Spring 2024
March 1, 2024
By Aaron Marcavitch Connecticut Landmarks invites visitors to cross the thresholds of its historic house museums and understand the lives of people from the past in their most personal spaces: their homes. But what […]
March 1, 2024
By Kathy Hermes When I first heard the term “digital history” 26 years ago, I had little idea how the digital age would transform not only the research we did and how we did it […]
March 1, 2024
By Jenny Scofield, AICP The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is honored to introduce the Connecticut Cultural Resource Information System, our new statewide digital resource. ConnCRIS is an interactive map of historic properties and archaeological […]
March 1, 2024
By Tony Healy Churches are among Connecticut’s most vital cultural landmarks, boasting remarkable historic and artistic significance. Preserving a church’s architectural heritage enhances a congregation’s experience and fulfills a civic need. 3D tours have emerged […]
March 1, 2024
By David E. Leslie, PhD Archaeologists, in both public and research settings, have long searched Connecticut landscapes for evidence of peoples’ lifeways and histories in a generally successful effort to uncover compelling stories about the […]
March 1, 2024
By Brian Matzke When Ethel Smith served as an army nurse at Fort Dix during World War II, one of her most difficult patients was a man with a leg injury who was so angry […]
March 1, 2024
By Jennifer Rycenga and Nick Szydlowski The saga of Prudence Crandall, principal of the Canterbury Female Academy, and the intrepid Black students who, despite legal attacks and vigilante violence, attended the school in 1833–1834 is […]
March 1, 2024
By Joanie DiMartino Staff at the Prudence Crandall Museum are excited to share with visitors a new museum experience this summer. Through timed guided tours, visitors can discover the exhibit Canterbury Female Boarding School: Courage, […]
March 1, 2024
By Glenn W. Falk and Ava C. Caudle On August 20, 1798, a classified ad appeared in The Connecticut Courant: “Run away from the subscriber on the night after the 17th of Aug. inst[ant] a […]
March 1, 2024
By Mary M. Donohue This article is based on interviews with Al Meadows, founder of the AM Lithography Corporation, Jeff Blinderman, senior account executive at AM Litho, and John Alves, creative director of Connecticut Explored. […]
December 11, 2023
Digital Explore! Welcome to our collection of digital resources featured in the Spring issue of Connecticut Explored. Explore the websites mentioned in each story and experience historical preservation in the digital age! Connecticut Humanities Column […]