Join Patricia E. Kane, Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery, for a special lecture “Mary Fish Silliman: A Woman in Revolutionary America” at the Fairfield Museum and History Center. Letters, a journal, and a reminiscence provide unusually rich documentation of Mary’s life and were the basis […]

In celebration of American Archives Month, meet the Fairfield Museum’s new Librarian Ed Surato and explore select manuscripts from our Fairfield Schools Collection. Spend some time to learn more about the Research Library's many resources. Free with Museum Admission

How do we reckon with death? How do we wish to be remembered? In a new local history program series in collaboration with the Fairfield Public Library, join the Fairfield Museum’s Walt Matis to explore the new exhibition Dearly Departed: Mourning & Memory. Whether a loved one or a public figure, people have memorialized and honored […]

Commercial interests dramatically transformed the business of death. In conjunction with the exhibition Dearly Departed: Mourning & Memory, Dr. Bethany Wade, Assistant Professor of History at Sacred Heart University, will present an insightful talk exploring the forgotten stories and the rise of the modern funeral industry in Havana, Cuba as a case study on the […]