Connecticut’s Old State House Farmers Market
Stop by Connecticut's Old State House Farmers Market every Friday from 10am to 2pm between July 1st and October 28th .In 1643, the General Court of Connecticut established a weekly Market […]
Stop by Connecticut's Old State House Farmers Market every Friday from 10am to 2pm between July 1st and October 28th .In 1643, the General Court of Connecticut established a weekly Market […]
Stop by Connecticut's Old State House Farmers Market every Friday from 10am to 2pm between July 1st and October 28th .In 1643, the General Court of Connecticut established a weekly Market […]
On Saturday, November 5 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Connecticut’s Old State House in Hartford will host its first in-person Election Cake Bake-Off, a competition featuring entries from professional bakers […]
Untangling the Tally: Take a deep dive into how modern elections work and the various ways citizens engage with this core system of democracy. This series aims to untangle the […]
Join us for a gripping presentation on the work and research being done to honor the humanity of the enslaved across Connecticut through the Witness Stones Project. Dennis Culliton, Founder […]
Join CT Freedom Trail Outreach Director Tammy Denease, CT Freedom Trail Chairman Charles Warner, and CT Freedom Trail Coordinator Todd Levine for a retrospective look at the growth and progress […]
Kevin Snow, owner of the Capitol Collection, will discuss how the Capitol Collection passport book came into being, and talk about his own journey to visit as many state capitols […]
Connecticut's Old State House will be closed on Saturday, December 24th for Christmas Eve Day. Please come back and visit us on Tuesday, December 27th between 12-5 PM.
Few imagined that when the 2012 Hollywood blockbuster'Lincoln' hit theaters, it would ignite a heated debate involving Connecticut’scontroversial Civil War history, a congressman, and a frazzled screenwriterworried about the prospects […]
Located in the heart of downtown Hartford, Connecticut's OldState House served as one of the capitol buildings of Connecticut until 1878.As the seat of the state's government, the Old State […]
Black litigants regularly appeared in colonial Connecticut'scounty courts. Participating as plaintiffs, defendants, and third-partysubjects, free Black New Englanders in New London often relied on the courts toprotect their economic and […]
First in a limited series, The Amistad Trilogy.In 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US […]