ETHNIC HERITAGE CENTER EXHIBITS

 

 

Current Exhibits

"An Ethnic History of New Haven: Pre-1638 to 2000 and Beyond" will be on display at the Ethnic Heritage Center at 270 Fitch Street in New Haven until October 31st, 2011. This traveling exhibit was produced by the Ethnic Heritage Center in 2009 and funded by a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

The 33-panel exhibit, which has also been shown at the Atrium of New Haven's City Hall and at the Wachovia (now Wells Fargo) Bank, depicts the immigration patterns, customs and many contributions of the city's diverse ethnic communities to the rich tapestry of New Haven's culture. Panels describing the decades from the eighteenth century to the present incorporate data from the United States Census.

The Ethnic Heritage Center is open from 8-3 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 9-12 on Friday; and 2-4 on Sunday. For more information about the Center and its programs or about the ethnic history exhibit, please call 203-392-6126.

"New Haven's African American Heritage: A Bridge to Today," an exhibit produced by the Ethnic Heritage Center and its member society, the Greater New Haven African American Historical Society, continues on view this fall at the Wells Fargo Bank at 205 Church Street in New Haven.

The exhibit gives a taste of the collection originally formed by the Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society, which was founded in 1971 by local residents led by the late Ernest Saunders. Panels show excerpts from the rich history of New Haven's African American community in religion, education, work, arts, entertainment, sports and political activism.

The Wells Fargo Bank is open from 8:30-5 p.m. weekdays.

For more information about the exhibit, please contact the Ethnic Heritage Center, located on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University at 270 Fitch Street, (203) 392-6126. 

 

 

 

Upcoming Exhibits:

The Maze Hunger Strike: March - October 2011
The Connecticut Irish American Historical Society commemorates the 30th anniversary of the death of 10 Irish hunger strikers at the Maze Prison near Belfast in Northern Ireland. The exhibit will depict events at the prison March-October 1981, and protests and demonstrations in Connecticut in response. If you have pictures, posters, artifacts or memories of events that year in Northern Ireland and in Connecticut and would like to share them in this exhibit, please contact ctiahs@gmail.com or call the Ethnic Heritage Center, (203) 392-6126.

TRAVELING EXHIBIT: "AN ETHNIC HISTORY OF NEW HAVEN" GOES TO WACHOVIA BANK
"An Ethnic History of New Haven Pre-1638 to 2000 and Beyond" will be shown at Wachovia Bank, 205 Church Street, New Haven from the middle of August through the fall of 2010.
The exhibit, shown at the Ethnic Heritage Center from September through December 2009 and at the Atrium of New Haven's City Hall in the spring of 2010, depicts the immigration patterns, customs and many contributions of the city's diverse ethnic communities to the rich tapestry of New Haven's culture.
Wachovia Bank is open 8:30-5:00 Monday-Friday.

Recent Exhibits

"Ethnic Wedding Traditions": August 1 - December 30, 2010
Wedding customs, superstitions, traditions and artifacts of the Ethnic Heritage Center's five member societies will be on display. Each society has prepared a unique component to the exhibit which includes wedding attire, wedding announcements and invitations, music, photographs, and special ethnic foods. OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, August 1, 2-4 p.m., with a wedding cake.

African American Heritage and History: January 3 - February 28, 2011
Exhibits sponsored by the Greater New Haven African American Historical Society, to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King (January 17th) and Black History Month (February).
 

"Albanian Muslim Rescuers During the Holocaust" 

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

 "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