Blue Star Welcome Week

Blue Star Welcome Week 2025 is Saturday, September 27th to Sunday, October 5th. Blue Star Welcome Week was created to recognize the 600,000 military families that move to new communities each year. This special week raises awareness and builds support for military families across the country This week is a chance for our community to come together and give a warm welcome to military families. Whether through local events, small gestures of kindness, or messages of support, we’ll help these…

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September 30, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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144 W Main St
Waterbury, CT United States

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Blue Star Welcome Week 2025 is Saturday, September 27th to Sunday, October 5th.
Blue Star Welcome Week was created to recognize the 600,000 military families that move to new communities each year. This special week raises awareness and builds support for military families across the country
This week is a chance for our community to come together and give a warm welcome to military families. Whether through local events, small gestures of kindness, or messages of support, we’ll help these families feel valued and connected. The Mattatuck Museum is a Blue Star Museum and offers free admission to military year round.

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AMERICA ABROAD: Art, Architecture, and Diplomacy – Works from the FAPE Collection

Presented on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 40th anniversary of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), the exhibition offers rare public access to artworks typically seen only at US embassies—spaces not generally open to the public—and explores how art and architecture have shaped the United States’ diplomatic presence abroad from the Cold War to today. It draws from FAPE’s Site-Specific, Print, and Photography collections and includes maquettes of sculptures commissioned…

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Studio Beginnings

Our youngest artists, designers, and builders are invited into the Arts Studio to have fun making art inspired by the River building and surrounding landscape. Learning through art, children will think, play, create, and experiment with texture, form, line, color and space. Led by Grace Farms Arts Educator Nancy Jameson, Studio Beginnings provides a new prompt weekly. This session is recommended for ages 1-5 and their caretakers. Thursdays | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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Imagination Playground

Children can build skills, solve problems, and make friends in the Court using an innovative system of large-scale, lightweight blocks designed to encourage fun and learning through curiosity-driven play. For ages 8 and under with adult caregivers. Available throughout September and October: Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sundays | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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