ETHNIC HERITAGE CENTER EXHIBITS

Current Exhibits:

"An Ethnic History of New Haven: Pre-1638 to 2000 and Beyond"

Recent Exhibits

 "JFK & His Ties to Connecticut" 

"New Haven's African American Heritage: A Bridge to Today"
"Juxtaposition: Reality versus Racial, Ethnic, Gender and Religious Stereotypes" (By New Haven's 8th Grade Talented & Gifted Program)

"Truth, Service, Charity: New Haven's Amity Club, 1936 - The Present"
"Much Joy in Mudville: 150 Years of Connecticut's Irish in Baseball"
"New Haven's Garment Workers: An Elm City Story" (with Greater New Haven Labor History Assn.)
"African Americans in the Entertainment Industry" - "Special Focus: New Haven Actor Raymond St. Jacques"
"Prominent Jewish-Americans with New Haven Connections"
"The Ever-Changing Face of New Haven: A Census Journey, 1790-2000"
"The Oskar Schindler Exhibit" (on loan from the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.)
"Captain James Reynolds and the Catalpa Expedition"
"Contributions By New Haven's Ethnic Groups in Winning World War II"
"The Ukrainian Forced Famine and Genocide of the 1930s"
"History of New Haven's Public Schools"
"The Saving of the Danish Jews by Their Christian Neighbors During World War II"

PERMANENT EXHIBITS

"Dolls for Democracy and Diversity": Dolls depicting 50 historical figures -- from a variety of races, nationalities, religions, and eras -- who worked to make the world a better place
"Ethnic Doll Collection": Over 200 dolls in authentic ethnic dress of 65
different countries