by museumadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, April 19th at 7 p.m. Most people are familiar with Central Park’s celebrated design by Frederick Laaw Olmsted and his co-designer Calvert Vaux, but few know the history of that landscape before Olmsted got his position in 1857 as superintendent. Learn...
by museumadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, April 5th at 7 p.m. Learn about forensic archaeology with a former state archaeologist! Discover how evidence is located at crime scenes with archaeological methods to solve legal cases. Register for this program at...
by museumadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, March 29th at 7 p.m. Tour the Merritt Parkaway as a trail to visit the region’s public libraries, among our greatest and most distinguished architectural treasures. View the evolution of the building types, from the Gilded Age to the modern era, and the...
by museumadmin | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lecture by Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT Kurtz Lansing will offer an overview of the artist colonies along the Connecticut coast. In the early 20th century, artists visiting from New York or Boston set down roots in Old Lyme, Cos...
by museumadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Past Events
As part of a new “Bringing Home History” project, the Darien Historical Society is bringing its historical treasures to your home with new a new Virtual Tour series “Our Favorite Things,” and we’re asking for your stories, too. If you...
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