University of Connecticut | Connecticut Historical Societies and Museums
The Connecticut Historical Societies Web Page is a site dedicated to bringing together in one location links to all of Connecticut's Historical Societies that can be found on the Web. If you know of a Connecticut Historical Society that is not represented on this list, please send the Historical Society's URL to the following email address: david.avery@uconn.edu Thank You.
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Connecticut Historical Society
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One Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 236-5621
email: ask_us@chs.org
Antiquarian and Landmark Society
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Offices & Library
66 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 247-8996
email: als@hartnet.org
Amity and Woodbridge Historical
Society
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c/o Thomas Darling House
1907 Litchfield Tpke.
Woodbridge, CT 06525
(203) 387-2823
email: awhs@homestead.com
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Long Hill Road
Andover, Connecticut 06232
Ashford
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Box 244
Ashford, Connecticut 06278
Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam
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208 School Road
Putnam, CT 06260
(860)963-0092
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P.O. Box 448
Avon, CT 06001
Barkhamsted Historical Society
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Barkhamsted Historical Society
P.O. Box 94
Pleasant Valley, CT 06063
Email:bhs@barkhamstedhistory.org
Beacon Falls
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305 Main Street (on the corner)
Berlin, Connecticut 06037
email: Berlinhs@hotmail.com
Bethany
Bethel
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50 Sunset Hill
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
Bethlehem
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P.O. Box 132
Bethlehem, CT 06751
Bloomfield, Wintonbury Historical Society of
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Wintonbury Historical Society
151 School Street
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
(860)243-1531
Bolton
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15 Hebron Road
Bolton, Connecticut 06040
Bozrah
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Branford Historical Society-Harrison House
124 Main Street
Branford, Connecticut 06405
(203)488-4828
Bridgeport
Please contact the History section of the Bridgeport Public Library
(203)576-7417
Bridgewater
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Elijah Peck House
Main Street
Bridgewater, Connecticut 06752
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98 Summer Street
Bristol, CT 06010
(860) 583-6309
Email: ellen@bristolhistoricalsociety.org
Brookfield Museum and Historical Society
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165 Whisconier Rd, PO Box 5231
Brookfield, CT 06804
Tel (203) 740-8140
Fax (203) 748-7419
Brooklyn Historical Society
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25 Canterbury Road
Brooklyn, CT 06234
mailing address:
P.O. Box 90
Brooklyn, CT 06234-0090
(860)774-7728
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PO Box 1215
Burlington, Connecticut 06013
(860) 673-3815
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P. O. Box 2
Canterbury, CT 06331
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11 Front Street
Collinsville, Connecticut 06019
Chaplin Historical Society
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Chaplin Street
Chaplin, Connecticut 06235
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P.O. Box 281
Cheshire, CT 06410
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Chester Historical Society
P.O. Box 204
Chester, CT 06412
Email: info@chesterhistoricalsociety.org
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Clinton Historical Society
Captain Elisha White House (Old Brick)
103 East Main Street
Clinton, Connecticut 06413
Phone: (860)669-2148
Colchester Historical Society
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Elm Street
Colchester, Connecticut 06415
Colebrook Historical Society
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P.O. Box 85
Colebrook, CT 06021
Columbia Historical Society
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486 Route 66
Columbia, Connecticut 06237
Cornwall Historical Society
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7 Pine St.,Box 115
Cornwall, CT 06753
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P.O. Box 534
Coventry, CT 06238
Email: coventrycthistory@yahoo.com
Cromwell Historical Society
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395 Main Street
Cromwell, Connecticut 06416
(860)635-0501
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43 Main St.
