Reminder: Register for 2023 Suppliers Expo

This is a friendly reminder to register and pay to attend the Suppliers Expo on Thursday, March 16 at Casa Mia at the Hawthorne, Berlin, CT. If you have already registered, thank you! The deadline for registration was this past Friday, but you can still register if you do it NOW!  Forms are below if you need…

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Corpse Preservers, “Good Death”, Green Burials and CCA’s Pam Brown

On a recent Autumn day, Andrea Rapacz navigates between high shelves laden with furniture, antique clothes and acid-free document boxes on a visit to the corpse preserver. “It’s a showstopper of piece, it’s really fascinating,” said Rapacz, the director of collections at the Connecticut Historical Society. Rapacz dons blue nitrile gloves before approaching the corpse preserver,…

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