AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF INSTITUTE OF DEAF EDUCATION AND CULTURE INC
EIN 47-3343748 · History Museums (A54)
What they do
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL for THE DEAF, FOUNDED IN 1817, is THE FIRST PERMANENT SCHOOL for THE DEAF IN THE UNITED STATES, THE BIRTHPLACE of AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, and A NATIONAL LEADER IN DEAF EDUCATION. ASDS LEADERSHIP ALSO ENCOMPASSES ITS ROLE AS A KEEPER of HISTORY THROUGH THE ASD INSTITUTE of DEAF EDUCATION and CULTURE, LOCATED IN THE COGSWELL HERITAGE HOUSE ON THE ASD CAMPUS. THIS INVALUABLE COLLECTION DETAILS THE ORIGINS of DEAF EDUCATION and AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.THE ASD INSTITUTE of DEAF EDUCATION and CULTURE is CONTINUALLY EXPANDING ITS COLLECTIONS, ENLARGING ITS DISPLAY and STORAGE SPACE, BROADENING ITS REACH AMONG OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETIES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS and EXHIBITS, for THE BENEFIT of BOTH DEAF and HEARING COMMUNITIES. GIVEN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE of THE COLLECTION and ITS IMPORTANCE, BOTH LOCALLY and NATIONALLY, ASD PLAYS AN IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE PRESERVATION of DEAF HISTORY. OUR COLLECTIONS TELL THE STORY of THE BIRTH
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- 139 N MAIN ST, WEST HARTFORD, CT 06107-1264
- County
- Hartford
- In care of
- % THE AMERICAN SCHOOL AT HARTFORD F