Dedicated to collecting and preserving Cheshire's history.

The Prospect Historical Society is the caretaker of the Hotchkiss House, Prospect's town museum. Its origins began in 1818 when trees were felled and a well dug. The family moved in in 1820 to a 4 room house, 2 up, 2 down.

The beautiful Barnes Museum serves as a reminder of Southington’s rich historic past. Step through its doors and you are transported to an era when ladies wore high-button shoes and elegant lace dresses and men donned top hats for social occasions. The Barnes also...

The Darling House Museum is a historic house museum located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, and is owned and operated by the Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society. Much of the furniture and many items in the home were owned by the Darling family, which owned the house...

Stanley-Whitman House is a living history center and museum that teaches through the collection, preservation, research, and dynamic interpretation of the history and culture of early Farmington. Programs, events, classes, and exhibits encourage visitors of all ages...

The Enoch Kelsey House is an example of the home of a prosperous Connecticut farmer and tinsmith in the late 18th century. It was built by Enoch Kelsey and his son David in 1799 on Kelsey Street opposite Christian Lane in the southwestern section of town. It was...

The Humphreys House is the birthplace of the Revolutionary War officer and friend of George Washington who later became our nation's first ambassador. It serves as the Society's headquarters, as well as home of our unique Day in 1762 Program. More than just a...

The Kellogg-Eddy House in Newington was built in 1808 by General Martin Kellogg. It is a typical New England Georgian-style house with some Greek Revival influences and a good example of the home of an affluent farm family of that era. It has a Colonial...

The Osborne Homestead Museum was originally a farm house built in the early 1800's. Nothing is known about the original occupants. The first Osbornes to occupy the house, Wilbur Osborne and Ellen Lucy Davis, married and moved into the farm house in 1867. Together,...

Set in the picturesque Litchfield Hills in historic Woodbury's village center, the Glebe House Museum offers the visitor a glimpse of Revolutionary War era Connecticut. The simple but elegant 18th century farmhouse is furnished as the home of the Reverend John...