The Connecticut Historical Society is opening a new hands-on section at the Hartford Museum, inspired by a Connecticut-related inventor who built a device that measured the distance traveled by electric locomotives and bicycles.
Housed in the Historical Society’s museum on Elizabeth Street in Hartford, the Inspire Center presents a monthly rotation of objects from the CHS Collection. According to a CHS news release, visitors can take inspiration from the objects to create their own new inventions.
“The Inspire Center will feature record players from the collection in the first month of its opening, and then for visitors to design and create their own ‘music-making’ creations,” said Marissa Baum, spokesperson for CHS. will exhibit arts and crafts from,” he said in an email. [they] You can take inspiration from other places and just go wild. It’s an incredibly self-oriented space. ”
According to the release, the Inspired Center was inspired by Curtis Veeder, inventor of the bicycle cyclometer, founder of the Veeder Manufacturing Company, and original owner of the property that now houses the CHS Museum. The center was funded by a grant from the Gawlicki Family Foundation.
Robert A. Kret, executive director and CEO of the Historical Society, said he believes the center will encourage participation from families, groups of friends and even individual guests.
“Our vision is to see patrons enjoy and use the museum,” Krett said. many times,” he said.
The Inspire Center is open at the Connecticut Historical Society Museum on Saturdays from 9 AM to 4:30 PM and Sundays from 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Access to the center is included in your museum ticket. Fees are $12 for adults, $10 for those 65 and over, and $8 for students and children ages 6-18.
