May 2020
Homeschool Program: Trades on the Farm at Bushnell Farm
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:00 am - 12:30 pm According to Merriam Webster Dictionary a farmer “is a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals (such as livestock or fish)”. Sounds simple, but a colonial farmer had to acquire many skills to prosper. Visit Bushnell Farm in Old Saybrook and see what a day on the farm would have been like. Participate in a blacksmith demonstration and use a yoke to carry water from a well. Click on…
Find out more »June 2020
CANCELLED – Shad Bake 2020
SHAD BAKE 2020 IS CANCELLED. STAY TUNED FOR SHAD BAKE 2021! Saturday, June 6, 2020 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm The Rotary Club of Essex and The Connecticut River Museum have paired up again! Now in its 62nd year, this is the quintessential New England shoreline tradition. Yankee Magazine has called it one of the “Top 20 Summer Events.” Once the basis of a sizable fishery on the River, American Shad are a flavorful fish known both for their taste…
Find out more »Shanties & Sails: June 9 – Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle
Shanties & Sails: June 9 - Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:30-6:30 Shanties: FREE 7:00-8:00 Onrust: More details to come! Click Here to Register for this Event! Join us for CRM's newest concert series, Shanties & Sails! Each Tuesday in June, come down to our North Deck and enjoy an evening of Sea Shanties. 🎼 You want to be on the deck to hear talented shanty and sea-song musicians for a FREE one hour live performance.…
Find out more »Shanties & Sails: June 16 – Marc Bernier
Shanties & Sails: June 16 - Marc Bernier Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:30-6:30 Shanties: FREE 7:00-8:00 Onrust: More details to come! Click Here to Register for this Event! Join us for CRM's newest concert series, Shanties & Sails! Each Tuesday in June, come down to our North Deck and enjoy an evening of Sea Shanties. 🎼 You want to be on the deck to hear talented shanty and sea-song musicians for a FREE one hour live performance. Add onto your…
Find out more »Shanties & Sails: June 23 – The Johnson Girls Band
Shanties & Sails: June 23 - The Johnson Girls Band Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5:30-6:30 Shanties: FREE 7:00-8:00 Onrust: More details to come! Click Here to Register for this Event! Join us for CRM's newest concert series, Shanties & Sails! Each Tuesday in June, come down to our North Deck and enjoy an evening of Sea Shanties. 🎼 You want to be on the deck to hear talented shanty and sea-song musicians for a FREE one hour live performance. Add…
Find out more »Shanties & Sails: June 30 – Geoff Kaufman
Shanties & Sails: June 30 - Geoff Kaufman Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:30-6:30 Shanties: FREE 7:00-8:00 Onrust: More details to come! Click Here to Register for this Event! Join us for CRM's newest concert series, Shanties & Sails! Each Tuesday in June, come down to our North Deck and enjoy an evening of Sea Shanties. 🎼 You want to be on the deck to hear talented shanty and sea-song musicians for a FREE one hour live performance. Add onto your…
Find out more »September 2020
Authors & Artists Series: Walt Woodward
Authors & Artists Series: Walt Woodward & The Band of Steady Habits Present A New Album & A New Book Tuesday, September 15, 2020 6:00 pm $5.00 Non-Members Click Here to Purchase. Members Free Members Click Here to Register Album Premiere Great River The album premiere celebrates the release of Walt Woodward and The Band of Steady Habits’ (Rachel Smith, Teagan Smith, Jeremy Teitelbaum, Duke York, and Walt) debut mini-album, Great River, which includes representative songs from Walt Woodward and…
Find out more »Authors & Artists Series: Chad Floyd
Authors & Artists Series: Chad Floyd SS United States: Hallmark of Modern Design Tuesday, September 29, 2020 6:00 pm $5.00 Non-Members Click Here to Purchase. Members Free Members Click Here to Register In an illustrated lecture, Centerbrook Architects Partner Chad Floyd, FAIA, tells the story of the liner SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. Floyd’s lecture describes a remarkable collaboration between the ship’s naval architect, William Francis Gibbs, and its interior designer, Dorothy Marckwald. Launched in 1951,…
Find out more »October 2020
Authors & Artists Series: Erica Cirino “Trashed rivers, seas of plastic: How your habits on land harm the ocean”
Erica Cirino “Trashed rivers, seas of plastic: How your habits on land harm the ocean” Tuesday, October 13, 2020 6:00 pm $5.00 Non-Members Click Here to Purchase. Members Free Members Click Here to Register The ocean is often depicted as ground zero of the world’s plastic pollution crisis. But it turns out that a minority of plastic in the oceans—about 20 percent—is there as a result of dumping at sea. The vast majority of pollution—about 80 percent—blows from land to…
Find out more »November 2020
Authors & Artists Series: Wick Griswold
Authors & Artists Series: Wick Griswold Shipbuilding on the Connecticut River Tuesday, November 10, 2020 6:00 pm $5.00 Non-Members Click Here to Purchase. Members Free Members Click Here to Register Join us to launch Wick Griswold's latest book - Shipbuilding on the Connecticut River Wick Griswold is sharing the release of his latest book, Shipbuilding on the Connecticut River, here at the Connecticut River Museum and we could not be more excited! The primary focus of the book is on…
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