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 743-5200
email: dmhs@danburyhistorical.org
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Bates-Scofield Homestead
45 Old King's Highway North
Darien, CT 06820
Deep River Historical Society
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245 Main Street
Deep River, CT 06417
860-526-1449
Durham
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P.O. Box 345
Durham, CT 06422
Eastford
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Woodstock Valley, Connecticut 06282
East Granby Historical
Society
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Box 188
East Granby, CT 06026
East Haddam Historical Society Museum
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264 Town Street, P.O. Box 27
East Haddam CT 06423-0027
(860) 873-3944
East Hampton
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Moodus Road
Middle Haddam, Connecticut 06456
East Hartford. Historical Society of
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P.O. Box 380166
East Hartford, Connecticut 06108-0166
(860) 568-7645
Email: hseh@hseh.org
East Haven Historical Society
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200 Tyler St., P.O. Box 120052
East Haven, CT 06512
East Lyme Historical Society
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Thomas Lee House
Shore Road
Niantic, Connecticut 06357
(860) 739-6070
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P.O. Box 121
Easton, CT 06612
(203) 261-4622
East Windsor Historical
Society
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115a Scantic Road
East Windsor, Connecticut 06016
Email: eastwindsorhistory@cox.net
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70 Main St.
P.O. Box 73
Ellington, CT 06029
Essex
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P.O. Box 931
Essex, CT 06426
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636 Old Post Road
Fairfield, Ct 06430
(203) 259-1598
email: info@fairfieldhs.org
Falls Village -- Canaan Historical Society
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Falls Village Depot
Railroad Street
P.O. Box 206
Falls Village, CT 06031
Farmington Historical Society
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P.O. Box 1645
Farmington, CT 06034
Franklin Historical Society
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PO Box 73
Franklin, Ct. 06254
Gaylordsville Historical Society
Glastonbury Historical Society
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976 Main St.
South Glastonbury, CT 06073
(860)633-4572
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21 Old Middle Road
P.O. Box 457
Goshen, CT 06756-0457
(860) 491-9610
Granby
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Salmon Brook Historical Society
of Granby
208 Salmon Brook Street
Granby, CT 06035
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Bush-Holley Historic Site
39 Strickland Rd.
Cos Cob, CT 06807
Griswold Historical Society
Groton Historical Society
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P. O. Box 363
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-3176
Fax (203) 458-2797
email: info@GuilfordKeepingSociety.com
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P.O. Box 97
Haddam, CT 06438
Thankfularnold@juno.com
Hamden Historical Society
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P.O. Box 5512
Hamden, CT 06518
Hampton Historical Society
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P.O. Box 12
Hampton, CT 06247
Hartford Historical Society
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P.O. Box 221
East Hartland, CT 06027
(860) 653-0170
Fax (860) 844-8090
email: mnurge@earthlink.net
Harwinton Historical Society
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P.O. Box 84
Harwinton, CT 06791
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P.O. Box 43
Hebron, CT 06248
Historical Society of East Hartford
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P.O. Box 380166
East Hartford, Connecticut 06108-0166
Email: hseh@lycos.com
Kent Historical Society
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Kent, Connecticut 06757
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196 Main Street
Danielson, Connecticut 06239
(860) 779-7250
Killingworth Historical Society
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P.O. Box 707
Killingworth, Connecticut 06419
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856 Trumbull Highway, on the Historic Lebanon Green
PO Box 151
Lebanon CT 06249
860.642.6579
FAX: 860.642.6583 email: history@LebanonCtHistSoc.org
Ledyard
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Ledyard, Connecticut 06339
Lisbon
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The Litchfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-4501
Lyme
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Florence Griswold Museum
96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371
(860)434-5542
Madison Historical Society
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Allis-Bushnell House
853 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT 06443
Phone: 203-245-4567
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126 Cedar Street
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 647-9983
Mailing Address:
106 Hartford Road
Manchester, CT 06040
Marlborough
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P.O. Box 281
Marlborough, CT 06447
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P.O. Box 3005
South Meriden, CT 06451
(203) 639-1913
Middlebury
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Library Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
(203) 758-2635
Middlefield Historical Society
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405 Main Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
(860) 349-0665
Middlesex County Historical Society
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151 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-0746
email: middlesexhistory@wesleyan.edu
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34 High Street
Milford, Connecticut
Tel: (203) 874-2664
Fax: (203) 874-5789
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Box 212
Monroe, CT 06468
(203) 261-1383
Montville Historical Society
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PO Box 1786
Montville CT 06353
Morris Historical Society
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P.O. Box 234
Morris, CT 06763
Mystic
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Mystic River Historical Society
Corner of High Street and Old New London Road
P.O. Box 245
Mystic, CT 06355-0245
(860) 536-4779
Naugatuck
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Sunset Drive
Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770
New Britain Historical Society
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No longer in operation. Please direct questions on New Britain local history
to the New Britain Public Library.
