October  2019

CLHO
Monthly Newsletter

Inside the Issue: CLHO Presents 

Photo courtesy of CT DECD

BEHIND THE ENCHANTMENT CASUAL CONVOS

SCENES AT OLD
NEW-GATE
Join CLHO in East Granby on
October 13 at 10:00am for a
guided behind the scenes tour of
the prison yard and copper mine
with site manager Morgan Bengel
and Liz Shapiro Dir. of
Operations, Museums, and
Preservation (DECD)
ENCAMPMENT
WITH CMER
Join us at the Florence Griswold
Museum on October 17 for the
fall meeting of the Connecticut
Museum Educators Roundtable.
Experience the 10th year of
Florence Griswold's Wee Faerie
Village exhibit. More information
at clho.org.  
WITH PUBLIC
HISTORIANS
On Friday November 16, CLHO with
the CCSU Public History
Department will host a career
building workshop that will
highlight the practical, non-
conventional ways to be involved in
the field of Public History.  

CONGRATULATIONS
GREENWICH
HISTORICAL SOCIETY!
The CLHO would like to offer a warm congratulations to
the Greenwich Historical Society on the opening of their
new, beautiful campus! Stop in to see their newest exhibit:
History Is...which draws on objects and images from the
Historical Society's collections, encouraging visitors to
reflect on the role history plays at different stages in their
lives and explores the ways individuals look at, define and
interpret history. 
 A HAUNTING
AT MILL
HILL
Friday, October 12 & 19 - Tours
at 7:30pm & 9:00pm
Saturday, October 13 & 20-
Tours at 6pm, 7:30pm & 9pm
Take a lantern-lit tour through
the old Mill Hill graveyard! Hear
chilling tales based on real events
from Norwalk’s hidden past.
purchase tickets online at
MillHillHaunt.com. Celebrate
your survival with refreshments
in the 1826 one-room
schoolhouse and more chills in
JOIN CLHO DURING THE the Historic Haunted Maze! Not
recommended for children under
2018 NEMA CONFERENCE  8 years old.  Mill Hill Historic
Park is located at 2 East Wall
Thursday 11/8 a the Fairfield Museum for Fun in Fairfield Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. 
from 6:00-9:00pm...Registration Required 

Attending the NEMA Conference November 7-9? Join CLHO

and CT Humanities for Fun in Fairfield! A Two-Part
Celebration of History and the Arts! Start this awesome evening
at the Fairfield Museum for a cocktail reception followed by a
tour of recently restored properties on the Fairfield Town
Green, as well as a tour of the innovative exhibits The Culper
Ring: The Spies of George Washington and Flappers: Fashion and
Freedom. Next enjoy a wonderful autumnal meal at Fairfield
University's historic Bellarmine Hall followed by tours of
current exhibit The Collection of Alfred James Tulk: Liberia,
1931-33 as well as the museum's permanent collection. Wrap up
this wonderful evening with mulled cider and dessert at the
Walsh Gallery. 

Cellblock Tales
Tour of the Haddam Jail
Saturday, October 20, 2018
1 pm to 4 pm
The Haddam Historical Society will
host a tour of the historic Haddam
Jail cellblock.Visitors will meet some
of the famous and not so well-
known historic prisoners who were
incarcerated in the Haddam Jail in
the 19th and 20th centuries. Local
actors and drama students will
portray real characters who were
incarcerated for crimes from debt to
murder. Hear their stories, Learn
their fate!
For more information visit
www.haddamhistory.org or call 860-
October 2019 
345-2400