Your History. Your Voice. New Haven’s Story
Help the Ethnic Heritage Center Tell New Haven’s America 250 Stories!
New Haven’s history isn't just about what happened centuries ago—it’s about the stories of the diverse mosaic of people shaping our city right now. This diversity makes New Haven vibrant and fun.
As part of New Haven’s America 250 Celebration, the Ethnic Heritage Center (EHC) is updating their 33-panel exhibit, Ethnic History of New Haven. The exhibit, which opened in 2009, currently features census data and materials from our archives to tell stories of groups in our community from pre-1638 to 2000. The EHC is creating new panels for the years 2000 to 2026, celebrating New Haven’s rich diversity. A smaller portable traveling exhibit will be created to share with the entire community. But we can’t do it without you. We want your stories.
How You Can Help Make History
We are looking for individuals, cultural groups, and community leaders to join give us your thoughts and suggestions:
What has happened in the last 25 years that we want to record and share?
What stories, events, people, and places should we include?
Ready to Share Your Ideas? We want to hear from you!
Join us for the project launch or let us know you can help by using the collection form below.
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Ethnic Heritage Center, 270 Fitch Street, New Haven, CT, on the SCSU campus
Questions? Contact info@ethnicheritagecenter.org or call (203) 392-6126.
Share your interestS
Use our collection form.
This project is proudly made possible through a grant from New Haven’s 250 Commission, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven and Yale University.
About the Ethnic Heritage Center Established in 1988, the EHC is a non-profit archive, museum, and research center dedicated to cultivating pride and celebrating both our cultural differences and our shared commonalities. We proudly unite five member societies: Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, Italian-American Historical Society of Connecticut, Connecticut Ukrainian-American Historical Society, Connecticut Irish American Historical Society, and the Greater New Haven African American Historical Society.