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13 Oenoke Ridge
New Canaan, CT 06840
(203) 966-1776
email:newcanaan.historical@snet.net
New Fairfield Historical
Society
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P.O. Box 8156
New Fairfield, CT 06812-8156
New Hartford Historical Society
Street Address:
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367 Main Street
Pine Meadow, CT
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P.O. Box 41
New Hartford, CT 06057
(860) 379-6894
email: nhhs@earthlink.net
New Haven Historical Society
Newington
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679 Willard Ave.
Newington, CT 06111
(860)666-7118
New London County Historical Society
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Shaw Mansion
11 Blinman St.
New London, CT 06320
New Milford Historical Society
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P.O. Box 566, 6 Aspetuck Ave.
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-3069
Newtown Historical Society
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6 Bari Drive
Newtown, Connecticut 06470
Noank Historical Society
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17 Sylvan St. Box 454
Noank, Connecticut 06340
(860) 536-3021
Norfolk Historical Society
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13 Village Green
P.O. Box 288
Norfolk, CT 06058
email: norfolkhistorical@snet.net
North Branford
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P.O. Box 563, 1605 Foxon Rd.
North Branford, CT 06471
(203) 488-0423
North Canaan
North Haven Historical
Society
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27 Broadway
North Haven, CT 06473
(203) 239-7722
North Stonington
Historical Society
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1 Wyassup Rd., P.O. Box 134
North Stonington, CT 06359
Tel: (860) 535-9448
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P.O. Box 335
2 East Wall Street
Norwalk, CT 06852
(203) 846-0525
info@norwalkhistoricalsociety.org
Norwich
Old Lyme
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Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme Historical Society, Inc.
96 Lyme St.
Old Lyme, CT 06371
(860)434-5542
Old Saybrook Historical Society
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P.O. Box 4
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
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The Academy, 605 Orange Center Rd. and
The Stone-Otis House, 615 Orange Center Rd.
Orange, CT 06477
mailing address:
P.O. Box 784
Orange, CT. 06477
(203) 795-3106 or (203) 795-6465
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Oxford Historical Society
c/o Oxford Town Hall
486 Oxford Road
Oxford, CT 06478
Plainfield
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P.O. Box 104
Central Village, CT 06332-0104
Plainville
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13 Cornell street
Plainville, Connecticut 06062
Plymouth
Pomfret
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P.O. Box 152
Pomfret Ctr., CT 06259
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Box 98
Portland, CT 06480
Preston Historical Society
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Town Hall
389 Route 2
Preston, CT 06365
Contact Person: Peter Leibert
Phone: (860) 887-0662
Prospect
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Summit Road
Prospect, Connecticut 06712
Aspinock Historical Society of Putnam
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208 School Road
Putnam, CT 06260
(860)963-0092
Redding
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43 Lonetown Road
Redding, CT 06875
(203)938-9095
Ridgefield
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472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Rocky Hill
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P.O. Box 185
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
(203) 563-6704
Roxbury
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P.O. Box 212
Roxbury, CT 06783
Salem
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Salem Ridge
Salem, Connecticut 06415
Salisbury
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Box 616
Lakeville, Connecticut 06039
Salmon Brook Historical
Society of Granby
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208 Salmon Brook Street
Granby, CT 06035
Scotland
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PO Box 1144
Scotland, Connecticut 06264
Seymour
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P.O. Box 433
Seymour, CT 06483
Sharon
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Box 511
Sharon, CT 06069
Shelton Historical Society
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P.O. Box 2155
70 Ripton Road
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
phone: (203)925-1803
fax: (203)926-9567
email: shltn.hst.soc@snet.net
Sherman
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PO Box 293
Sherman, Connecticut 06784
Simsbury Genealogical and Historical Research Library
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749 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, Connecticut 06070
Phone: 860-658-5382
Email:genehist@micro-net.com
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800 Hopmeadow Street
P.O. Box 2
Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 658-2500
Email: info@simsburyhistory.org
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574 Main Street
Somers, Connecticut 06071
Southbury
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P.O. Box 124
