COVID-19 Update
The safety and health of visitors and staff is the highest priority at the Mattatuck Museum. With the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within the United States, the Museum is keeping up to date with all CDC health-related plans and procedures. Visitor admission will be limited.
The Mattatuck Museum is currently open to visitors under Special Guidelines. Timed admission tickets must be purchased online prior to your visit. We are asking visitors to keep their visit to no more than 90 minutes and to arrive no more than 5 minutes ahead of your timed admission.
The Museum is currently presenting programming and family activities virtually, with some limited in-person attendance. 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
- Lesson Plan – Juneteenth
Lesson Plan – Faith Ringgold and Story Quilts
Activity – Faith Ringgold
Activity – Romare Bearden
Superheroes
Charles Ethan Porter and Still Life
- Lesson Plan – Charles Ethan Porter
Activity – Charles Ethan Porter – Still Life Painting
Activity – Charles Ethan Porter – Collage
George L.K. Morris
Duvian Montoya
- Lesson Plan – Duvian Montoya
Activity – Duvian Montoya – Nature Bingo
Activity – Duvian Montoya – Bird’s Nest
Kay Sage and Surrealism
- Lesson Plan – Kay Sage and Surrealism
Activity – Kay Sage and Surrealism – Collage
Activity – Kay Sage and Surrealism – Collage
Nature
- Lesson Plan – Stephanie Brody-Lederman
Activity – Found Object Friday, Origami Flowers
Activity – Brody-Lederman Imaginary Environment
Picturing Peace
- Lesson Plan – Picturing Peace
Activity – Picturing Peace – Shadowboxes
Activity – Picturing Peace – Create Your Own Cairn
Scenes of Waterbury
- Lesson Plan – Scenes of Waterbury
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Notes of Kindness
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Drawing a Landscape
Activity – Capturing Community – Photo Prompts
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Scavenger Hunt
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Landscapes
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Create the Green
Activity – Scenes of Waterbury – Create the Green Worksheet
Spring Break Vacation Activities
- Lesson Plan – Vacation Week
Activity – Vacation Week – Portraits
Activity – Vacation Week – Mini Museum
Activity – Vacation Week – Jigsaw Puzzle
Activity – Vacation Week – Calder Project
T.C. Cannon
Women’s Suffrage
- Lesson Plan – Women’s Suffrage
Activity – Women’s Suffrage – Election
Activity – Women’s Suffrage – Paraphenalia
Activity – Women’s Suffrage – Word Search
More Worksheets and Lesson Plans
- Activity – Art Journaling – Journal Prompts
- Activity – Mother’s Day – Paper Fortune Teller
Activity – Mother’s Day – Paper Flowers and Necklaces - Lesson Plan – Faith Ringgold and Story Quilts
Activity – Faith Ringgold and Story Quilts – Quilt
Activity – Art Journaling – Journal Prompts - A History of Toys and Games at Rose Hill
Coloring Pages
- Abstract Art
- Carrie Welton
- Calder Airplane
- Cubism 1
- Cubism 2
- Cubism3
- Floral Art
- Pueblo Art
- Pueblo Art 2
- Tea Day
- Waterbury Green
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
