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S-WH Receives 2026 CLM Award of Merit
The Connecticut League of Museums has selected Stanley-Whitman House for a 2026 Award of Merit for “Who Gets to Remember?”, our history program developed and carried out in collaboration with Farmington High School.
The committee was impressed by this immersive, place-based experience, developed in
collaboration with Farmington High School’s ninth-grade World History I teachers and students,
which asks students to examine how we know what we know about the past through surviving, and
sometimes missing, historical evidence.
We thank the teachers, students, museum educators, historic interpreters, volunteers, community partners, colleagues, and supporters who have all contributed to the environment in which this work can happen.
Join us to celebrate this award on Tuesday, October 27, 5:30-7:30 pm at the New Britain Museum of Ameri an Art.
S-WH is a Winner!
Stanley-Whitman House won Best of Connecticut/Hartford County 2026 in the categories of Cultural Attraction for Families, Historical Attraction and Museum. We were a runner-up in the Gift or Specialty Shop category.
We were named a statewide finalist in the category of Historical Attraction, and runner-up in the categories of Cultural Attraction for Families and Museums.
Thank you for your support!
S-WH Featured on TV
Stanley-Whitman House was pleased to be featured April 10th on Fox 61 in a program on Connecticut Cultural Districts. This follows the February WFSB Channel 3 broadcast highlighting the museum as a living window into Connecticut’s colonial past.
Stanley-Whitman House Receives 2025 Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums
We are pleased to share that Stanley-Whitman House, in partnership with Farmington High School, has been honored with a 2025 Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums for the Tunxis Land and Water Memory Tour.
This collaborative program reimagined the ninth-grade history field trip for Farmington High School. Over three days, 251 students explored six sites, three at Stanley-Whitman House and three throughout the community (Cowles Parcel/Nancy Conklin Nature Trail, Riverside Cemetery, and the Lewis Walpole Library), engaging directly with land deeds, maps, foodways, historic structures, rivers, and cemeteries. By incorporating Indigenous sources and primary research into place-based education, the tour deepened student understanding of the relationship between people, land, and water in Farmington’s history.
The committee was "impressed by the ways this collaborative project engaged with the land and environment beyond the walls of the museum and the high school, bringing Indigenous sources and primary research together with place-based education."
S-WH Releases BIPOC Subject Guide to Illuminate Hidden Histories
The new Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Guide documents lives in Farmington and the surrounding region from the colonial era onward.
Funded in the fall of 2023 and completed in spring 2025, the Subject Guide is the result of a statewide initiative led by the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board (CT SHRAB) and Conservation ConneCTion, with funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Stanley-Whitman House was honored to be selected as one of only ten institutions statewide to receive a Traveling Archivist site visit, supported by Evelyn Green, and coordinated by Kathy Craughwell-Varda, Director of Conservation Connection who oversaw the program administration. Their efforts were essential in helping the museum identify and index archival materials that reflect the often-overlooked contributions and realities of historically marginalized individuals and communities.
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S-WH is a Winner!
Stanley-Whitman House won Best of Connecticut/Hartford County 2025 in the categories of Historical Attraction and Museum.
We were named a statewide finalist in the categories of Cultural Attraction for Families, Historical Attraction, and Museums, and regional finalist for Cultural Attraction for Families.
Thank you for your support!
Stanley-Whitman House Receives TWO 2023 NEMA Publication Awards
The New England Museum Association recently awarded S-WH First Place in the Book category for Memento Mori, Farmington, Connecticut, and Second Place in the Newsletters & Journals category for The Journal of Farmington History.
S-WH Receives Official Citation from General Assembly
Pictured here: State Representative Mike Demicco (right) with S-WH Executive Director & Curator Andres A. Verzosa
On Sunday, June 25, 2023, State Representative Mike Demicco presented an official citation from the General Assembly to Andres A. Verzosa, Executive Director & Curator of Stanley-Whitman House, for receiving two 2023 Awards of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations for the book Memento Mori and the play The Last Night. These award-winning works "illuminate our rich cultural heritage of Connecticut and make history meaningful by connecting the past with the present day."
Stanley-Whitman House Receives TWO 2023 Awards of Merit from CLHO
S-WH was recently given the distinction of receiving not one but two 2023 Awards of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations: one for the Museum's Memento Mori publication, the other for an original play, The Last Night.
Stanley-Whitman House Receives CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant
Stanley-Whitman House was recently awarded a grant of $11,200 to support educational and community programs.
CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants assist organizations as they recover from the pandemic and maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public.
S-WH Awarded CT Humanities Grant
A $4,985 grant features free online screenings and discussions of Upstander Project Films Dawnland and Bounty.
S-WH Awarded Museum Makeover Grant
S-WH was recently selected for a Museum Makeover, a new collaborative project designed to improve the visitor experience at cultural heritage organizations throughout Connecticut. This two-year program provides twelve organizations per year with expert consultation and funding to make immediate, concrete changes that will increase their ability to effectively serve the public. Read about our plans!
S-WH Gifted a Sugar Maple
The Rotary Club of Farmington donated the maple tree to replace one lost to storm damage in 2021.
As part of 2022’s civic project consistent with its motto, “Service Above Self,” the Rotary Club of Farmington launched the Community Tree Project, planting trees to help improve the environment and beautify the Farmington community.
Stanley-Whitman House Awarded CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant
Stanley-Whitman House Receives Grant of $19,900 to support educational and community programs.
The grants were administered by CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.