Southbury, CT 06488-0124
Tel., (203) 264-8825
Southington Historical Society
South Windsor Historical Society
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771 Ellington Road
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074
Email: southwindsorhistory@cox.net
Sprague
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RDF 1 Baltic
Sprague, Connecticut 06330
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5 Spring Street
Stafford, CT 06076
(860) 684-7978
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1508 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06903
Telephone: (203) 329-1183
Fax: (203) 322-1607
email: shsadmin@flvax.ferg.lib.ct.us
Sterling
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Stonington Historical Society
P.O. Box 103
Stonington CT 06378-00103
Stonington Old Lighthouse Museum
7 Water Street
tel 860 535-1440
The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
40 Palmer Street
Stonington, CT 06378
Tel., (860) 535-8445
The Richard W. Woolworth Library
40 Palmer Street
tel 860 535-1131
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The Captain David Judson House and the Catharine B. Mitchell Museum
967 Academy Hill, P.O. Box 382
Stratford, CT 06497
Tel., (203) 378-0630
Suffield
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King House Museum
232 South Main St., P.O. Box 893
Suffield, CT 06078
Thomaston Historical Society
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158 Main Street
Thomaston, Connecticut 06787
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P.O. Box 47
Thompson, CT 06277
(860) 923-3200
Tolland Historical Society
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P.O. Box 107
Tolland, Connecticut 06084
Torrington
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Hotchkiss-Fyler House
192 Main St.
Torrington, CT 06790
email: torringtonhistorical@snet.net
(860) 482-8260
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1856 Huntington Turnpike (Rte. 108)
P.O. Box 312 Trumbull, Connecticut 06611-0312
(203) 377-6620
Union Historical Society
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583 Buckly Highway
Union, Connecticut 06076
email address: dbupson@cox.net
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Museum and Library
734 Hartford Turnpike, Route 30
Vernon, CT 06066
mailing address: P.O. Box 2055
Vernon, CT 06066
email address: VernonHistSoc@juno.com
(860) 875-4326
Voluntown
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P.O. Box 130
Voluntown, CT 06384
Wallingford Historical Society -- The Samuel Parsons House
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180 South Main Street
Wallingford, CT 06492
mailing address:
P.O. Box 73
Wallingford, CT 06492-0073
(203) 294-1996
Warren
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New Preston, Connecticut 06777
Washington
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The Gunn Memorial Historical Museum
PO Box 1278 Washington, CT 06793
860-868-7756
e-mail: gunnmus@biblio.org
Waterbury
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Mattatuck Historical Society
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main St.
Waterbury, CT 06702
(203) 753-0381
Waterford
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P.O. Box 117
Waterford, CT 06385-0117
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22 DeForest Street
Watertown, Connecticut 06795
860-274-1050
Westbrook Historical Society
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1196 Boston Post Road
Westbrook, CT 06498
(860)399-7473
West Hartford Historical Society and Noah Webster House Museum
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227 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
voice: (860)521-5362
fax: (860)521-4036
West Haven Historical Society
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682 Main Street
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Tel. (203) 934-5852
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P.O. Box 1092
Weston, CT 06883
(203) 226-1804
email: whs@wvfd.com
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25 Avery Pl.
Westport, CT 06880
voice: (203) 222-1424
fax: (203) 221-0981
email: info@westporthistory.org
Wethersfield Historical Society
Willington Historical Society
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49 Mirtl Road
Willington, Connecticut 06279
Wilton Historical Society
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Wilton Heritage Museum
249 Danbury Rd.
Wilton, CT 06897
(203) 762-7257
Winchester Historical Society
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225 Prospect St.
Winsted, CT 06098
(860) 379-8433
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Jillson House
627 Main St.
Windham, CT 06226
(860) 456-2316
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96 Palisado Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 688-3813 tel
(860) 687-1633 fax
Wintonbury Historical Society of Bloomfield
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Wintonbury Historical Society
151 School Street
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
(860)243-1531
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P.O. Box 6410
Wolcott, CT 06716
(203) 879-3013
Amity and Woodbridge Historical
Society
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c/o Thomas Darling House
1907 Litchfield Tpke.
Woodbridge, CT 06525
(203) 387-2823
email: awhs@homestead.com
Woodbury
The Old Woodbury Historical Society Inc.
