Ongoing events and exhibitions throughout the New Haven community:

• Ongoing M-W-F through the Spring semester: “Commemorating 1776 in 2026” (HIS 398) course at Southern Connecticut State University discussing the Bicentennial and what it says about myth, memory, and commemoration
• March—June: New Haven Interactive Map Activity available as a passive program in the IS Tinker Lab, Ives Memorial Library, New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street
• Ongoing through September 5, 2027: Temporary exhibition In God We Trust: The Knights of Columbus and the American Experience at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center, 1 State Street 
• Ongoing through September 6, 2026: Temporary exhibition Illustrating America: Columbia Magazine Covers at the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center, 1 State Street 
• Ongoing—September 27: Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American Patriotism, including the Declaration of Independence, at Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, Special viewing hours 10am-5pm on July 4.
• Ongoing through October 11: Keeping Alive the Remembrance: Commemorating America’s Founding 1776 – 1876 at the Yale University Art Gallery (in addition to permanent display of art of the Revolutionary War era), 1111 Chapel Street
• May—ongoing: New Haven’s Unfinished Revolutions, new permanent installation at the New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue

more events

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• Black Freedom Fighter Revived In “Revolutionary” Reenactment
• Were We Ever Really “Revolutionary”?
• America At 250 … And New Haven At 388
• Let The Semiquincentennial Celebrations Begin!
• New Haven announces more than 60 planned events to celebrate America’s 250th birthday
• Anuncian eventos en New Haven para celebrar el 250 aniversario de la firma de la Declaración de Independencia
• Actividades por el aniversario 250 de Estados Unidos
• New Haven hosts events in honor of America's 250th anniversary 
• New Haven to host more than 60 events for nation’s 250th birthday
• A guide to 2026 America's 250th anniversary celebrations in Connecticut
• Year Of Activities, Events, Exhibitions In New Haven Commemorating Nation’s 250th Anniversary
• “America At 250” Course Debuts
• City’s “America 250” Commission Debuts
• Mayor Elicker Announces Appointment of America 250 Commission

Partners

• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• Ethnic Heritage Center
• International Festival of Arts and Ideas
• New Haven Free Public Library
• New Haven Museum
• New Haven Public Schools
• Yale Group for the Study of Native America

Resources

• America 250 CT
• America 250 CT – Event Calendar
• Ken Burns Documentary
• Lost In New Haven
• Memory Lab at New Haven Free Public Library
• How New Haven Helped Build a Nation