Fairfield Public Library Hosts Skype-a-Docent Event

From the Fairfield Public Library:

Fairfield, Conn. - Visit the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut, from a seat in the Library’s Rotary Room. A docent will take us on a private tour via Skype. When the Skype video call is projected onto the large screen at the Library, it allows us to view exhibits up close and converse with the docent as we tour. Join us on Wednesday, June 8 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. Registration is requested.

Founded in 1903, the New Britain Museum was the first museum in the country to feature exclusively American art. It offers a panoramic view of American artistic achievement with particular strengths in colonial portraiture, the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, and the Ash Can School.

Join us for the last Skype-a-Docent tour of the season!

Skype-a-Docent is an extension of the Library’s Homebound Service that has been delivering Library books and other materials to residents for over 20 years. Last year over 1,200 items were delivered by volunteers to five senior living facilities and to individuals living in their own homes. Now we are able to “deliver” tours of cultural interest to seniors and others who may not be able to travel out of town. In addition to the monthly presentation at the Main Library, Skype-a-Docent tours are brought to two senior living facilities in town. Tours aren’t just for seniors, they are open to all. So take an early lunch or join us while the children are in school.

All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. To register, or for more information about this and other programs, visit our website at: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256-3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter and Facebook.