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Tours & Talks
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"address": "Elizabeth Park Rose Garden, Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "Take a tour of Elizabeth Park's famous rose garden and learn what makes the park and its gardens a national treasure. Tours are free and meet in front of the flagpole at the Cottage.",
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"name": "Connecticut Museum of Culture and History",
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"address": "1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT"
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"description": "Dozens of tavern signs once hung over busy public spaces where Connecticans ate, drank, slept, argued, celebrated, gambled, danced, and courted. On Tuesday afternoons this summer, drop by the Connecticut Museum for a gallery talk about tavern life in early Connecticut. Learn how to decode the symbolism on some of their most inscrutable signs, and why so few of these once-ubiquitous items have survived until today.",
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"startDate": "2026-09-15",
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"name": "Cedar Hill Cemetery",
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"address": "Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="0" data-end="248">Look to the skies at Cedar Hill Cemetery during an evening of stargazing with the Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford. Learn how telescopes work while spotting the moon, planets, star clusters, galaxies, and other celestial wonders overhead.</p>",
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"startDate": "2026-09-16",
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"name": "Cedar Hill Cemetery",
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"address": "Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "More than final resting places, Cedar Hill’s private mausoleums are monuments to artistry, ambition, and legacy. This guided tour with Andrius Banevicius explores the striking architecture and symbolism behind these grand structures, revealing the stories they hold in stone.",
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"startDate": "2026-09-17",
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"name": "A. Everett Austin House",
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"address": "130 Scarborough Street, Hartford, CT"
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"description": "Tour the home of legendary museum director A. Everett “Chick” Austin and Helen Goodwin at 130 Scarborough Street in Hartford’s West End. Modeled on a Venetian Renaissance villa, the Austin House was built in 1930 and seamlessly blends 18th-century rococo style with radically modern Bauhaus design. The tour includes portions of the home only accessible by stairs; elevator service is not available.",
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"startDate": "2026-05-07",
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"name": "Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch",
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"address": "Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch, Trinity Street, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "Take a free tour of the <a href="http://www.bushnellpark.org/attractions/soldiers-sailors-memorial-arch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch</a> and learn all sorts of cool historical facts (no spoilers here), Thursdays through October. If you have a large group or would like to request a tour outside of the routine weekly hours, please send the Bushnell Park Foundation an <a href="mailto:manager@bushnellpark.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a>.",
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"startDate": "2026-06-19",
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"name": "Bushnell Park Carousel",
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"address": "Bushnell Park Carousel, Jewell Street, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "The Bushnell Park Conservancy offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of Hartford’s most beloved landmarks—the historic Bushnell Park Carousel. These free guided tours highlight the artistry and heritage of the century-old ride, with a complimentary spin on your favorite horse for a touch of nostalgia. Tours are free but require RSVP.",
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"address": "Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "Life in the past wasn’t always quaint—it could be downright deadly. This guided tour through Cedar Hill Cemetery unearths stories of mayhem, misfortune, and mysterious ends, from runaway carriages to ill-fated fashion choices. History has never been so perilous.",
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"url": "https://hartford.com/calendar/curator-talk-global-aesthetics-in-sevres-porcelain/",
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"description": "A Japanese-inspired vase and a cacao-filled scene from Mexico reveal just how far French porcelain traveled without leaving the kiln. Curator Linda Roth explores how two works from the famed Sèvres manufactory reflect centuries of artistic exchange and changing global tastes.",
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"startDate": "2026-09-23",
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"name": "Stowe Center for Literary Activism",
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"address": "77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT, USA"
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"description": "<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="0" data-end="407">The Stowe Center for Literary Activism honors Princess Joy L. Perry, recipient of the 2026 Stowe Prize for Literary Activism, with an evening celebrating the power of storytelling to confront injustice. Meet local organizations at the Social Justice Fair before hearing Perry discuss her acclaimed novel <em data-start="306" data-end="325">This Here is Love</em>, the history behind it, and why stories still have the power to inspire change.</p>",
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"name": "Stowe Prize for Literary Activism",
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"description": "Take a free tour of the <a href="http://www.bushnellpark.org/attractions/soldiers-sailors-memorial-arch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch</a> and learn all sorts of cool historical facts (no spoilers here), Thursdays through October. If you have a large group or would like to request a tour outside of the routine weekly hours, please send the Bushnell Park Foundation an <a href="mailto:manager@bushnellpark.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a>.",
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"name": "Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch Tour",
"url": "https://hartford.com/calendar/soldiers-sailors-memorial-arch-tour/?occurrence=2026-09-24"
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"startDate": "2026-02-28",
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"name": "Mark Twain House & Museum",
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"address": "351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT"
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"description": "<span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">The Mark Twain House & Museum</span></span> offers Ghost Tours exploring haunted history, Victorian spiritualism, and the era’s fascination with séances and spirits. Drawing on documented investigations and Mark Twain’s own curiosity about the supernatural, the tour blends historical context with chilling tales rooted in real lives and losses.",
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