Calendar of Events

Stop by Connecticut's Old State House on Open House Day!  Enjoy free admission to the museum exhibits, challenge yourself with a fun scavenger hunt through the building, pick up cute coloring pages for the kids, and more!  The building will be open from noon to 5:00pm, and the last visitors will be admitted at 4:00 pm.Every year on Connecticut Open House Day, more […]

Music has the power to bring people together! Stop by Connecticut's Old State House lawn on Tuesday, June 21st between 3:00 and 4:00 pm to enjoy the striking sound of Basses Loaded, a talented group of string bass musicians celebrating the magical ability of music to knit communities together.Make Music Hartford is a live, free […]

Online Event … Join Andre Keitt, Greatheart Griot Storyteller, for a fascinating discussion of the life of James Pennington, author of the world’s first book on the history of the African American, known for challenging the statements of Thomas Jefferson on the “inferiority of black people.”After a harrowing escape to freedom, James Pennington arrived in […]

On June 30th at noon, virtually "meet" some of the sixty-one middle and high school students who represented Connecticut in the prestigious National History Day competition this month. This hard-working cohort joined close to 3,000 other students from across the United States who advanced through the gauntlet of regional and state contests to reach the […]

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 to be held in Hartford. Come shop local and visit the current Farmers Market, established in 2011 with that original Market in mind. Our goal […]

TODAY: Fiesta del Norte ...Come hear Connecticut’s first mariachi band, Fiesta del Norte perform the traditional folk and popular music of Mexico. Dressed in traditional sombreros and “charro” outfits, their repertoire spans from the Mariachis of Jalisco to the Nortenas of Chihuahua, to the harp music of Vera Cruz, down to the Marimba music of Chiapas. All […]