January 2025
Lunch and Learn: John Rogers, a prolific American Sculptor
The New Canaan Museum & Historical Society is excited to announce its new monthly program, Lunch and Learn! This program is free for members ($10 for everyone else) and gives visitors the opportunity to spend an hour to learn something new each month about New Canaan’s rich history. Bring your own brown bag lunch and enjoy hearing from local historians, artists, and scholars. The first program features retired Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Fairfield University, Mary Frances Malone, who…
Find out more »February 2025
Mad Hatter Valentines Tea Party
Don't be late for our very important date! Please join us for our second annual Mad Hatter Valentine's Tea Party on Sunday February 2 from 2:00-3:30 pm. We will have crafts, tea sandwiches, sweets and tea and fun for all. This event is age appropriate for children ages 3-10, and is a parent/grandparent/caregiver and child event.
Find out more »Author Talk: Amy Sohn, ‘The Man Who Hated Women’
About the Book: Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. His eponymous law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. The word Comstockery came to connote repression and prudery. Between 1873 and Comstock’s death in 1915, eight remarkable women were charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws. These “sex radicals” supported contraception, sexual education, gender…
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