Ethnic Heritage Center

Ethnic Heritage Center Consortium of five local historical societies based on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University The Ethnic Heritage Center was formed in 1988.

It is a unique consortium of ethnic historical societies in the Greater New Haven area. Since 1992, the Ethnic Heritage Center has been located on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. We have been at our present building at 270 Fitch Street since 2001. The Center's goals are:

• to foster a greater recognition, understanding and appreciation of all members of our diverse ethnic pop

ulations by promoting a more friendly, harmonious and cooperative community,
• to expand community outreach and program participation throughout the state,
• to use our archives of objects, memorabilia, manuscripts and books to develop exhibits, publications and special events, and
• to promote active use of the Ethnic Heritage Center's archival papers and collections by scholars, students and individuals of all ages. In addition to the activities undertaken by the Center as a consortium, the Center's member societies undertake individual community activities, special events and publication of their own newsletters.

05/27/2026

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies, or CENTRO, in New York is offering a self-guided class that both beginners and history buffs can take to learn about Puerto Rican identity related to language, U.S. citizenship and race.

05/26/2026
05/26/2026
Congrats to New Haven native Arthur Horwitz on his new book! 🎉🎊
05/26/2026

Congrats to New Haven native Arthur Horwitz on his new book! 🎉🎊

Westville-raised Arthur Horwitz navigates "Dual Identities."

05/07/2026

Allan Appel's latest dispatch from 388 years of New Haven history.

EHC President Gloria Horbaty in studio at WNHH Community Radio yesterday for their Great Give radio-thon! Gloria even pe...
05/07/2026

EHC President Gloria Horbaty in studio at WNHH Community Radio yesterday for their Great Give radio-thon! Gloria even performed a Ukrainian 🇺🇦 song for the radio audience.

Please consider including us in your Great Give generosity!
05/06/2026

Please consider including us in your Great Give generosity!

We're very glad to see that the memorial to New Haveners Lois and Lucy Tritton outside Trinity Church on the Green has b...
04/22/2026

We're very glad to see that the memorial to New Haveners Lois and Lucy Tritton outside Trinity Church on the Green has been added to the Connecticut Freedom Trail! 👏🏻🙏🏻

Home Freedom Trail Sites Lucy and Lois Tritton Memorial at the New Haven Green New Haven Green, privately owned by the Proprietors of the Green, is the key feature in the New Haven Green Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District. Early in New Haven’s history it served as a grazing a...

04/10/2026

Forty family members and friends gathered at Beaverdale Memorial Park Friday to lay to rest the cremains of Winston Henry Lockett -- a Hillhouse High School graduate, labor organizer, and civil rights activist who died last year at the age of 84.

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270 Fitch Street
New Haven, CT
06515

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(203) 392-6126

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