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  • Members Only Museum Shop Sale

    Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CT, United States

    Members Only Museum Store Sale. ☃ Friday, December 17 5:00 - 7:00 pm Just in time to finish up your holiday lists. Our shop is loaded with goodies for the holiday season. Stop by on Friday, December 17 and wander […]

  • Josh Shanley – 2022 Lecture Series

    Thursday, February 10, 2022 VIRTUAL Event 6:00 pm Free   Josh Shanley, MS, MEd, MBA, EMT-P The Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936 RESERVE YOUR VIRTUAL SEAT Author Josh Shanley recounts the greatest flood in New England history and examines […]

  • Kids’ Craft: Pine Cone Birdfeeder

    Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CT, United States

    Kids' Craft in the Museum Boathouse Tuesday, February 22 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Free; Please register so that we have enough supplies for all. RESERVE YOUR SEAT PARENT/GUARDIAN MUST BE PRESENT Create a beautiful and environmentally friendly Pine Cone […]

  • Winter Wildlife Eagle Cruises 2022

    Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CT, United States

    Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 2022 Each winter as the temperature dips below freezing, Bald Eagles from as far north as Canada make their way to the open waters of the Connecticut River for easy fishing and nesting. This March, […]

  • Dick Shriver – 2022 Lecture Series

    Tuesday, March 15, 2022 VIRTUAL Event 6:00 pm Free   Richard H. Shriver, Publisher of Estuary Magazine The Connecticut River … past, present and future RESERVE YOUR VIRTUAL SEAT   The Connecticut River … its long and peaceful past until […]

  • Speed: Hydroplane Racing on the Connecticut River, 1900-1940

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    Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CT, United States

    Coming This Spring! April 8 - October 9 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 […]

  • Richard Friswell – 2022 Lecture Series

    Tuesday, April 12, 2022 VIRTUAL Event 6:00 pm Free   Richard Friswell, Visiting Scholar Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Merchants of Deceit: Opium, American Fortune & the China Trade A work of historical fiction profiling Middletown’s Samuel Russell and his role […]

  • Amy Trout – 2022 Lecture Series

    Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Now In Person Event 6:00 pm Free   Amy Trout, Curator, Connecticut River Museum Fast Women: The Pioneering Women Racers Who Beat Men At Their Own Game  An illustrated talk about the women hydroplane racers from […]

  • Rives Potts at the Brenda Milkofsky Curatorial Fund Dinner

    Old Lyme Country Club 40 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme, CT, United States

    Thursday, April 21, 2022 Old Lyme Country Club 40 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme 5:30 p.m. $100 per person Please reserve your seat no later than April 14 RESERVE YOUR SEAT A. Rives Potts Speaker for Curatorial Fund Dinner Legendary yachtsman […]

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  • Osprey/Eagle Cruise on RiverQuest

    Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CT, United States

    Saturday, April 23rd 2022 12:30 pm Passenger (Ages 10+): $45 2 Hour Cruise RESERVE YOUR SPACE RiverQuest departs from her new home berth at the Connecticut River Museum for early Spring cruises! Individual ticket holders not only get to enjoy […]