Calendar of Events

Programs take place in the museum unless otherwise specified. Click here for public tour registration.
Highlights Tours | Thursdays–Sundays, 12:30 & 2pm
Family Tour: Eyes on Art | Every Second Saturday, 12:15pm

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Conservator Talk with Allen Kosanovich: Ribalta’s “The Ecstasy of Saint Francis: The Vision of the Musical Angel” 1:00 pm
Conservator Talk with Allen Kosanovich: Ribalta’s “The Ecstasy of Saint Francis: The Vision of the Musical Angel”
Aug 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Conservator Talk with Allen Kosanovich: Ribalta’s "The Ecstasy of Saint Francis: The Vision of the Musical Angel"
Catalan painter Francisco Ribalta vividly captured religious images at the turn of the seventeenth century, positioning himself as one of the major figures of the early Baroque. Paintings conservator Allen Kosanovich examines an in-process treatment[...]
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Second Saturdays for Families: Sight and Sound 12:00 pm
Second Saturdays for Families: Sight and Sound
Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Second Saturdays for Families: Sight and Sound
Explore how Naama Tsabar creates objects that function both as artworks and musical instruments. Design a musical instrument of your own and watch a presentation by our friends at the Connecticut Science Center as they[...]
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Conservator Talk with Casey Mallinckrodt: Letters from the Revolutionary War 1:00 pm
Conservator Talk with Casey Mallinckrodt: Letters from the Revolutionary War
Aug 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Wadsworth houses a collection of letters from the Revolutionary War period  written to Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth by some of the major figures involved in founding the United States, including George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.[...]
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SOLD OUT Stories in Silver: The Punch Bowl 5:30 pm
SOLD OUT Stories in Silver: The Punch Bowl
Aug 25 @ 5:30 pm
SOLD OUT Stories in Silver: The Punch Bowl
This program is sold out. Join decorative arts curators Brandy Culp and Linda Roth as they consider the complex history of punch and the ways silver and rum were entangled in the eighteenth century. Sample[...]
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Gallery Talk with Adam Lenz: Sound Walk 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk with Adam Lenz: Sound Walk
Aug 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Gallery Talk with Adam Lenz: Sound Walk
Join composer, sound artist, and museum educator Adam Lenz for an inside look at artworks in the Wadsworth’s collection that engage with music, sound, and auditory histories. The talk will end in Naama Tsabar /[...]
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