The MATT @ Home

COVID-19 Update

The safety and health of visitors and staff is the highest priority at the Mattatuck Museum. The Museum is keeping up to date with all state and CDC health-related plans and procedures. For more information on visiting the Museum and current safety procedures please click here.

The Museum has returned to in-person programming with reduced attendance capacity and is currently offering many of our adult, family, and kids programs with a virtual option. Please see our calendar of events or purchase a timed ticket.

Greater Waterbury COVID-19 Project

As the historical society for the greater Waterbury region the Mattatuck Museum is collecting and documenting how COVID-19 has affected our local community. Learn more here: COVID-19 Project

Museum From Home

While the Museum was closed to the public during spring and early summer 2020, staff worked together to create a weekly themed collection of lesson plans, activities, and links to other resources for families, teachers, and individuals.

To navigate the MATT @ Home, explore the online exhibitions listed below or click each header to access a blog post written by the Museum’s curator. Scroll to the bottom of each blog post to download lesson plans and activities!

Online Exhibitions

Staff Picks Exhibition
Edward Balthazar: Urban Artist
Women’s Sphere: Selections from the Collection

Blog Posts, Lesson Plans, Activities, and More

The Flood of ’55
The Brass Industry
Niagara Falls
Juneteenth
Superheroes
Charles Ethan Porter and Still Life
George L.K. Morris
Duvian Montoya
Kay Sage and Surrealism
Nature
Picturing Peace
Scenes of Waterbury
Spring Break Vacation Activities
T.C. Cannon
Women’s Suffrage

More Worksheets and Lesson Plans

Coloring Pages

Videos

Jane Peterson: At Home and Abroad  – 3/17/2020

Community Cookbook Club: Jerusalem – Mejadra

Museum From Home is brought to you in part by the generous support of