The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center uses Stowe’s life and work to inspire YOU to change your world.

Stowe wrote the anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852. The world was never the same. Abolition became possible. Emancipation became law. But today, in the 21st century, inequity is everywhere. What would Stowe do? What will YOU do?

• Bryan Stevenson is 2017 Stowe Prize Winner

  Stevenson wins the award for his memoir "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption"

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• Shop AmazonSmile and Support the Stowe Center

  You shop. Amazon gives.

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• See Katherine Kane on Comcast Newsmakers

  In Spring 2016, Stowe Center Executive Director Katherine Kane sat down to talk with Comcast Newsmakers.

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• Stowe House Preservation

  The 1871 Stowe House is getting its first major interior preservation since its public opening in 1968!
  The Stowe Center is open year round for tours.

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• Katherine Kane Talks on WRCH

  Hear Stowe Center executive director in conversation with Shelley Best

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• Salons at Stowe -- On the Road!

  Program Coordinator Maura Hallisey recently facilitated a conversation on white privilege at UCONN.

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• 2016 Marathon Reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

  Volunteers read aloud from Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling anti-slavery novel -- cover to cover over 24 hours March 19-20.

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• Bank of America announces Art Conservation Grants

  Four Stowe Center paintings to be conserved - Two by Stowe herself and two acquired by her.

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• ICYMI: 2015 Stowe Prize Conversation on Race

  2015 Stowe Prize winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and WNPR's John Dankosky in an inspiring program. Kudos to CT-N for filming on their busiest day and to The Hartford for their leadership as the Legacy Presenting Sponsor of all Stowe Prize events. Watch here.

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• "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - read it in installments!

  On June 5, 1851, Stowe's anti-slavery novel began to appear in the abolitionist newspaper, "The National Era." Read the latest here!

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• Stowe Center Kudos

  Hartford Courant cites Stowe Center as a model for programs encouraging civic engagement on contemporary social justice issues that connect to the work of author and activist Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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• Stowe Center Honored With IMLS Award

  $150,000 Museums for America grant to plan and design a new, audience-driven experience in the Stowe House.

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• The Family Tour - every weekend!

  Lots to see and do for a family weekend ! The Family Tour, craft activities and more.

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