Community Engagement

UConn Today Article “Curating the 250th: History Professors Mark Country’s Anniversary with Museum Exhibitions” features Professors Sinha and Horowitz

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Manisha Sinha curated the “The Second American Revolution” exhibition at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and Andy Horowitz was part of the team behind the “Connecticut’s Revolution” exhibit at the Museum of Connecticut History.

Incredible pieces of American history, from the actual 13th amendment document to the original Connecticut copy of the Declaration of Independence, and a piece of a statue of King George III that was mostly melted down into ammunition for the Revolutionary Army are among the impressive array of items that the public can engage with as we consider 250 years of American history. But each exhibit drew on details and smaller moments that were part of these stories to engage the public to think about not just the past, but the people that lived and shaped it.

Full article here.

Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz presents talk “Why Connecticut 250 Matters” at New Haven Museum’s new exhibition, “New Haven’s Unfinished Revolutions”

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The immersive exhibit features some innovative tech that museum goers can use to interact with primary sources to get glimpses into the lives of people that were central to (but not always centered in) the Revolutionary War efforts. Horowitz’s talk emphasized how individuals’ various roles and actions led to things like the creation of the Connecticut Compromise, or enslaved people paving new paths to freedom for themselves, and how the ways in which we define important places, circumstances, and people are vital to examine as we explore the voices of these stories.

You can read more about the opening gala talk and the exhibit here in the New Haven Independent article covering this event.