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Connecticut's Old State House Connecticut's Old State House is open to the public! Some of CT's most important stories of freedom, democracy, and civic action began here.

Today, it is a museum, gathering spot, and place of civic exploration for thousands of visitors each year. Welcome to Connecticutโ€™s Old State House: the place where history and civics meet! Located in the heart of Hartford, Connecticut, this building served as a home to all three branches of state government from 1796 to 1878. Some of our stateโ€™s most important stories of freedom, democracy, and civic action โ€“ from the Amistad trial to Prudence Crandall, to the landmark Constitutional Convention of 1818 โ€“ connect to this National Historic Landmark. Today, Connecticutโ€™s Old State House serves as a history museum, gathering spot, and place of civic exploration for thousands of local, national and international visitors each year. We look forward to welcoming you soon! Connecticutโ€™s Old State House is open Tuesday through Saturday, 12-5 PM.

๐ŸŽ‚ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐‚๐€๐ ๐“๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐„?! ๐Ÿ‘€โฃโฃWeโ€™ve seen some pretty incredible cakes at our Election Cake Bake Off over the yearsโ€ฆ and...
10/16/2026

๐ŸŽ‚ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐‚๐€๐ ๐“๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐„?! ๐Ÿ‘€โฃ
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Weโ€™ve seen some pretty incredible cakes at our Election Cake Bake Off over the yearsโ€ฆ and now itโ€™s YOUR turn to go whisk to whisk! ๐Ÿงโฃ
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Weโ€™re looking for Connecticutโ€™s talented professional pastry chefs and licensed home bakers to bring their creativity to our ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ on Saturday, October 24!โฃ
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โœจ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ค๐ž. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ! Thereโ€™s no required flavor profile. Whether you stick with a classic favorite or dream up something completely unexpected, we want to see what you can create! Just keep your design nonpartisan and election-themed.โฃ
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๐Ÿ† The winning baker will be commissioned to create Connecticutโ€™s Old State Houseโ€™s birthday cake in May 2027!โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ And did we mention celebrity judge ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง (@๐“๐ก๐ž๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฆ) will be joining us? Think you can impress him?โฃ
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๐Ÿ“ Connecticutโ€™s Old State House | Hartford, CTโฃ
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๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž? Applications are open! Find the registration link in our bio.โฃ
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Know a talented baker who should enter? Tag them below! ๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ
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10/10/2026
10/09/2026

Join us for Connecticut's Old State House Summer Concert Series with Thomasina Levy!

๐ŸŽ‚ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ค?โฃโฃWeโ€™re searching for professional pastry chefs and licensed home bakers to compete in the ...
10/05/2026

๐ŸŽ‚ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ค?โฃ
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Weโ€™re searching for professional pastry chefs and licensed home bakers to compete in the ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ!โฃ
Your challenge? Create a delicious, ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ง, ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ค๐ž that celebrates American democracy. Bring your creativity โ€” and your best recipe โ€” because cakes will be judged on ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž.โฃ
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๐Ÿ† One confection will be crowned the o๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, and the winning baker will be commissioned to create a cake for Connecticutโ€™s Old State House birthday celebration in May 2027!โฃ
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๐Ÿ“… October 24 | 12โ€“3 PMโฃ
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๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž?
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://forms.gle/76ZXTqNctTUSUcni7

10/05/2026
10/02/2026

Join us for Connecticut's Old State House Summer Concert Series with Parker's Tangent!

๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!โฃโฃThereโ€™s plenty happening this month โ€” from live music and fresh Farmers Mar...
10/01/2026

๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž!โฃ
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Thereโ€™s plenty happening this month โ€” from live music and fresh Farmers Market finds to art, history, and a little friendly competition. ๐Ÿ‘€โฃ
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๐ŸŽถ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ โ€” Parkerโ€™s Tangentโฃ
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ‘ โ€” Rochambeau Day โ€” NEW DATE!โฃ
๐ŸŽถ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ— โ€” Thomasina Levyโฃ
๐ŸŽจ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ โ€” One Painting, Many Storiesโฃ
๐ŸŽ‚ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ€” Election Cake Bake-Offโฃ
๐Ÿฅ• ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ + ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ โ€” Farmers Market through Oct. 30โฃ
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And thereโ€™s always more history to explore inside! Connecticutโ€™s Old State House is open ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒโ€“๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ.โฃ
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Save this post and make plans to spend some time with us in Hartford this October. ๐Ÿโฃ
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