Connecticut Historical Society

The Connecticut Historical Society plans to create a new public-facing initiative, the Community Historian Project. This contemporary collecting project—which gathers items of the recent past as well as from events happening today—will develop community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and share these experiences during a series of community presentations. In collaboration with Central Connecticut State University, the Connecticut Digital Archive, and public libraries in Hartford, New Haven, and Norwich, this initiative addresses the need for contemporary collecting in and throughout the state. The museum seeks to provide a better understanding of Connecticut residents’ lived history, improve education and career opportunities for Central Connecticut State University students, strengthen relationships between the museum and Connecticut residents, and build a more diverse collection at the museum that reflects Connecticut’s different communities.