Archives Exhibits

The Famous Water Machine of Connecticut: How Grit, Determination, and Ingenuity Launched a New Era of Submarine Warfare

The Famous Water Machine of Connecticut: How Grit, Determination, and Ingenuity Launched a New Era of Submarine Warfare April 2026 – July 12, 2026 The Connecticut River Museum is home to two Turtle submarines. One, a replica that thousands of […]

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Watermark: Capturing the Connecticut

Watermark: Capturing the Connecticut August 15 – October 19, 2025 The exhibit and related programs will engage visitors through the work of the artists, allowing viewers to discover compelling stories about the River and connect with the landscape and communities […]

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Rising Waters: Flooding on the Connecticut River

Rising Waters June 05 – August 03, 2025 There have always been floods. However, with increased human activity in flood plains, the impact of the floods on people had increased. This exhibit will explore several devastating floods of the 20th […]

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River Ballads

River Ballads, Artwork by Barbara Hocker March 18 – May 18, 2025 Barbara Hocker is a Connecticut artist inspired by her practice of Tai Chi to create books and encaustic prints that capture moments and details of nature by combining […]

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Getting There: Wayfinding on the Water in the Pre-Modern Age

Getting There: Wayfinding on the Water in the Pre-Modern Age April 18 – October 2024 Navigation by water has always involved risk. Today, we are accustomed to having instant directions at our fingertips. This exhibit explores the motivations and methods […]

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Watercraft at Work

Watercraft at Work March 23 – May 14, 2023 Watercraft at Work showcases over 25 works of art from the Museum’s collections that depict vessels at work on the Connecticut River. From River-built schooners and sloops that carried stone and […]

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Water/Ways

Water/Ways | June 3, 2023  – August 13, 2023 Water/Ways explores the relationship between people and water. From above, Earth appears as a water planet with more than 71 percent of its surface covered with this vital resource for life. Water […]

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Waterways of the Connecticut River Valley: A Jerry Weiss Exhibit

Waterways of the Connecticut River Valley August 29 – October 8, 2023 Plein air paintings of the Connecticut River Valley by Jerry Weiss For nearly thirty years, Jerry Weiss has recorded the dynamic landscape of the Connecticut River Valley. Since […]

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Speed: Hydroplane Racing on the Connecticut River, 1900 – 1940

April 8 – October 9, 2022 Speed: Hydroplane Racing on the Connecticut River, covers the era of speed racing on the Connecticut River during the first forty years of the Twentieth Century, before America’s entry into World War II. Technological […]

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Hands on the Land: Art & the Environment in the Connecticut River Valley

March 18, 2021 – October 17, 2021 The natural world of the Connecticut River Valley has seen great changes over the past four centuries. At the Connecticut River Museum, we often use history and science to teach our visitors about […]

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