | Trinity College, founded in 1823, is an independent, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. The Graduate Studies Program provides an opportunity for those wishingto continue their studies in a part-time evening graduate program. The Hartford Studies Project carries out research that illuminates Hartford’s past and present. |
| Connecticut Landmarks (formerly the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society) | The Connecticut Landmarks is Connecticut’s only statewide museum-based historical organization that promotes interest in special places by preserving and interpreting properties and collections of importance to Connecticut’s heritage. |
| Connecticut Humanities Council |
The Connecticut Humanities Council provides resourcesthrough programs and grants to enrich lives of the people ofConnecticut. Connecticut’sHeritage Gateway is an entry point for tourists and Nutmeggers alike interested in learning more about the wonderful programs of the state’s many heritage organizations. |
| Yale Center for British Art | Yale Center for British Art, presented to Yale University by Paul Mellon, Yale class of 1929, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom; it also offers exhibitions and programs to the public. |
| Amistad Center for Art & Culture | The Amistad Center for Art & Culture is a nonprofit organization focused on preserving the artifacts and history of the African American experience. |
| The Connecticut Art Trail | Visit fifteen world-class museums and historic sites throughout Connecticut and the lively communities in which they reside. |
| Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution | The CTDAR was founded in 1892 and is comprised of 46 local chapters. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, of which the CTDAR is a member, is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education for children. |
| Connecticut Historical Society | The Connecticut Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of the diverse people – past and present – who have made Connecticut their home. |
| Florence Griswold Museum | The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut is both art museum and 11-acre historic site celebrating American Impressionism. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe Center | The Stowe Center’s mission is to preserve and interpret Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home and the Center’s historic collections, create a forum for vibrant discussion of her life and work, and inspire individuals to embrace and emulate her commitment to social justice by effecting positive change. |
| Hill-Stead Museum | Hill-Stead Museum is a National Historic Landmark located in Farmington, Connecticut. Hill-Stead is an outstanding example of Colonial Revival architecture set on 152 hilltop acres, with a collection of Impressionist masterpieces that includes works by Monet, Manet, Degas, Whistler and Cassatt. |
| Litchfield Historical Society | Since 1856, Litchfield Historical Society has been dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of Litchfield County . LHS operates the Litchfield History Museum, with its outstanding collection of American art and artifacts from the 18th through the 21st centuries, the historic Tapping Reeve House and Law School, and the Ingraham Memorial research library. |
| Mark Twain House | The Mark Twain House & Museum is the restored home in Hartford where the author and his family lived from 1874 to 1891. Twain wrote his most important works during the years he lived there, including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. |
| Slater Memorial Museum | Located on the campus of Norwich Free Academy, the Slater Museum awakens visitors to the richness and diversity of the human experience through art and history. For more than one hundred years, the Museum has displayed and interpreted the best examples of fine and decorative art, representing a broad range of world cultures of the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa. |
| Connecticut Society of Genealogists | The Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. (CSG) was founded in 1968 as a non-profit organization to encourage and promote genealogical research and publication, to maintain and elevate genealogical standards and to provide instructional and educational programs and publications. With more than 4,000 members worldwide, CSG is among the largest societies devoted exclusively to U.S. genealogy. |
| Mattatuck Museum | The Mattatuck Museum was established in 1877 to preserve the history of that part of Connecticut “anciently known as Mattatuck” – roughly the ten town region surrounding present-day Waterbury. In the 1960s the Historical Society expanded its mission to “collect and exhibit the works of Connecticut artists.” The American Association of Museum accredited the museum in 1976, one of the first in the state to meet that standard. |
| Additional Sites | |
| Connecticut History Online |
Connecticut History Online contains images, essays, lesson plans, and other learning tools related to Connecticut history. |
| Connecticut State Library |
The Connecticut State Library includes state archives, public records, history and genealogy resources. |
| Hartford Black History Project, Inc. |
Hartford Black History Project, Inc.A community-based organization for Greater Hartford African-American history. |
| HartfordHistory.Net | A Miscellany of Hartford History, including writings, photographs, and more on the history of Hartford, Connecticut. |
| Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative | The Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative works to improve the water quality and habitat of the Hog/Park River and its watershed. |