Box 705
Woodbury, Connecticut 06798
The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude
Jekyll Garden PO Box 245 Woodbury, CT 06798 203-263-2855 fax: 203-263-6726
e-mail: ghmgjg@snet.net
Woodstock Historical Society
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523 Route 169
Woodstock, CT 06281
(860)928-1035
Connecticut Museums
Antiquarian and Landmark Society
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Offices & Library
66 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 247-8996
email: als@hartnet.org
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820 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 331-1104
Fax: (203) 339-4341
CAMA - Connecticut Antique Machinery Association
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Connecticut Antique Machinery Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1467
New Milford, CT 06776
Connecticut Eastern Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society Museum
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P.O. Box 665
Bridge Street
Willimantic, CT. 06226
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58 North Road
P.O. Box 297
East Windsor, CT 06088-0297
860-623-4732
FAX: 860-623-4000
email: information@ctfiremuseum.org
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P. O. 315
Coventry, CT 06238
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67 Main Street
Essex, CT 06426
(860) 767-8269
FAX (860) 767-7028
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
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University of Connecticut
2019 Hillside Rd.
Unit 1023
Storrs, CT 06269-1023
(860) 486-4460
email: mnhadm05@uconnvm.uconn.edu
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58 North Road
P.O. Box 360
East Windsor, CT 06088-0360
860-627-6540
FAX: 860-627-6510
email: information@ceraonline.org
Danbury Museum and Historical Society
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43 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 743-5200
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96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
(860) 434-5542
FAX: (860) 434-6259
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77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 522-9258
(860) 522-9259
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. House Museum
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780 Trumbull Highway (Route 87)
On the historic Lebanon Green
Lebanon, CT 06249
Museum Director -- Thomas R. Beardsley tom@jtrumbulljr.org
Lebanon Historical Society Museum and Vistors Center
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856 Trumbull Highway, on the Historic Lebanon Green
PO Box 151
Lebanon CT 06249
860.642.6579
FAX: 860.642.6583 email: lebanon.hist.soc@snet.net
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351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 247-0998
email: twain@hartnet.org
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
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110 Pequot Trail
P.O. Box 3180
Mashantucket, CT 06339-3180
1 (800) 411-9671
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Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860-757-6535
FAX: (860)757-6533
Museum of Fife and Drum
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Museum of Fife and Drum
P.O. Box 277
Ivoryton, CT 06442 USA
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Mystic Seaport
P.O. Box 6000
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
(860) 572-0711
Nellie McKnight Museum -- Ellington Historical Society
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70 Main St.
P.O. Box 73
Ellington, CT 06029
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Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
(860) 623-3305
email: staff@neam.org
Noah Webster House Museum of West Hartford History
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227 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
(860)521-5362
Old Manchester Museum and Cheney Homestead
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Museum
126 Cedar Street
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 647-9983
Homestead
106 Hartford Road
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 643-5588
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800 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 522-6766
Email: info@ctosh.org
Phelps Tavern Museum and Homestead
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800 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 658-2500
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171 Boston Street
P. O. Box 363
Guilford, CT 06437
(203) 453-3176
Fax (203) 458-2797
email: info@ThomasGriswoldHouse.com
- 15 School Street
Unionville, CT 06085
(860) 673-2231
Email:info@unionvillemuseum.org
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600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
(860)278-2670
Fax: (860)527-0803
email: info@wadsworthatheneum.org
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211 Main Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 529-0612
Fax: 860-571-8636
email: info@webb-deane-stevens.org
Windham Textile and History Museum
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157 Union-Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
(860) 456-2178
The Connecticut Historical Societies Web Page is a site dedicated to bringing together in one location links to all of Connecticut's Historical Societies that can be found on the Web. If you know of a Connecticut Historical Society that is not represented on this list, please send the Historical Society's URL to the following email address: david.avery@uconn.edu Thank You.
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