Students as Historians
Did you know…
EHS works extensively with local schools each year to inspire student interest in our rich local history?
EHS staff and education volunteers engage students though:
Classroom visits, during which students don white gloves to inspect objects of historic significance
Activity-packed field trips to historic Pratt House and Hills Academy
Walking tours throughout the villages of Centerbrook, Essex and Ivoryton, featuring history hiding in plain sight
EHS staff and volunteers engage with students hundreds of times each year!
Curator’s Corner
If you are a local teacher, check out our trove of resources to support your curriculum…
Click here to reach our YouTube channel, where we feature “virtual visits” that allow students to examine exciting objects from our historic collection, like:
A real powder horn used by Revolutionary War soldiers,
An oft-used 18th C “town crutch,” inscribed by injured workers at the Essex seaport.
A piano action from Ivoryton’s famed manufacturing plant.
Click here for a 3-minute virtual tour, produced by Centerbrook Architects, of what Centerbrook looked like in 1910.
Contact us for access to publications with in-depth information and colorful photos describing the distinct history of each of our three villages.
“‘If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten’ ”