Famed opera and spiritual singer Marian Anderson was a woman who broke many racial barriers.

She was the first African American to perform on the main stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the first African American artist to solo with the New York Philharmonic and for over 50 years, she called Connecticut her home.

The Marian Anderson Studio is a practice space that Marian Anderson's husband, Orpheus King Fisher, built for her, and it is the place that she would practice her art when she was living in Danbury.

Executive Director Brigid Guertin says Anderson, "was one of the most incredible contraltos of all time, and Marian's voice moved our nation and moved people through the civil rights movement. Marian's voice is the voice of our country. The studio is a sacred space of American history, of African-American history, of Marian history, and of Connecticut history."

Tours of the museum or free but reservations are requested.