Explore the Museum of CT History

Welcome to the Museum of Connecticut History, the State of Connecticut's history museum.

We strive to educate residents and visitors alike about the state's evolving history. We do this through our collection, exhibits, and by sharing stories.

• Collection - The Museum's collection helps us understand objects from our state's history.
• Exhibits - Museum exhibits allow visitors to engage with objects from the collection.
• Stories - The collection and exhibits help us tell stories about Connecticut's residents.

The Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library announces a new exhibit commemorating the nation’s 250^th anniversary. Connecticut’s Revolution explores the ideas and experiences of the people who made history: Connecticut’s soldiers and statesmen, Patriots and Loyalists, painters and printers, farmers and sailors—men, women, and children from America, Europe, and Africa. To try to see the world through their eyes, the Museum of Connecticut History’s exhibit team, including Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz, has drawn on the tens of thousands of documents and objects in the Connecticut State Library’s museum, archival, and printed materials collections. Some of these materials make it possible to retell old stories in new ways, others make it possible to recover previously untold stories. Taken together, they reveal how Connecticut changed during this revolutionary time and how Connecticut, in turn, changed the world.