Come join us for some April vacation fun! The Greenwich Historical Society is offering a series of educational, hands-on activities for the break. What Will My Garden Grow? In this workshop, students will learn about the life of a plant from seeds to fruit. Tied to our Spring 2021 Beautiful Work: The Art of Greenwich … Read more
Join us for a local look at the Early Native- and African-American experience in Greenwich with researcher and historian Theresa Vega. Our discussion will include the rise and decline of the community of Hangroot, the area of Round Hill Road where her ancestors lived for generations, as well as her extended family’s fight to save … Read more
Join Maggie Dimock, Greenwich Historical Society Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, for an illustrated evening lecture on renowned American Impressionist artist Childe Hassam and his close ties to the village of Cos Cob. Learn more about the thriving art colony that grew around the 18th-century Cos Cob boardinghouse run by the Holley family (now operated … Read more
COS COB, February 3, 2021 – Connecticut Humanities (CTH), the state’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded Greenwich Historical Society a grant of $22,727 from CTH’s COVID Relief Fund formed to help larger non-profit museums and other 501c3 non-profit humanities organizations recover from the impact of the pandemic. “We are extremely … Read more
What is Impressionism? Impressionism is an art movement that began in France in the late 1800s. It is also the art style most associated with the Cos Cob art colony. Impressionism is a style of painting in which artists painted an image that expressed their “impression” of something instead of what they saw in real … Read more
Childe Hassam’s first trip to Greenwich, Connecticut probably took place in 1894 when he paid a visit to his friend, artist John Henry Twachtman, who purchased a house in the town in 1890. Through Twachtman, Hassam came to know the Holley family, and beginning in 1896 he made nearly annual trips to stay in their … Read more