Avon, Connecticut

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Currently the Society's projects include full restoration of the Derrin House on West Avon Road, proper storage of many artifacts in the Living Museum and Pine Grove Schoolhouse, answering local history questions, giving referrals to those who seek "experts" to help with their historic home or genealogy questions, publishing a newsletter and planning fundraising events. The Society belongs to the Farmington Valley Visitors Association, Connecticut League of History Organizations, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

Canton, Connecticut

Historical Society

Granby, Connecticut

Specialized

West Hartford, Connecticut

Art

West Hartford, Connecticut

Historical Society

Granby, Connecticut

Historical Society

Avon, Connecticut

Science

Bloomfield, Connecticut

Historical Society

Local historical society. Museum/library and 200-year-old school.

East Granby, Connecticut

General, History, Historical Society

The East Granby Historical Society announces that its new book, The Barns of East Granby: Our Agricultural Heritage, is now available for sale at the East Granby town clerk's office. It can also be purchased by using the on-line order form. Authored by two longtime East Granby residents, Betty Guinan and Ted Holly, the book features 269 photos over 130 pages. The text includes brief histories of local farms with descriptions of their barns and other outbuildings.

Avon, Connecticut

Bloomfield, Connecticut

History

Simsbury, Connecticut

History, Library

The mission of the Simsbury Historical Society is to promote an appreciation of the history of Simsbury, its people, places, and events, and their importance to the region and our country. TheSociety collects, preserves, and interprets significant historical resources for Simsburyresidents and visitors so that the past may enrich the future.

Simsbury, Connecticut

History, Historic House

The "Entertainment of Strangers" uses period rooms and interactive exhibition galleries to interpret the use of the historic Capt. Elisha Phelps house as an inn from 1786 to 1849. Three successive generations of the Phelps tavernkeepers are chronicled along with the social history of taverns in New England. From Masonic meetings to ordination balls, the Phelps Tavern hosted townspeople and travelers who arrived by horse, stagecoach and canal.