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"Benedict Arnold Demands the Powder House Key" by Morton Kunstler

A Revolutionary Spark

Before he was the dictionary definition of “traitor,” Benedict Arnold was a headstrong patriot, a much-admired war hero. As a New Haven businessman in the 1760s, Arnold bristled against the...

A Revolutionary Spark

Before he was the dictionary definition of “traitor,” Benedict Arnold was a headstrong patriot, a much-admired war hero. As a New Haven businessman in the 1760s, Arnold bristled against the...

Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky, New Haven Museum

A People’s Museum

Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky’s desk is covered with her History homework. She’s been on the job as Executive Director of the New Haven Museum (formerly the New Haven Historical Society) since...

A People’s Museum

Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky’s desk is covered with her History homework. She’s been on the job as Executive Director of the New Haven Museum (formerly the New Haven Historical Society) since...

Edgewood Park

A Little Sunlight Reading

Despite the occasional frosty dip in the temperatures these past few weeks, Spring has assuredly sprung. New Haveners are strolling about the city parks again. Jogging. Bounding. Playing fetch with...

A Little Sunlight Reading

Despite the occasional frosty dip in the temperatures these past few weeks, Spring has assuredly sprung. New Haveners are strolling about the city parks again. Jogging. Bounding. Playing fetch with...

"The Gore Family with George, Third Earl Cowper" by Johan Joseph Zoffany

Johan Zoffany: Serious Painter, Secret Humorist

The Yale Center for British Art is known for pulling together interesting exhibitions, thoroughly researched and curated. Enter Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), society and theatrical portrait painter extraordinaire, who gets the...

Johan Zoffany: Serious Painter, Secret Humorist

The Yale Center for British Art is known for pulling together interesting exhibitions, thoroughly researched and curated. Enter Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), society and theatrical portrait painter extraordinaire, who gets the...