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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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Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror

“Here is where finally opposites come together, I see a surprising purity. Stone is the depth, metal the mirror. They do not conflict…” —Isamu Noguchi While the renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) is best known for his work in stone, he consistently explored new materials and methods during his wide-ranging career. He first experimented with aluminum in the 1950s and later with galvanized steel, creating a series of twenty-six sculptures in collaboration with Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles in 1982–83.…

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The Art of Work: Painting Labor in Nineteenth-Century Denmark

One hundred and fifty years ago a group of French artists staged their first independent exhibition in Paris and a radical movement called Impressionism was born. In July of that year, Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849–1927) joined Karl Madsen (1855–1938) in Skagen, Denmark, a fishing village located on the country’s northernmost point. As with the exhibition in Paris, Ancher’s arrival there marked the beginning of an artistic revolution that would upend the academic realism and traditional modes, subjects, and locales…

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