Summer 2021 Internships @ Danbury Museum
#DistanceLearning Opportunities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Danbury Museum & Historical Society, your hometown museum, archive, and history center, is working hard to provide activities and resources for distance learning that, combined with the wonderful social studies curriculum of our regional school districts, supports a fun, context building look at our community past and how it connects us all.
On this page, we’ve included our beloved Danbury school “newspapers” (created for third graders but appropriate for students through high school!) cursive camp materials and several, family based, suggestions on activities and outside sources to supplement your students social studies curriculum. The materials found here are for you all to enjoy, download and explore, with all the enthusiasm that we know our local students always bring to their museum field trips and museum presentations! We'll add new digital content weekly through the spring for at home use.
If you have any questions, please reach out by emailing b.guertin@danbury-ct.gov
New sign! Thanks to Non-Profit Development Corporation of Greater Danbury. Spring 2020.
Attending virtual AAM Museum conference for the first time!
Taking part in a New England Museum Association Collections workshop via Zoom.
The Fair That John Built outdoor exhibit, summer 2020.
The Fair exhibit covers 10 panels of our back fenceline.
1918 Pandemic outdoor exhibit, autumn 2020.
In partnership with the Danbury Library, we installed an outdoor read and walk featuring the story of Johnny Appleseed.
Johnny Appleseed, summer and autumn 2020.
Johnny Appleseed, summer and autumn 2020.
Painting!
The John & Mary Rider House dining room got a fresh coat of paint this summer.
More interior painting at the John & Mary Rider House.
A refreshed John & Mary Rider House, summer 2020.
The Little Red Schoolhouse is next up on our painting roster.
The after photo of the front door--looking good!
The schoolhouse shutters are getting a refresh, too.
Autumn 2020, as long as the wether holds, we'll be painting. The exterior of the Marian Anderson Studio is getting a paint update.
Getting closer to done...
Even closer!
Thank YOU for your continued support that's allowed us to keep growing and learning and improving.